On October 3-4, 2022, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Issues of Urology: Unity of Theory and Practice” was held at Samarkand State Medical University. The international conference was attended by employees of medical universities, research organizations and centers of Turkey, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Republic of Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. Kursk State Medical University was a co-organizer of this conference.
At the opening ceremony of the international conference, First Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan Amrillo Inoyatov, Rector of Samarkand State Medical University Zhasur Rizayev, Chairman of the Scientific Society of Urologists of the Republic of Uzbekistan Farhad Akilov, Rector of Kursk State Medical University Lazarenko Victor Anatolyevich, Vice-Rector for Research Work and Innovative Development of Kursk State Medical University Lipatov Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich and other speakers noted the importance of the international scientific forum in expanding mutually beneficial international cooperation between universities and wished successful presentations to the conference participants.
After the plenary session, the main work of the international conference continued at 7 plenary sessions, where participant presentations in the following areas were heard: “Endourology: Innovations in Treatment of Urolithiasis and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia”, “Laparoscopic Urology: Achievements of Urologists of Uzbekistan and Foreign Experience”, “Drug Therapy in Urology”, “Oncourology”, “Pediatric Urology”, as well as “Young Urologists” at a special session and a competition of young scientists. In total, more than 80 reports of leading urologists and young scientists of the republic and abroad were heard during the conference.
On behalf of Kursk State Medical University, presentations were made by: Professor Bratchikov Oleg Ivanovich “Frequency and Possibilities of Vitamin D Correction in Men with Prostate Adenoma”, Professor Shkodkin Sergey Valentinovich “To the Issue of Access in Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Cancer”, oncourologist Antonov Andrey Aleksandrovich “Organ-preserving Surgical Treatment in Bilateral Renal Cell Cancer. Own experience.” All participants of the conference noted the high level of reports, as well as the relevance of the issues raised, their scientific and practical significance. The conference materials were published in a special issue of the international journal “Biomedicine and Practice”.
The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Issues of Urology: Unity of Theory and Practice”, held at Samarkand State Medical University, together with Kursk State Medical University, will make its unconditional contribution to the further development of the urology sphere, involvement of young specialists in research work, further improvement of the quality of teaching of clinical disciplines in medical universities and institutions of postgraduate education, development of international scientific cooperation.
Conference Organizing Committee