On the occasion of the anniversary of the urology course at the Orenburg Medical Institute (now University)

In 2024, the Orenburg Medical Institute (now University) celebrated its 80th anniversary, and the urology course, organized in 1975, turns 50 in 2025. In the period 1979-1994, the course was reorganized into a department. Professor Mark Naumovich Zilberman has priority in the formation of traditions and educational, methodological, and scientific achievements in the field of urology. This study presents the historical and medical aspects of the formation and development of Orenburg urology, the course of urology at the Medical Institute (now University), and the activities of urologist professor M.N. Zilberman, a participant in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, one of the founders of the urological service in the Orenburg Region, and head of the course / department in 1975-1990 (since 1990, associate professor V.A. Baev). The department has implemented aspects of the treatment of nephrolithiasis and nephroptosis and introduced retroperitoneoscopy (RPS), issues of urogynecology, sexopathology, etc., which have direct applied significance. The teaching of urology has been unified. Innovative methods of diagnosis and treatment, such as remote lithotripsy, hardware thermotherapy for prostate adenoma, urological endoscopy, percutaneous and X-ray endosurgery, etc., have been introduced.