Andrei Yakovlevich Prokopchuk ( July 16, 1896 , the village of Chemeri, Slonim district , Grodno region - April 13, 1970 ) - Soviet dermatovenerologist. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (1940; corresponding member since 1936), doctor of medical sciences (1936), professor (1931). Honored Worker of Science of the BSSR (1944).
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Biography
He graduated from the medical faculty of Moscow State University (1923). Since 1927 he worked in the clinic of skin and venereal diseases of the Belarusian State University . Since 1931, he was the head of the department of the Minsk Medical Institute , at the same time (1932-1938 and 1945-1963) the director of the Dermatovenerological Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of the BSSR. In the years 1940-1946. Member of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR .
Scientific activity
Founder of the Belarusian school of dermatovenerologists. He studied the morphology of inflammatory processes in the skin with various dermatoses, metabolism, and enzymatic processes. He substantiated new methods for the diagnosis and treatment of skin and sexually transmitted diseases. Used radioactive isotopes and steroid hormones in the treatment of skin diseases.
The author of over 230 scientific papers, including 5 monographs.
Rewards
He was awarded the Orders of Lenin (1942, 1961), the Red Banner of Labor (1944), and medals.
Bibliography
- Treatment of lupus erythematosus with acrychin. Minsk, 1939.
- Purulent skin diseases. Minsk, 1952.
Literature
- Vestsi AN BSSR. Ser. b_yal. Navuk. 1976. No. 3.
- Andrei Yakovlevich Prokopchuk: (Cases and years). M .: INFIT, 2003.
- Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, doctorate of medical science, professor A. Ya. Prakapchuk: Biblical education. Mn .: BSMU, 2004.