Department of Urology

Head of the Department:
Heorhii BACHURIN, Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Historical Reference

The Department of Urology of Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University dates back to the seventies of the last century. At that time the Urology Course was taught as a part of the Faculty Surgery program to fourth-year students of the Medical Faculty.

According to the order of the Ministry of Health of the USSR in 1970, urology was allowed to be allocated to an independent course. However, only on September 1, 1976 at the Zaporozhye Medical Institute organized a completely independent Urology Course. From the very beginning to the present day, the course is located on the basis of the Urology Unit of the Emergency Hospital No. 5 in Zaporizhzhia. There were a total of 60 beds for adults and 30 beds for children. In 1977, Pediatric Urology was separated into the Regional Children's Hospital No. 5 in Zaporizhzhia.

A large number of urgent urological patients and long queues for hospitalization of planned urological patients were the reason for the expansion of the Urology Unit to 100 beds in 1980. The scope of work was such that planned and, first of all, urgent urological care was provided to the population of Zaporizhzhia, the oblast and from other regions of Ukraine.

In 1986, by order of the Ministry of Health of the USSR, the Urology Course was reorganized into the Department of Urology of the Zaporozhye Medical Institute.

Graduates of the department work as doctors in the CIS countries, Yemen, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, Kuwait.

In 2014, the Department was headed by Professor Heorhii Bachurin.

Educational Disciplines

Urology (internship, Master's degree course, clinical residency, postgraduate studies).

Urology with research results evaluation.

• Domestic and foreign students (third and fourth yearth) of the Medical Faculties, majoring in "General Medicine", "Pediatrics" and "Laboratory Diagnostics".

Educational and Methodical Work

• The training of students at the Department is based on the principles of providing methodological and informational organization of the educational process with elements of independent work, as well as on the introduction of new effective forms of knowledge and skills control.
• According to the curriculum, working programs have been created in all academic disciplines. Original lectures for domestic and foreign students are given exclusively with the use of multimedia technologies. Methodical recommendations for practical classes in all disciplines for domestic and foreign students are issued.

Scientific Directions and Achievements

• The scientific work of the Department is devoted to the study of homeostasis in patients with kidney stone disease, BPH, inflammatory processes suffering from diabetes.
• Lecturers of the Department received 21 patents for utility models, published more than 600 articles.

Cooperation with Other Institutions

The Department maintains close scientific relations with the Institute of Urology of the NAMS of Ukraine, the Departments of Urology of the Bogomolets National Medical University, Kharkiv National Medical University and other medical universities of Ukraine.

Advisory and Diagnostic Activities

Therapeutic work is mainly devoted to the improvement of qualified urological care for the population of Zaporizhzhia and the oblast with the use of modern equipment.

Diagnostic and advisory work is performed in the Urology Unit of the Motor Sich Clinic LLC and City Clinical Accident and Emergency Hospital.

Address 1: City Clinical Accident and Emergency Hospital (80 Peremohy St.)
Address 2: Motor Sich Clinic LLC (6 Briulova St.)

Telephone: +380 61 701 69 36