According to historical records, from the very first steps of its development, the Republic of Uzbekistan began implementing measures aimed not only at solving economic issues but also at protecting public health and reducing the spread of diseases. A special decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Republic stated:

“The health of the population is an important guarantee of its high physical and cultural strength. Medical assistance, with all its scientific achievements, must serve every person. It should reach not only the cities but also the rural areas.”

In order to implement the government’s decision, in May 1926 the People’s Commissariat of Health convened a congress of provincial health department employees. The congress discussed urgent healthcare issues such as improving the activities of the republic’s sanitary organizations to combat malaria and enhancing the prevention of epidemic diseases.

Until that time, only a small number of doctors had been sent to the institutes for advanced medical training in Moscow, Leningrad, and Kazan. Each training course lasted 15 to 30 days. Most importantly, the regional characteristics of diseases were not studied there. As the need for improving the qualifications of doctors in the Central Asian republics increased, it became both urgent and practical to establish a system for advanced medical training within the republic itself.

In accordance with Decision No. 459 of the Central Asian Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) dated June 22, 1932, the Central Asian Institute for Advanced Medical Training was established in Tashkent. This marked the practical implementation of the important issue raised by the People’s Commissariat of Health back in 1926.

The main tasks of the institute were quite complex: to improve the qualifications of doctors across a vast region, to provide retraining and specialization, to train leaders and organizers for the healthcare system, and to develop national personnel. Alongside these objectives, the institute was also responsible for raising the scientific potential of the republic to a new level.

In addition, the institute’s staff was tasked with developing and applying theoretical studies and practical guidelines for the prevention and treatment of highly dangerous infectious diseases that, at the time, posed a serious threat to the population of Turkestan.

During the first year of its establishment — the initial phase — all available resources were mobilized to form the activities of the departments, build the material and technical base, and plan and organize educational and scientific work. As a result, despite various organizational challenges, the institute began postgraduate training in 1933 with six departments. In that same year, 84 physicians completed advanced training in their respective specialties.

Year after year, new departments were opened, and the number of trainees continued to grow. From 1933 to 1940, a total of 1,330 doctors completed their advanced training at the institute.

During the years 1941–1945, the institute’s team directed all its efforts toward meeting the demands of the wartime period. The training of medical personnel increased 5.5 times, and a total of 4,585 doctors were trained to meet the needs of the front lines and evacuation hospitals.

In the postwar years, the scale of training and professional development of doctors continued to expand. In 1960, 1,024 doctors were trained; in 1965, 2,211; in 1975, 3,031; and by 1981, the number had reached 5,000.

The first director of the institute was Professor Moisey Ilich Slonim (1932–1938). From its establishment in 1932 until 2017, the institute was led by eleven rectors:

• Igron Samuil Markovich (1938–1941)
• Vidutskiy Moisey Yakovlevich (1942–1945)
• Jo‘ra Saidovich Po‘latov (1946–1953)
• Mahamat Bobojonovich Sultonov (1953–1957)
• Ziyad Aminovich Dolimov (1957–1960)
• Mannap Atamatovich Mirzamuhamedov (1960–1963)
• Hamidulla Husanovich Husanov (1963–1979)
• Qayum Sobirovich Zoirov (1979–1984)
• Abdumannon Rahmanovich Rahimjonov (1984–1997)
• Jo‘raboy Ma’rifboyevich Sobirov (1997–2017)

The institute community proudly remembers the people who laid its foundation, strengthened its structure, and contributed immensely to turning it into a major educational and scientific center.

A prominent and highly respected figure, known not only in Uzbekistan but throughout the former Soviet Union — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and founder of the pulmonology department and scientific school — Abdulla Mukharramovich Ubaydullayev, spoke about the institute’s leadership as follows:

“I have been working at this sacred institution for 68 years. In 1958, after graduating from medical school, I entered the clinical residency and postgraduate studies at the Department of Therapy of Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training. The rector, Z.A. Dolimov, accepted me into the clinical residency and the pulmonology department. He was a very intelligent, perceptive, and noble person — a man who never hesitated to guide young people on the right path, and truly one of the most honest and pure-hearted individuals I have ever known.”

During the period when M.A. Mirzamukhamedov served as the head of the institute, I continued my professional activity as an assistant and later as an associate professor.

H.K. Khusanov, as a leader, was truly a man of the people. He invited me to take up the position of dean of the Faculty of Therapy. From 1975 to 1986, I worked as the dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

The mentoring and leadership activity of Q.S. Zoirov was mainly connected with the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training, where he served as rector. In 1963, on his initiative, the Department of General Hygiene was established at the institute — a fact that deserves special mention.

During the time when Professor Q.S. Zoirov was serving as the Minister of Health of Uzbekistan, he supported the establishment of the Department of Clinical Pulmonology at the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training (TVMOI). He personally wrote a request to the Deputy Minister of Health of the USSR, Academician Yu.F. Isakov, explaining that a new department of “Clinical Pulmonology” should be created within TVMOI because respiratory diseases were particularly widespread among those working in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan.

As a result, on August 18, 1977, I brought an official order No. 796 from Moscow (“On the establishment of the Department of Pulmonology at TashIUV”). Based on this order, the Department of Clinical Pulmonology was founded at the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training.

Professor Qayum Sobirovich worked tirelessly to ensure the high quality of the institute’s medical training programs. He sought to create the necessary conditions for this purpose and obtained permission from the central authorities to construct a new building for the institute, personally overseeing the laying of its foundation. Qayum Sobirovich was known for his honesty, integrity, sense of justice, determination, and demanding nature — qualities that helped him successfully address important issues in the field of medical science.

Rakhimjonov Abdumannon Rakhmonovich was a distinguished neurologist of Uzbekistan — a strict yet kind-hearted, compassionate, honest, and straightforward leader.

He possessed many admirable qualities as a talented leader. He had the rare ability to recognize the potential and talent in every young specialist, inspiring them with new ideas and perspectives. Whenever someone came to him with a problem, he would always find a way to help.

Abdumannon Rakhmonovich’s scientific, practical, and organizational activities were multifaceted and extensive. This was especially evident when the construction of the main building of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training (TashVMOI) and the dormitory for medical trainees began — a task no previous leader had ever undertaken.

Sobirov Jo‘raboy Ma’rifboyevich was a prominent organizer in the healthcare and medical education system, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, and a full member of the Russian Medical and Technical Academy.

In 1989, on the initiative of J.M. Sobirov, the Department of Emergency and Urgent Medical Care was established, and he personally headed it. In 1992, the Departments of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, and Emergency and Urgent Medical Care were merged, with Professor J.M. Sobirov appointed as head. These departments have since been separated again.

In April 1997, J.M. Sobirov was appointed Rector of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training. Under his leadership, annual scientific and practical conferences and seminars were organized in cooperation with leading specialists from across Uzbekistan as well as from near and distant foreign countries. Newly developed technologies and medicinal preparations were successfully introduced into practical medicine as a result of these collaborations.

Akilov Khabibulla Ataullayevich — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor. From 2003 to 2017, he served as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training (TashVMOI). Since that time, he has been heading the Department of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. He is a highly qualified physician and an experienced surgeon who has mastered advanced abdominal surgery techniques. In pediatric pathology, he successfully performs both emergency and planned surgical operations — as people say, a surgeon with a light hand.

Professor Akilov stated:

“As the current head of the institute, I strive to improve the system of continuous medical education, strengthen its national foundations, and organize the educational and training process at a level that meets international standards.”

From the heartfelt words of Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Talikha Shukurovna Mamatova:

“I have been working at this sacred higher educational institution for 50 years. In 1972, my application for postgraduate study was signed by the then rector, Associate Professor Kh.Kh. Khusanov. Later, I had the honor of working under the leadership of Professors Q.S. Zoirov, A.M. Rakhimjonov, J.M. Sobirov, and currently, Professor Kh.A. Akilov.

At this institute, within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, I received invaluable experience as a teacher, specialist, researcher, and mentor for young professionals. The department has been home to many renowned otorhinolaryngologists — not only from Uzbekistan but also from the entire former Soviet Union — such as Professors K.A. Drennova, E.A. Ladizhenskaya, G.T. Ibragimov, as well as several skilled associate professors and assistants. Their advice and guidance have played a great role throughout my career.

In my professional activity, I have been engaged not only in theoretical teaching but also in clinical practice. I have inspired young people to pursue science, trained three candidates of medical sciences, and four more are now preparing to defend their dissertations. I have published over 200 scientific articles.”

“I am ready to continue serving this sacred institution with all my strength, always responding ‘at your service’ to every task entrusted to me. It has been more than 90 years since the founding of this honorable Department of Otorhinolaryngology. I am proud to be a member of this department and to contribute to its noble mission.”

Let us also turn our attention to the reflections of Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian and New York Academies of Sciences, Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Honored Doctor of Uzbekistan — Saidjalol Mahmudovich Bahromov:

“At the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training (TashVMOI), I served as Head of the Department of Hematology and Transfusiology from 1985 to 2016, and since the end of 2016, I have been working as a professor of the same department. I have dedicated 40 years of my life to this higher educational institution for postgraduate medical training. I recommended my student — Doctor of Medical Sciences, a talented young scientist, E.J. Iskhakov — for the position of department head, and he is fulfilling his duties with honor.

The twentieth century, unlike any of the nineteen preceding ones, gifted humanity with extraordinary discoveries, inventions, and countless other innovations. It became engraved in world history in golden letters as the Century of the Scientific and Technological Revolution. This legendary era also cast its bright rays upon our beloved homeland, Uzbekistan, giving rise to new, joyful strides in development.

For instance, in 1919, in Moscow — the capital of the former Soviet Union — an organizational committee was established to open the Turkestan University in Tashkent. Among its members was Aleksandr Nikolayevich Kryukov, who later became an academician and an honored scientist of Uzbekistan. In 1920, he was appointed director of the medical faculty within the newly opened university (now the National University of Uzbekistan).

During that time, this prominent physician, teacher, and scholar — deeply concerned about the future of public health — raised the idea of establishing an institution dedicated to the continuous professional training of medical specialists. And now, by the grace of God, we are approaching the 95th anniversary of that dream becoming a reality.

Over the years, the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training has been led by many renowned physicians and scientist-organizers who have made significant and lasting contributions to its development.”

Here, before our very eyes, we would like to briefly and objectively speak about the dedicated organizer–scholars and pedagogues who have served and continue to serve as leaders of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training (TashVMOI).

Professor Qayum Sobirovich Zoirov — a participant of the Second World War, former Minister of Health of Uzbekistan, and Rector of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training. When I served as Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan (1982–1984), I had the opportunity to become familiar with the institute’s activities and to personally meet and converse with him.

Professor Qayum Sobirovich was a person who looked others directly in the eye, spoke openly, and carried himself with dignity and composure. His integrity and sense of justice always drew people’s attention and respect. He was a devoted leader who worked tirelessly to create the necessary conditions to ensure high-quality professional training for physicians.

Abdumannon Rakhmonovich Rakhimjonov — a distinguished neurologist and follower of the renowned scientists Ya.Ya. Gordon and Professor Shereshevsky. Thanks to his creativity and scientific achievements, he rose to the rank of academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, becoming a highly respected physician, scholar, and organizer.

Under Abdumannon Rakhmonovich’s leadership, the construction of the institute’s main building (the new campus) and the student dormitory was successfully completed. As a leader, he paid special attention to the professional development and operational progress of both the main institute and its branches in Samarkand and Andijan.

Jo‘raboy Ma’rifboyevich Sobirov – professor, honored medical worker of Uzbekistan, and a skilled organizer and scholar who led the prestigious TVMOI in Tashkent for 20 years. He was always eager for innovation, attentively listened to his interlocutors, quickly understood their ideas, and strived to implement them—demonstrating exceptional leadership qualities. We know that he devoted his entire being to ensuring the development of all aspects of TVMOI’s activities under his supervision. Ultimately, J.M. Sobirov should be recognized as a pioneering scholar and organizer who laid the foundation for the revival and advancement of critical fields in Uzbek medicine, particularly anesthesiology and intensive care.

Xabibullo Ataullayevich Akilov – Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor. It is worth emphasizing here that significant progress in science and life can only be expected where established schools exist, as they carry forward advanced ideas and accumulated experience. Xabibullo Ataullayevich belongs to this dual legacy. First, he studied under the distinguished scholar and organizer, Professor Ataullo To‘raxanovich. For nearly two decades, he benefited from the legacies of rectors Q.S. Zoirov and A.R. Raxmonov, and worked closely with J.M. Sobirov, enriching his own experience. Furthermore, Xabibullo Ataullayevich is a skilled surgeon-scientist and a successor of the pediatric surgery school founded by Professor K.X. Tagirov, which he has elevated to new heights. He is currently dedicated to bringing physician training to international standards. May his work continue to be fruitful.

Xabibullo Akilov is one of the talented protégés of academic scholars V. Vohidov and F.G. Nazirov. He is a renowned scientist, highly skilled surgeon, and multidisciplinary specialist. He has authored over 500 scientific articles, 4 monographs, and multiple patents and methodological proposals. As a mentor, he has earned respect and trained 10 Doctors of Science and 30 Candidates of Science in general and pediatric surgery.

Professor Xabibullo Akilov efficiently integrates scientific-pedagogical work, clinical consultation and treatment, and organizational management. Since 1999, he has been elected five times as a deputy to the Tashkent City Council. He serves as the chairman of the Uzbek Pediatric Surgery Scientific Society and is an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences.

In recognition of his many years of service, Xabibullo Akilov has been awarded the highest honors by our government, including the badges “Excellence in Healthcare,” “10, 20, 30 Years of Independence,” and “First-Class Labor Merit,” as well as the Order “For Selfless Service.” He is also an academician of the “Turon” Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

We turn now to the perspective of Professor Akram Akmalovich Fozilov, an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences and the founder of ultrasound diagnostics in Uzbekistan:

"In the spring of 1987, following the passing of Professor Vali G‘ulomovich Xodjayev, who had led the Oncology Department of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies for many years, a competition was announced for the position of head of the department. At that time, the rector of the institute, Academician Abdumannon Raxmonovich Raxmonov, consulted with Academician Narimon Qodirovich Muratxodjayev, director of the Institute for Scientific Research in Oncology and Radiology, inviting the institute’s leading scientists to participate in the competition. Narimon Qodirovich then recommended both me, Akram Akmalovich Fozilov, and Doctor of Medical Sciences Arefiy Aleksandrovich Kochegarov, and we submitted our applications to take part in the competition. The process lasted for a considerable time. At that period, I was also preparing to hold a major exhibition in Kabul, Afghanistan, on the development of medicine in Uzbekistan, in collaboration with the USSR Academy of Sciences."

At the time the competition was held, I was still in Kabul, overseeing preparations for a major conference and leading its organization as the exhibition director. Under the leadership of Uzbekistan’s Minister of Health, Professor S.M. Bahromov, Academician Yo.X. To‘raqulov, Professors T.A. Daminov and Mirzayev from Andijan, as well as Sh.X. Xodjayev and other leading scholars from the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, participated in the event. This laid a strong foundation for Afghan-Uzbek friendship. We also held a meeting with the Uzbek intellectuals living there, which produced very positive feedback.

Although I did not personally participate in the competition, by the end of October 1987, I was appointed head of the Oncology Department through this competition. Naturally, being appointed head of the Oncology Department at the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies was a great honor and a significant responsibility for me. The honor and responsibility stemmed from the fact that this institute held a leading position in the former Soviet Union. Working at an institute that had nurtured prominent academicians such as I.Q. Musabayev, Sh.A. Alimov, and, at present, Academicians A.M. Ubaydullayev, S.M. Bahromov, and F.G. Nazirov—whose teams had developed and maintained the institute’s high potential from its early days—was indeed a great responsibility.

During our conversations, Abdumannon Raxmonovich entrusted me with several tasks to further develop the work of the Oncology Department. First and foremost, I was tasked with ensuring the early detection of tumors and implementing modern treatment methods. This included integrating newly emerging technologies, such as surgical techniques, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, along with standard treatment protocols aligned with current global standards, into the educational process. In carrying out these responsibilities, the support of the department staff in enhancing their own capabilities proved to be a great source of strength and motivation.

In 1988, on the directive of the USSR Ministry of Health, a large commission led by Professor Gavryushov, Rector of the Central Institute for Advanced Medical Studies in Moscow, visited our institute to conduct an inspection. As a result of this evaluation, our institute was highly praised for its capabilities and awarded the status of a first-class institute. At that time, only the Leningrad and Kharkov Advanced Medical Institutes held such a distinction. Based on the commission’s findings, it was determined that special attention should be given to improving the institute’s material and technical resources and further enhancing the potential of its staff.

From 1992 to 1998, I served as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. This period was one of the most challenging and responsible in the history of our institute. Following Uzbekistan’s independence, it was a time for reviewing and revising educational and practical training in accordance with the new Law on Personnel Training. In this regard, under the leadership of Abdumannon Raxmonovich, the experienced deans of the institute provided invaluable guidance and advice.

On November 10, 1998, within the framework of implementing the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the radical reform of the healthcare system, under Abdumannon Raxmonovich’s leadership, programs were initiated to establish primary healthcare units, train rural medical points, and prepare rural family doctors, as well as further develop specialized medical services. The preparation of rural family doctors was a completely new initiative for Uzbekistan. In this work, Ulug‘bek Karimovich Qayumov made a significant contribution. Several training programs were developed for this purpose, and the Ministry of Health approved a 10-month curriculum developed by our institute.

Hero of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Kholidjon Maxamadjonovich Komilov shared his reflections as follows:

“My father, my mentor, honored scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, distinguished doctor of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Maxamadjon Komilovich Komilov, served as the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies from 1957 to 1988. My development as a physician and scientist was greatly influenced by my father and the family environment.

In 1988, after my father, Maxamadjon Komilovich Komilov, retired, I joined the Institute as the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the invitation of the Rector, Academician Abdumannon Raxmonovich Raxmonov, and have been serving in this position ever since.

Under the leadership of Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Jo‘raboy Ma’rufboyevich Sobirov, who served as Rector of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, and the current Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Habibullo Ataullayevich Akilov, many doctors in the Republic of Uzbekistan have had the opportunity to improve their qualifications and knowledge. These leaders have elevated the process of medical education to a modern level.”

The National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan notes about this scientific institution: “The Institute is considered a base for training highly qualified medical specialists under the World Health Organization.”

The Institute organizes international seminars and symposiums. It publishes monographs, textbooks, methodological guides, and collections of scientific works.

At various stages of the Institute’s history, leading scholars and healthcare organizers have played a key role in postgraduate training and professional development of doctors. Among them are Professors S.A. Agzamkhodjayev, N.A. Shamatov, K.Yu. Yuldashev, M.K. Komilov, N.Q. Babakhodjayev, Sh.X. Khodjayev, R.A. Abdullayev, Z.M. Djamalova, A.S. Zarzar, G.T. Ibragimov, D.S. Karimov, A.A. Kalanxodjayev, Kh.N. Muratova, A.R. Mansurov, Sh.Sh. Shomansurov, Kh.A. Alimov, O.M. Mukhtorov, M.X. Khamidova, M.A. Isamukhamedova, Kh.T. Mukhamedova, D.F. Karimova, M.J. Azizov, who worked selflessly and trained numerous disciples (may God have mercy on them).

Since March 2017, Habibullo Ataullayevich Akilov has served as the twelfth Rector of the Institute. Following a special decree in 2021, the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies was reorganized as the Center for the Professional Development of Medical Workers, and he has been skillfully leading the Center as Director to the present day.

Although the Center’s priority directions have evolved, its main objectives remain unchanged: conducting scientific research aimed at improving the postgraduate and retraining system for highly qualified medical personnel, and establishing methodological support for this process.

We proudly acknowledge and honor the outstanding scientists who have devoted themselves to their profession, continued the work of their mentors, trained numerous worthy disciples, established schools of thought, and risen to the level of master educators: Academicians A.M. Ubaydullayev, S.M. Bahromov, F.G. Nazirov; Professors A.A. Fozilov, D.A. Asadov, F.S. Shamsiyev, F.I. Khamraboyeva, D.M. Sobirov, M.A. G‘ofur-Oxunov, H.A. Akilov, B.G. G‘afurov, A.N. Aripov, A.A. Gaybullaev, Sh.E. Atakhanov, D.A. Zaredinov, A.A. Abduqodirov, Sh.B. Irgashev, Sh.Sh. Shomansurov, M.M. Asatova, F.D. Karimova, G.A. Ibadova, L.A. Tursunkhodzhayeva, A.V. Fozilov, E.M. Mirjoraev, Kh.N. Mukhitdinova, E.I. Musabayev, Kh.M. Komilov, M.S. Qosimova, and U.Kh. Alimov.

Many decrees of our nation’s leader and government resolutions emphasize the unparalleled importance of continuous education in raising doctors’ professional levels and enhancing their skills.

The Center’s scientists have developed a concept for involving healthcare workers in continuous professional education. The aim of this concept is to expand, consolidate, and refresh knowledge and skills, and to apply them at a high level in practice.

Today, continuous education is conducted both in-person and remotely. Distance learning is particularly convenient for practicing doctors, allowing them to attend lectures at a suitable time without leaving work, spending extra time or money on travel, or losing income.

Various organizational and technical formats for distance learning are applied, including dedicated websites such as the Moodle platform, tele- and video conferences, and seminar-style sessions.

One of the key postgraduate training programs for medical personnel—the clinical residency, which represents the highest form of professional development and skill enhancement—has become one of the most important components of Uzbekistan’s multi-level continuous education system since the country’s independence. In this context, in 2007, the Clinical Residency Dean’s Office was established at the Institute.

The adoption of such a significant decision in the history of the Institute had specific objective reasons. Firstly, the presence of highly qualified scientific and practical personnel who had established their own academic schools within the Institute; secondly, a rich material and technical base created over the past decade, enabling the provision of high-tech and highly qualified medical services; and finally, the existence of Clinical Residency Training Programs developed by the Institute’s scientists and duly approved by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Today, the Center conducts its activities in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Presidential decrees, government decisions and orders, as well as directives of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education, and the Ministry of Health. The main directions of clinical residency activities include educational-methodological work, scientific-research activities, therapeutic-preventive work, and moral-educational initiatives.

The Institute (Center) has also established scientific and practical cooperation with a number of foreign medical centers and educational institutions, including:

• Vienna Medical University (Austria)
• Graz City Medical Institute (Austria)
• Open Medical University (Austria)
• Brandenburg Institute for Supporting the Creation and Implementation of New Technologies and Innovations (Germany)
• Charité University Medical Complex (Germany)
• San Camillo-Forlani Hospital, Rome (Italy)
• Witten/Herdecke University, Experimental Oncology (Germany)
• Yonsei University College of Dentistry (South Korea)
• S.D. Asfandiyarov National Medical University (Kazakhstan)
• Kursk State Medical University (Russia)
• I.I. Mechnikov Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy (Russia)
• Russian Academy of Postgraduate Education (RMAPO)
• Mersin University Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology (Turkey)
• University of Giessen Medical University (Germany), and others.

 

The International Relations Department is the initiator and organizer of the two-stage “English for Medical Personnel” course. The classes are conducted based on convenient training manuals prepared by the staff of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Sciences, which focus specifically on medical terminology.

Center staff actively participated in combating COVID-19 and treating infected patients. Unfortunately, the ruthless virus claimed the lives of our colleagues: Yarmuxamedova Gulnora Xabibovna, Head of the Department of Cardiology and Functional Diagnostics, and Alimardonov Orifjon Ro‘zimurodovich, Assistant of the Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics. They were devoted professionals who dedicated their lives to medicine.

In today’s fast-paced world, amid growing global competition and increasingly complex challenges, the need for highly skilled and intellectually capable personnel—especially in the medical sector—has never been greater. Taking into account the enormous and responsible tasks ahead, the Center for the Professional Development of Medical Personnel has implemented fundamental changes to organize educational activities based on joint programs with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan and foreign partner institutions.

As a result, the Center obtained the “International Institutional Accreditation Certificate” from the Euro-Asian Center for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ECAQA), confirming compliance with ECAQA standards for institutional accreditation of post-graduate and continuing medical education institutions.

Successfully achieving such high responsibilities through concrete results and practical work contributes to the large-scale efforts underway in our country under the guidance of our esteemed President, which are laying the foundation for the Third Renaissance of Uzbekistan.

Today, worldwide attention is being given to further developing medical education and its crucial role in strengthening public health. The educational process must continue uninterrupted throughout a doctor’s life and professional activity.

On the eve of celebrating the 95th anniversary of this venerable institution, the Center’s team fully appreciates the critical importance of these processes. They mobilize all available resources to ensure a modern educational system that meets contemporary requirements, stands out for its convenience, continuity, and quality, and—most importantly—addresses the educational needs of medical professionals.