Academician of the RAS V.P. Kaznacheev. Outstanding scientist and talented organizer of medical researchers in Siberia and the Arctic

Abstract

Vlail Petrovich Kaznacheev was born on July 17 1924 in the city of Tomsk. His scientific activity began in 1945 (after treating a wound received in the Great Patriotic War) with the study of transcapillary exchange and microcirculation. In 1963 he defended his doctoral dissertation and became the Head of the Novosibirsk State Medical Institute and led the Institute until 1970. Under the guidance and assistance of V.P. Kaznacheev, in 1971 the Siberian Subsidiary of the Academy of Medical Sciences of USSR was founded, which was soon transformed into the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. In 1980 he founded the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (ICEM). ICEM researchers began to conduct researches that analyzed the mechanisms of human adaptation to life in the North and other extreme situations. Vlail Petrovich trained 52 candidates and 30 doctors of sciences, published more than 800 scientific papers in the field of medicine, made 15 inventions and discoveries. He also published 52 monographs in Russia and abroad.

Keywords

• academician v.p. kaznacheev
• life and scientific activity
• memory.