Historical Milestones of the Department of Neurology at the Danylo Halytski Lviv National Medical University

• Main Authors: H. Ivasiuk, T. Nehrych, Y. Matviyenko, N. Bozhenko, V. Krysa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shevchenko Scientific Society 2019-06-01
• Series: Праці Наукового товариства імені Шевченка. Медичні науки
• Subjects: neurology, lviv, history, the danylo halytsky lviv national medical university, department of neurology, lviv neurological school.
• Online Access: https://mspsss.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/12
• ISSN: 2708-8634; 2708-8642

The article relates  the history of the Lviv Neurological School, which is inextricably linked to the Department and Clinic of Neurology of the Danylo Halytski Lviv National Medical University. Information about theevolution of research in the field of neurology and related specialties in Lviv during the 20th and early 21st centuries framed against the historical background of that era is presented.  For more than 100 years, the Lviv Clinic and Department of Neurology was an important center of activity of highly professional doctors and scientists, a cradle of training for talented researchers, educators and clinicians, and  maintained the  basic  training of students and young doctors, despite geopolitical and historical hardships.  In particular, at different historical periods, the heads of the Department of Neurology (Henryk Halban and Dmytro Panchenko) even were Rectors of the Lviv Medical University. Today, the Department and Clinic of Neurology of the Danylo Halytski Lviv National Medical University is a modern, powerful, well-functioning unit of the university with a wide international outlook.  It is well-known outside of Ukraine, and represents an important foundation for neurological professionalism in Western Ukraine with great prospects for the future.