Alexey Borisovich Okulov

Abstract

On August 1, 2025, Alexey Borisovich Okulov, MD, Professor, member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, died at the age of 88. Alexey Borisovich Okulov’s professional career was inextricably linked with St. Vladimir’s Children’s City Clinical Hospital (formerly I.V. Rusakov City Clinical Hospital No. 2) and the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Postgraduate Education (formerly the Central Institute for Advanced Medical Education). Alexey Borisovich Okulov was, without exaggeration, a living legend of the Russian school of pediatric surgery and was one of the first in the development of a number of its areas―laparoscopy, neuroendocrine surgery, urology and andrology. Thus, based on the results of his work in the field of reproductology, a new direction was identified―pediatric androgynecology―and a new specialty―pediatric urologist-andrologist, which was subsequently included in the official list of positions of medical and pharmaceutical workers by order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. According to colleagues, he was a charming, modest, thoughtful and reliable man, a great hard worker, but the reviews of patients and their parents speak best about his talent as a doctor: “an excellent surgeon”, “an experienced, knowledgeable doctor”, “attentive, fatherly kind”, as well as gratitude for his golden hands. Alexey Borisovich went through a wonderful life path and left us a rich surgical legacy.

Keywords

Alexey Borisovich Okulov / pediatric surgery / urology-andrology

References

[1] Yudin YaB, Okulov A, Zuev YuE, Sakhovsky AF. Acute diseases of the scrotum in children. Moscow: Meditsina; 1987. 144 p. (In Russ.)

[2] Okulov AB, Negmadzhanov BB. Surgical diseases of the reproductive system and sex-transformation operations. Moscow: Meditsina; 2000. 299 p. (In Russ.)

[3] Okulov AB, Adamyan LV, Brovin DN, Bogdanova EA. Mammary glands and their diseases in children: a guide for doctors. Moscow: Meditsinskoe informatsionnoe agentstvo; 2010. 160 p. (In Russ.)

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