Honorary doctor of the Pirogov Center academician Lobzin Yuri Vladimirovich is one of the founders of infectology as a modern scientific concept (on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of his birth)

A brief biography of the Honorary Doctor of the Pirogov Center, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Lobzin and his contribution to the formation of the modern scientific concept of «infectology» is presented. Keywords: Lobzin Yuri Vladimirovich, infectious diseases, infectology.