The history of the urology course is inextricably linked with the history of Vinnytsia National Medical University named after M. I. Pirogov which was established in 1934. The first head of the urology course was a student of Professor A. A. Chaika — Associate Professor E. A. Tuzhik. The basis of the urology course were 10 beds which were allocated for urological patients as part of the Department of the Faculty Surgery. E. A. Tuzhik was a qualified specialist, performed many operations, conducted an outpatient appointment, went to the areas for consultations and urgent operations for urological patients and was a freelance inspector of the regional health department. Associate Professor E. A. Tuzhik died of pneumonia during the Great Patriotic War.

The resumption of teaching urology at the Medical Institute and the organization of the urological service in the Vinnytsia region in the postwar period is associated with the name of Pynevych Mykhailo Vasyliovych. Then, back in 1946, the Ministry of Health of the USSR in Vinnytsia an experienced urologist, high-class surgeon, candidate of medical sciences, a student of Professor A. G. Radzievsky Pinevich M. V. was appointed to the position of associate professor of the department of faculty surgery. Initially, two wards with 4 beds were allocated for urological patients, and in 1947 the urological department of the regional hospital with 20 beds was organized as the base of the clinic, from 1950 it was expanded to 30, and from 1958 — to 50 beds.

In the clinic led by Pinevich M. V. began great pedagogical work, complex surgical interventions began to be performed, urologists were trained for the regional center and districts of the region, and a scientific society of urologists began to operate. In the postwar years the field of research of the clinic were: tuberculosis of the genitourinary system, post-traumatic and post-inflammatory strictures of the urethra in men, tumors of the genitourinary system, medicinal properties of radon waters of Khmilnyk resort, functional state of kidneys in various urological diseases.

Training of highly qualified urologists began through clinical residency. The first clinical resident of the urology course was Rymsha V. F., later in different years in the clinical residency in the course of urology studied Maximov V. D., Skoropadsky V. N., Gresko I. V., Yatsuba K. F., Gursky B. F., Parkhomchuk A. Z, Hrobust D. V., Lewandowski M. V., Bagriy S. G., Kasyan V. M.

Training of foreign doctors in clinical residency has been set. Nejem Imad, Al-Shami Ibrahim Mohammed, Nasser Qadri, Abdul Monaf, Osama Issam Fadlala, Kubillos Gutierrez Jorge, Halabi Iyad, Kasem Iyad, Hisham Al Wahish, Atua Al Husam, Kraham Saleh Barabid and others have undertaken it.

Assistants of the urology course at this time worked: Maksimov V. D., Gursky B. F., Potekha Y. B., Lonsky L. Y., Baralo I. V.

According to the materials of the clinic, in that period the candidate’s dissertations were defended by Vedenko B. G. (“Postoperative Urinary Fistulas of Kidneys and Ureters”), Baralom I. V. (“Development of Algorithms for the Selection of Surgical Treatment, Postoperative Observation and Rehabilitation of Patients with Prostate Adenoma”), Pushkar O. M. (“Modification of a One-step Valvular Prostatectomy”)

The urology course has been training interns-urologists since 1992.

The first full-time graduate students of the urology course were I. V. Baralo and Telesh P. I. The first undergraduate in the course of urology was Tsits O. V.

Dmitryshyn S. P. and Ali Shadi graduated from clinical residency. Tuerhun Zhumake, Ahmed Nasef and Kamluk V. P. studied for a master’s degree.

In 2007, in connection with the retirement of Associate Professor Pivovarov P. I., his student Baralo I. V. was appointed as acting head of the urology course. In 2007, assistant Maximov V. D. also retired. In 2008 Baralo I. V. was elected by competition for the position of associate professor by the Academic Council of the University, and in 2011 he received the title of associate professor. Residents of the regional hospital Potekha Yu. B. and Gorovy V. I were accepted as part-time assistants, as well as a clinical resident of the 2nd year Dmytryshyn S. P. who in 2012 defended his dissertation on the topic “Clinical and Organizational Model of Urological Care for Patients with Urolithiasis”. For a long time Bondarenko T. I. worked as a laboratory assistant in the course of urology, after her retirement Volovodova S. P. was accepted as a laboratory assistant. Oleksiy Romanovych Balatsky and Bohdan Ihorovych Baralo studied in the clinical residency. Balatsky Roman Kostiantynovych and Kapshuk Oleh Mykolayovych are part-time teachers of the urology course. Oleksiy Romanovych Balatsky was enrolled in the position of urology course assistant in 2018. Leonid Yosypovych Lonsky and Viktor Ivanovych Horovy received the titles of associate professors, and Serhiy Petrovych Dmytryshyn also works as an associate professor.

Course of Urology
The history of the urology course is inextricably linked with the history of Vinnytsia National Medical University named after M. I. Pirogov which was established in 1934. The first head of the urology course was a student of Professor A. A. Chaika — Associate Professor E. A. Tuzhik. The basis of the urology course were 10 beds which were allocated for urological patients as part of the Department of the Faculty Surgery. E. A. Tuzhik was a qualified specialist, performed many operations, conducted an outpatient appointment, went to the areas for consultations and urgent operations for urological patients and was a freelance inspector of the regional health department. Associate Professor E. A. Tuzhik died of pneumonia during the Great Patriotic War.
The resumption of teaching urology at the Medical Institute and the organization of the urological service in the Vinnytsia region in the postwar period is associated with the name of Pynevych Mykhailo Vasyliovych. Then, back in 1946, the Ministry of Health of the USSR in Vinnytsia an experienced urologist, high-class surgeon, candidate of medical sciences, a student of Professor A. G. Radzievsky Pinevich M. V. was appointed to the position of associate professor of the department of faculty surgery. Initially, two wards with 4 beds were allocated for urological patients, and in 1947 the urological department of the regional hospital with 20 beds was organized as the base of the clinic, from 1950 it was expanded to 30, and from 1958 — to 50 beds.
In the clinic led by Pinevich M. V. began great pedagogical work, complex surgical interventions began to be performed, urologists were trained for the regional center and districts of the region, and a scientific society of urologists began to operate. In the postwar years the field of research of the clinic were: tuberculosis of the genitourinary system, post-traumatic and post-inflammatory strictures of the urethra in men, tumors of the genitourinary system, medicinal properties of radon waters of Khmilnyk resort, functional state of kidneys in various urological diseases.
Training of highly qualified urologists began through clinical residency. The first clinical resident of the urology course was Rymsha V. F., later in different years in the clinical residency in the course of urology studied Maximov V. D., Skoropadsky V. N., Gresko I. V., Yatsuba K. F., Gursky B. F., Parkhomchuk A. Z, Hrobust D. V., Lewandowski M. V., Bagriy S. G., Kasyan V. M.
Training of foreign doctors in clinical residency has been set. Nejem Imad, Al-Shami Ibrahim Mohammed, Nasser Qadri, Abdul Monaf, Osama Issam Fadlala, Kubillos Gutierrez Jorge, Halabi Iyad, Kasem Iyad, Hisham Al Wahish, Atua Al Husam, Kraham Saleh Barabid and others have undertaken it.
Assistants of the urology course at this time worked: Maksimov V. D., Gursky B. F., Potekha Y. B., Lonsky L. Y., Baralo I. V.
According to the materials of the clinic, in that period the candidate’s dissertations were defended by Vedenko B. G. (“Postoperative Urinary Fistulas of Kidneys and Ureters”), Baralom I. V. (“Development of Algorithms for the Selection of Surgical Treatment, Postoperative Observation and Rehabilitation of Patients with Prostate Adenoma”), Pushkar O. M. (“Modification of a One-step Valvular Prostatectomy”)
The urology course has been training interns-urologists since 1992.
The first full-time graduate students of the urology course were I. V. Baralo and Telesh P. I. The first undergraduate in the course of urology was Tsits O. V.
Dmitryshyn S. P. and Ali Shadi graduated from clinical residency. Tuerhun Zhumake, Ahmed Nasef and Kamluk V. P. studied for a master’s degree.
In 2007, in connection with the retirement of Associate Professor Pivovarov P. I., his student Baralo I. V. was appointed as acting head of the urology course. In 2007, assistant Maximov V. D. also retired. In 2008 Baralo I. V. was elected by competition for the position of associate professor by the Academic Council of the University, and in 2011 he received the title of associate professor. Residents of the regional hospital Potekha Yu. B. and Gorovy V. I were accepted as part-time assistants, as well as a clinical resident of the 2nd year Dmytryshyn S. P. who in 2012 defended his dissertation on the topic “Clinical and Organizational Model of Urological Care for Patients with Urolithiasis”. For a long time Bondarenko T. I. worked as a laboratory assistant in the course of urology, after her retirement Volovodova S. P. was accepted as a laboratory assistant. Oleksiy Romanovych Balatsky and Bohdan Ihorovych Baralo studied in the clinical residency. Balatsky Roman Kostiantynovych and Kapshuk Oleh Mykolayovych are part-time teachers of the urology course. Oleksiy Romanovych Balatsky was enrolled in the position of urology course assistant in 2018. Leonid Yosypovych Lonsky and Viktor Ivanovych Horovy received the titles of associate professors, and Serhiy Petrovych Dmytryshyn also works as an associate professor.