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Valery Ivanovich Chissov: biography of the scientist
Valery Ivanovich was born on August 28, 1939 in the family of a military man. Since childhood, the boy showed interest in medicine and, having successfully graduated from school, entered the Medical Institute. I.M.Sechenov in Moscow. After graduating from basic education in 1963, V. I. Chissov continued to receive education in clinical residency at the department of hospital surgery of the same educational institution, and after graduate school. It was there that he began his research work. In 1967 he defended his thesis on the topic: "Esophagomanometry on hernias of the esophagus and diaphragm and diverticulums of the esophagus."
A year later, Valery Ivanovich Chissov became a junior research fellow (and then senior) in the department of stomach and esophagus surgery of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Surgery of the USSR Ministry of Health.
During these years, Valery Ivanovich began to develop surgical and conservative treatment of acquired and congenital pathologies of the diaphragm, cardia, esophagus and other areas. He reflected his research in this area in his doctoral dissertation entitled "Damage and fistula of the esophagus", which he defended in 1976.
Other industry
Oncology Valery Ivanovich Chissov engaged in 1978, when he moved to work at the Institute. Herzen, who specializes in oncology research. It was here that he managed to reveal his talent as an oncologist, researcher and scientist in this field.
In MNII them. P.A. Herzen, he successively becomes first the head of the department of abdominal oncology, and then the director of the institute. But in 2013, he had to leave this post. His daughter, together with deputy director S. Bezyaev, stole the funds allocated for the purchase of life support equipment for cancer patients. The amount of stolen funds amounted to 29 million rubles.
Currently, Valery Ivanovich Chissov is the head of the Association of Oncologists of the Russian Federation, as well as an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and a leading oncologist in Russia.
Scientific achievements
Under the strict guidance of Valery Ivanovich Chissov, 46 dissertations were completed, including 27 doctoral theses and 19 doctoral ones. Thanks to his scientific developments, more than 40 inventions have been patented. It was he who developed the method of tissue and organ restoration after microsurgical autotransplantation in cancer patients.
Valery Ivanovich is also the founder of the method of intraoperative irradiation with the help of combination therapy for malignant neoplasms. This method allowed Chissov Valery Ivanovich in practice to almost completely exclude healthy tissues from the area of radiation therapy.
V. I. Chissov developed diagnostic methods, methods of combined and surgical treatment, based on the introduction of laser technology. One can talk a lot about his achievements for a long time, but the most important thing is the reviews about his patients Chissov Valery Ivanovich. All as one declares: "This is not a man, this is a magician!". He goes to operations of any complexity, does everything possible and impossible to save a person. And all because he believes only in the best. And the doctor shares his confidence with colleagues and patients.
Books and awards
Valery Ivanovich has a lot of awards, he wrote many books. His works are devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors of the head, neck and digestive tract. V. I. Chissov has written such books as “Functional and gentle treatment of patients with malignant tumors”, “Oncology: national guidelines”, “Atlas of oncological operations”, as well as many guidelines for early diagnosis of cancer.
In 1986, the doctor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In 1991, he became a laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR for the creation of a functional gentle treatment of tumors with the preservation of organs in the body. Also, Valery Ivanovich was awarded many medals, for example, "For Merit to Domestic Health Care". But the doctor himself modestly says: "The main thing is not the rewards. The main thing is the life of my patients."