Ivan Ivanovich Mavrov (26 June 1936 – 8 August 2009) was a Ukrainian

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

Life and career

Mavrov was born in

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...

in 1936. In 1960 he graduated as a doctor of medical sciences from Donetsk Medical Institute. From 1960 to 1977 he held several positions, first head physician of a local rural hospital, then managing doctor of dermatovenereology branch of a large hospital, then head physician of the City dermatovenereologic clinic, and finally manager of the City Public Health Department. He then became professor and director of the Institute of

Dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medical ...

and

Venereology Venereology is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the study and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The name derives from Roman goddess Venus, associated with love, beauty and fertility. A physician specializing in vener ...

at the Ukraine Academy of Medical Sciences, from 1977 to 2009, and manager of the Faculty of skin and

venereal diseases Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are Transmission (medicine), spread by Human sexual activity, sexual activity, especi ...

of the Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education from 1984 to 2009. Mavrov was the founder of a scientific school and the editor-in-chief of the journal ''Dermatology and venereology''. He held 35 patents and 19 copyright certificates, and supervised eight doctoral and 37 master's theses. Mavrov's scientific research areas were

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, and oral sex ...

– the study of biological and genetic features of the venereal infections causative agents; functions and impairments of cell membranes at skin and venereal diseases; development of new diagnostic tests;

ecological Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

and social research.

Publications

Mavrov published more than 350 scientific works on various topics in

dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medical ...

and

venereology Venereology is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the study and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The name derives from Roman goddess Venus, associated with love, beauty and fertility. A physician specializing in vener ...

, including 12 monographs: * ''Urogenital Chlamydiosis'', 1983; * ''Treatment and preventive maintenance of gogococcal infections'', 1984; * ''Microcirculation at dermatosis'', 1985; * ''Contact infections which are sexually transmitted'', 1989; * ''Sexual diseases'', 1994, 2002 (sustained five editions in Ukraine and published abroad); * ''HIV-infection: actual questions of clinic, diagnostics, epidemiology and preventive maintenance'', 1994; * ''The Herpes-virus infection'', 1998, "Human qualities and human relations", 2005. He also wrote the basic sections of manuals for doctors: * ''Venereal diseases'', 1991; * ''Unification of laboratory methods of research at the sexually transmitted infections'', 2001; * ''Rationale diagnostics and treatment in dermatovenereology'', 2007, * ''Bases of diagnostics and treatment in dermatology and venereology'', 2008; * ''Etudes to diagnostics and treatment in dermatology and venereology'', 2009.

References

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