The Department of Hospital Surgery was organized in 1934 on the basis of the regional hospital with the participation and under the leadership of the first head of the educational part of the Medical Institute, a famous surgeon, scientist and teacher Professor Nikolai Nikolaevich Bolyarsky.

Before the Great Patriotic War, the department was located on the basis of the 6th Soviet Hospital and had 100 beds with all subsidiary rooms.

After the liberation of Vinnytsia from the Nazi occupiers in 1944, a clinical campus was organized in the suburbs of Pyatnychany to teach clinical subjects to 5th year students. The hospital surgical clinic had 50 beds.

Initially, the clinic was headed by Assoc. I. P. Callistov, and then prof. M. O. Blagovischensky.

Almost at the same time, demobilized from the army, having vast experience of operations during the war, N. V. Zavadska, M. B. Ostrovsky, G. D Lerner, J. W. Slusar, V. I. Surish, V. V. Metelitska came to the clinic.

In 1950, the department was transferred to the 2nd city hospital on Voroshilov street, in a room with 80 beds. In addition, the clinic included the orthopedic department of the regional hospital named after Pirogov (curator — Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Slyusar) and the surgical department of the 1st city hospital with 35 beds (curator – Assoc. Prof. S. M. Pravednikov).

In 1962, the department moved to the newly built premises of the 2nd city hospital on Kyivska street where it was located on the basis of 80 surgical and 40 thoracic beds.

The range of surgical interventions has expanded, the conditions for the use of modern diagnostic methods and the conditions for the educational process have improved.

The head of the thoracic department was I. I. Mityuk who collaborated with the chief surgeon of the regional health department.

In connection with the appointment of prof. M. V. Danylenko to the position of rector of the Lviv Medical Institute in the 1964-1965 academic year, the department was headed by Assoc. I. F. Perepelytsya. There were other personnel changes: Ts. K. Borzhievsky and O. A. Lukashenko, transferred from the Department of Faculty Surgery Assoc. P. H. Gaiduk.

In 1965, Professor H. A. Sardak was elected head of the department. He was well versed not only in abdominal surgery, but also in operations on blood vessels and organs of the chest. In addition to treatment, the educational process has significantly improved, enough attention was paid to the work of the scientific surgical circle.

In February 1975 the department was headed by prof. І. І. Mityuk. The study of the volume of teaching in the program of hospital surgery showed that the existing profile of the clinic’s departments does not meet its objectives. Therefore, in coordination with the health authorities, the clinic was relocated from the 2nd hospital to the regional hospital named after M. I. Pirogov.

Since August 1976, the department has been located on the basis of surgical and thoracic departments of the regional hospital named after M. I. Pirogov, it also included a surgical (proctological) department of the 1st city hospital (curator — Assoc. Prof. I. O. Kardasevich). In 1981, a vascular department was organized (curator — Assoc. Prof. V. R. Shevchuk).

The nineties were marked by significant personnel changes at the department. Professor A. I. Godlevsky has headed the Department of Faculty Surgery. The staff was replaced by new employees: V. P. Slivka (1992), M. I. Pokidko (1993), V. T Buriy (1999), V. F. Krivetsky (2000), O. I Mityuk (2001).

A significant contribution to the modernization of educational and methodological, scientific and medical work is made by M. I. Pokidko — head of the educational part, scientific secretary of the specialized Academic Council of the University for the defense of dissertations.

Since 2017 Professor Pokidko M. I. heads the Department of Surgery No. 2.

Among the scientific priorities of the department are the problems of treatment of early postoperative abdominal complications after emergency and planned surgical interventions, postcholecystectomy syndrome, gallstone disease, reconstructive surgery on the esophagus, colon and small intestine, hypertensive surgery pancreatitis, adhesive disease of the abdominal cavity, minimally invasive interventions for obstructive jaundice, complicated abdominal hernias, disorders of the surfactant system of the lungs in surgical pathology, chronic venous insufficiency, thromboembolic complications, purulent lung diseases, intestinal pathology, plastic surgery.

Department of Surgery No. 1
The Department of Hospital Surgery was organized in 1934 on the basis of the regional hospital with the participation and under the leadership of the first head of the educational part of the Medical Institute, a famous surgeon, scientist and teacher Professor Nikolai Nikolaevich Bolyarsky.
Before the Great Patriotic War, the department was located on the basis of the 6th Soviet Hospital and had 100 beds with all subsidiary rooms.
After the liberation of Vinnytsia from the Nazi occupiers in 1944, a clinical campus was organized in the suburbs of Pyatnychany to teach clinical subjects to 5th year students. The hospital surgical clinic had 50 beds.
Initially, the clinic was headed by Assoc. I. P. Callistov, and then prof. M. O. Blagovischensky.
Almost at the same time, demobilized from the army, having vast experience of operations during the war, N. V. Zavadska, M. B. Ostrovsky, G. D Lerner, J. W. Slusar, V. I. Surish, V. V. Metelitska came to the clinic.
In 1950, the department was transferred to the 2nd city hospital on Voroshilov street, in a room with 80 beds. In addition, the clinic included the orthopedic department of the regional hospital named after Pirogov (curator — Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Slyusar) and the surgical department of the 1st city hospital with 35 beds (curator – Assoc. Prof. S. M. Pravednikov).
In 1962, the department moved to the newly built premises of the 2nd city hospital on Kyivska street where it was located on the basis of 80 surgical and 40 thoracic beds.
The range of surgical interventions has expanded, the conditions for the use of modern diagnostic methods and the conditions for the educational process have improved.
The head of the thoracic department was I. I. Mityuk who collaborated with the chief surgeon of the regional health department.
In connection with the appointment of prof. M. V. Danylenko to the position of rector of the Lviv Medical Institute in the 1964-1965 academic year, the department was headed by Assoc. I. F. Perepelytsya. There were other personnel changes: Ts. K. Borzhievsky and O. A. Lukashenko, transferred from the Department of Faculty Surgery Assoc. P. H. Gaiduk.
In 1965, Professor H. A. Sardak was elected head of the department. He was well versed not only in abdominal surgery, but also in operations on blood vessels and organs of the chest. In addition to treatment, the educational process has significantly improved, enough attention was paid to the work of the scientific surgical circle.
In February 1975 the department was headed by prof. І. І. Mityuk. The study of the volume of teaching in the program of hospital surgery showed that the existing profile of the clinic’s departments does not meet its objectives. Therefore, in coordination with the health authorities, the clinic was relocated from the 2nd hospital to the regional hospital named after M. I. Pirogov.
Since August 1976, the department has been located on the basis of surgical and thoracic departments of the regional hospital named after M. I. Pirogov, it also included a surgical (proctological) department of the 1st city hospital (curator — Assoc. Prof. I. O. Kardasevich). In 1981, a vascular department was organized (curator — Assoc. Prof. V. R. Shevchuk).
The nineties were marked by significant personnel changes at the department. Professor A. I. Godlevsky has headed the Department of Faculty Surgery. The staff was replaced by new employees: V. P. Slivka (1992), M. I. Pokidko (1993), V. T Buriy (1999), V. F. Krivetsky (2000), O. I Mityuk (2001).
A significant contribution to the modernization of educational and methodological, scientific and medical work is made by M. I. Pokidko — head of the educational part, scientific secretary of the specialized Academic Council of the University for the defense of dissertations.
Since 2017 Professor Pokidko M. I. heads the Department of Surgery No. 2.
Among the scientific priorities of the department are the problems of treatment of early postoperative abdominal complications after emergency and planned surgical interventions, postcholecystectomy syndrome, gallstone disease, reconstructive surgery on the esophagus, colon and small intestine, hypertensive surgery pancreatitis, adhesive disease of the abdominal cavity, minimally invasive interventions for obstructive jaundice, complicated abdominal hernias, disorders of the surfactant system of the lungs in surgical pathology, chronic venous insufficiency, thromboembolic complications, purulent lung diseases, intestinal pathology, plastic surgery.