History of the department

In 1993-1995, the department was headed by Akram Ibragimovich Muminov, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rector of Bukhara State Medical Institute.

In 1990, according to the decision of the Council of Ministers of the former Soviet Union, the decision was made to establish a medical institute in Bukhara, the homeland of our great ancestor Abu Ali ibn Sino. A.I.Muminov was entrusted with the responsibility of leading the institute and was appointed rector of the institute. In a short period of time, under the leadership of A.I.Muminov, Bukhara State Medical Institute has become one of the leading universities in the country. In August 1993, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology was established under the leadership of Akram Ibragimovich Muminov, Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rector of Bukhara State Medical Institute. Muminov was appointed head of the department. The department was established in 1993 as part of the clinical base of the Bukhara Regional Hospital (now the Bukhara Regional Multidisciplinary Medical Center). Akram Ibragimovich Muminov graduated from the Tashkent State Medical Institute in 1960 and was admitted to the Department of ENT Diseases of the Samarkand Medical Institute as a clinical resident. From 1962 to 1965 he was a graduate student of the Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education in Moscow. In 1965 he successfully defended his dissertation. From 1965 to 1970 he worked as an assistant and associate professor of ENT diseases at the Samarkand Medical Institute, from 1970 to 1975 he worked as an associate professor and professor of ENT diseases at the Tashkent State Medical Institute. A.I.Muminov successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in 1972. In 1975-1990 he was the head of the Department of ENT diseases of the first medical and sanitary faculties of the Tashkent State Medical Institute, which was established on his own initiative. During these years A.I.Muminov worked at the Tashkent State Medical Institute as the dean of internship and industrial practice, the dean of the first medical faculty, the vice-rector for academic affairs. In connection with the establishment of the Medical Institute in Bukhara in 1990, he was appointed rector of the institute and head of the ENT department. A.I.Muminov was appointed rector of Samarkand State Medical Institute from 1995 to 2000. From 1995 to 2001 he headed the Department of ENT Diseases, Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Education at Sam.MI. From 2001 to the last days of his life he worked as a professor-consultant at the Department of ENT Diseases of the II Tashkent State Medical Institute. A.I.Muminov is the author of more than 350 scientific articles and 5 monographs. In 1996, he created a textbook on otorhinolaryngology for students of the Medical Institute in the Uzbek language. Under his supervision, 7 doctoral and 30 candidate dissertations were defended. On the initiative of A.I.Muminov in 1980 the first “Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Center” was established in the Republic. Along with scientific-pedagogical, medical and administrative work, A.I.Muminov also carried out multifaceted public works. He is a member of the editorial board of “Vestnik otorinolaringologii”, “Meditsinskiy jurnal Uzbekistana”, “Rossiyskaya rhinologiya” magazines, a member of the board of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a member of the monothematic commission on otorhinolaryngology. In 1980, he was awarded the honorary title of “Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan.”

In 1995-2012 and 2014-2018, Vohidov Nuriddin Hikmatovich, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, was appointed Head of the Department of ENT, Dentistry and Oncology of Bukhara State Medical Institute. In 1975 he graduated from the pediatric faculty of Samarkand Medical Institute. In 1975-1976 he passed an internship at the Bukhara Regional Children’s Hospital. From 1977 to 1989 he worked as an ENT doctor at the Bukhara Regional Children’s Hospital, in 1989 as the head of the ENT department of the Bukhara Regional Children’s Hospital. In 1995 he defended his dissertation, in 1997 he received the title of associate professor. In 1995-1998 he worked as the head of the hospital of the Interior Ministry. 2003-2009 yy. Dean of the Faculty of Medical Pedagogy, 2009-2011 Dean of the Medical Faculty of Bukhara State Medical Institute In 2012-2014 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Pedagogy and Higher Nursing, in 2014-2018 he was the Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dentistry and Ophthalmology. He is the author of more than 80 scientific articles, 16 manuals. Voxidov Nuriddin Hikmatovich “Otorhinolaryngology (2019)” and “Pediatric otorhinolaryngology (2019)” in Russian and Uzbek, “Functional anatomy and examination of the larynx, larynx, nose, ear”, “Upper respiratory tract” “Acute laryngotracheitis in children”, “Diseases of the larynx and trachea in children (2019)”, “Clinical otorhinolaryngology (2020)”, “Diseases of the upper respiratory tract in children (2019)” published manuals.

In 2012-2014, the head of the department was appointed Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Nurov Ubaydullo Ibodullayevich. From 2019 to the present, the department is headed by Associate Professor U.I.Nurov. He entered the Central Asian Pediatric Medical Institute in 1980 and graduated in 1986 with honors. In 1993, he was admitted to graduate school, graduating early and defending his dissertation. In 1996 U.I. Nurov worked as an assistant of the ENT department, in 1997 as a senior assistant of the department. In 2002 he was appointed associate professor of the department. 2004-2009 yy. He worked as the dean of the faculty of dentistry of Bukhara State Medical Institute. In 2012-2014 he was the head of the department “Otorhinolaryngology”, in 2014-2019 he was the dean of the Faculty of Medical Pedagogy. He has 96 scientific articles, 12 manuals, 4 textbooks and textbooks on “The work of the ENT nurse in the surgical block”, “Diseases of the larynx and trachea in children”, “Clinical otorhinolaryngology”, “Otorhinolaryngology”. is the author of manuals. He submitted 7 rationalization proposals and received patents for 3 scientific works.

The department of “Otorhinolaryngology” in 2006 cooperated with the Department of Ophthalmology. In 2014-2016, by order of the rector, the department functioned as “ENT, dentistry and oncology”, and in 2016-2018 as “ENT, oncology and ophthalmology”. From 2019 to the present, the department “Otorhinolaryngology and ophthalmology” continues its activities.

In 1993, according to the decision of the Academic Council of the Institute, the Department of Ophthalmology was established. The department is located on the basis of the Bukhara Regional Eye Hospital. Odilova Guljamol Rustamovna has been leading the Ophthalmology course since 2006. In 2010 G.R. Odilova defended her dissertation and in 2011 received the title of Candidate of Medical Sciences. Odilova Guljamol Rustamovna is a senior lecturer in ophthalmology, candidate of medical sciences, author of more than 25 textbooks, more than 45 articles, published in foreign and national journals.

    Students of the faculties of “Treatment”, “Medical pedagogy”, “Medical biology”, “Medical prophylaxis”, “Dentistry” and “Pediatrics” conduct practical and clinical training in otorhinolaryngology and ophthalmology. In 2015, in order to improve the quality of pediatric ophthalmology services in the region and to educate young people at the department, to train qualified pediatric ophthalmologists, the candidate of medical sciences, associate professor Sh.M.Dadamukhamedova was invited to work at the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute.