Professor G.I. Alekseev — an outstanding military therapist-radiologist (to the 95th anniversary)

Abstract

On August 18, 2017, 95 years ago, the prominent military radiation therapist, a corresponding member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian Academy of Medical Sciences), the Council of Ministers of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics prize laureate, Major-General of the Medical Corps Grigoriy Iliych Alekseev was born. He had been working at the War Therapy department for 32 years, being the Head of the department for 12 years, he made a great contribution to the development of the national Military Field Therapy. It is under his direction that the department became the research and training center for War Therapy, the alma mater for clinical radiology, clinical toxicology and medical care organization for the Armed Forces of our country and some of the foreign countries, being widely known both in our country and abroad. Having defended a doctoral dissertation on clinical findings and treatment of acute radiation disease caused by combined exposure in 1964, he got an academic status as a professor and was appointed to the post of the Head of the department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases, and was in that position for almost 10 years. In 1978 Grigoriy Iliych returned to the Military Field Therapy department to take the post of the Head, this period appeared to be the most productive in his research, pedagogic and clinical activity. Since 1982 he held concurrently positions of the Head of the department and the Chief Radiologist of the Ministry of Defence of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics. During the Chernobyl accident G.I. Alekseev competently coordinated the work of the Medical Corps of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence of the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics and public health authority in the accident zone. For many years, the department was engaged in the study of the accident factor complex effect on various activities of Chernobyl accident liquidators. After the retirement he continued working as a professor at the department. G.I. Alekseev is an author and co-author of more than 200 academic papers, among them are textbooks, manuals, instructions and study guides. He was a scientific adviser on 4 doctoral and 32 candidate dissertations, among his students are two chiefs of the department and the Head of All-Russian Center for Disaster Medicine. G.I. Alekseev died on August 21, 1997, was buried at Bogoslovskiy cemetery, St. Petersburg.

Keywords

Military Field Therapy / Chief Radiologist / clinical radiology / clinical toxicology / the Head of the department / training center / coexistent irradiation / acute radiation sickness