The department was founded on August 26, 1993 by order of the rector of the institute No. 171 and renamed into “Neurology, neurosurgery and medical genetics.” According to the head of the department, Ph.D. Yakubov.
The Department of Neurology was organized on August 26, 1993 as part of the Department of Neurology of the Regional Clinical Hospital. From 1999 to 2013 – head of the department, Ph.D. was M.B. Orinov. Since 2013, the head of the department is D.T. Khodzhaeva.
In 2018. assistant of the department Akhrorova Sh.B. She defended her doctoral dissertation in the field of medicine “Idiopathic neuropathy of the facial nerve from the point of view of gender dimorphism.” In 2020, associate professor of the department Urinov M.B. defended his doctoral dissertation on “The course of prosopalgic and prosoplegic pathology in men and women.”
In 2020, a specialized council was established at the Bukhara State Medical Institute to award the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of medical sciences. Doctor of Medical Sciences Khodzhieva D.T. was appointed as the chairman of the Academic Council. At the dissertation council, organized on October 13, 2020, Nargiza Mansurova defended her first dissertation on the topic “Comparative clinical and pathobiochemical aspects of Parkinson’s disease in the Uzbek and Japanese languages” in the specialty “Neurology”.
The department conducts research in several areas: diseases of the peripheral nervous system, cerebrovascular diseases, hereditary diseases of the nervous system.
In addition, republican and international scientific conferences on topical issues of neurology are held annually under the guidance of the head of the department. In addition, students trained by the teachers of the department take part in republican and international Olympiads in science and take pride of place.
The Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery Research (Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery Research ISSN 2181-0982 DOI 10.26739 / 2181-0982) was established by the head of the department and the rector of the institute in cooperation with the Bukhara State Medical Institute and research.uz. Research from the Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery is included in the US Crossref.org system, where each article is assigned a doi number. It will also be included directly in the electronic database of scientific articles of the Russian Federation elibrary.ru.
On November 19-23, 2018, Professor of the Department of Neurology of the Shymkent Medical Academy Tuksanbaeva Gulfariza Usenbaevna visited the Bukhara Medical Institute. During her visit, the professor gave lectures to students, undergraduates and residents of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry. He shared his scientific and practical experience with professors of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry.
On November 17, 2018, Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Stavropol Medical University, Professor Sergey Mikhailovich Karpov, Head of the Department of Neurology of the Bukhara Medical Institute, Candidate of Medical Sciences Hodzhieva Dilbar Tadjievna. The professor told about his experience and work, his achievements to the staff of the department and students studying at the department. He shared his scientific and practical experience with professors of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry. In cooperation with the staff of the department, the idea of writing textbooks on neurology was expressed, and in a short time the textbook “Neurological symptoms” was published in Russian, English and Uzbek languages. On September 21, 2018, the III Congress of neurologists of Turkic-speaking countries was held in Bukhara. The organizers of the congress were the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, the Bukhara State Medical Institute, the Public Association of Neurologists of Uzbekistan. The conference was attended by a team of professors and neurologists from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. In addition, republican and international scientific conferences on topical issues of neurology are held annually under the guidance of the head of the department. In addition, students trained by the teachers of the department take part in republican and international Olympiads in science and take pride of place.