Semyon Yulianovich Minkin – surgeon-clinician, neurosurgeon: on the 125th anniversary of birth (1898–1971)
https://doi.org/10.63769/1683-3295-2025-27-4-135-138
Abstract
«If you treat not a disease, but a patient, you first need to reach an understanding with him», these words belong to the great clinician surgeon, neurosurgeon, a man who perfectly mastered the technique of the most complex operations, Professor Semyon Yulianovich Minkin. This is a truly brilliant man who was distinguished by unconditional love and conscientiousness in science, a sense of duty to the people who entrusted him with the most precious thing they have – life. One of the main directions of his practical and scientific activity was neurosurgery, but he, distinguished by his curiosity, did not ignore other areas of medicine. He has written more than 100 scientific papers, which have been and are currently universally recognized. Semyon Yulianovich Minkin was a participant in military operations on the Ukrainian and Leningrad fronts, had extensive practical experience in brain surgery, tried to bring any work to perfection. For twenty-three years he headed the Department of Hospital Surgery of the Perm Medical Institute. During this time, he has produced more than one generation of outstanding doctors and scientists, including Lyudmila Fedorovna Palatova, Yakov Kononovich Ass and others.
About the Authors
Y. A. Utochkin
E. A. Wagner Perm State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Россия
Россия
26 Petropavlovskaya St., Perm 614990
A. V. Vasilevskaya
E. A. Wagner Perm State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia
Россия
Россия
Anastasia Vladimirovna Vasilevskaya
26 Petropavlovskaya St., Perm 614990
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Utochkin Y.A., Vasilevskaya A.V. Semyon Yulianovich Minkin – surgeon-clinician, neurosurgeon: on the 125th anniversary of birth (1898–1971). Russian journal of neurosurgery. 2025;27(4):135-138. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.63769/1683-3295-2025-27-4-135-138
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