Scientific and Organization Department was created in 1950, it was headed by:

1950-1953 Andrey P. Romodanov, MD, PhD
1954-1957 Yuri N. Kvitnisky-Ryzhov, MD, PhD
1957-1959 Yakov I. Fraynzilber, MD, PhD
1960-1976 Mark K. Brotman, MD, PhD
1977-1985 Pavel A. Pronzelev, MD, PhD, DSc
1986-1988 Nikolay P. Guk, MD, PhD
1989-2000 Yaroslav V. Patsko, MD, PhD, DSc
2001-2016 Nikolay A. Sapon, MD, PhD, DSc
2016-2022 Leonid D. Pichkur, MD, PhD, DSc

Department main activities
1. Research on organization issues in neurosurgery, field programs on neurosurgical pathology prevalence and prediction, development of new information medical technologies or complicity in research, carried out in other departments of the Institute and other institutions of NAMS and Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
2. Advisory assistance to specialists from other Institute departments and specialized healthcare facilities on epidemiology and prediction of neurosurgical diseases.
3. Review organization, information and learning materials approval on the Institute Scientific Council (guidelines, recommendations on medical technologies use, information papers, brochures, etc.), and their publication.
4. Conclusion of agreements and contracts on cooperation with healthcare institutions on specialized neurosurgical care organization in the Institute, implementation of scientific design on organization and technical assistance.
5. Proposals submission, coordination with relevant Departments of NAMS, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, annual plan on scientific and organization work implementation.
6. Information and training courses for doctors providing (at the Institute).
7. Organization of scientific conferences, seminars, meetings, etc. Cooperation with organizing committees of medical exhibitions, exhibits and promotional materials selection and preparation.
8. Annual reports on Institute scientific proposals implementation (in Institute Departments and other health facilities), their approval on the scientific council and referral to Medical and Organizational Direction NAMS of Ukraine.
9. Organization of consideration, review and approval of methodical papers from medical institutions subordinated to the Institute (as the main neurosurgical institution in Ukraine).
10. Medical and statistic data collecting and processing. Ensuring the information reliability in medical records and reports. Medical and statistic analysis on health and healthcare state. Statistic reports submission to higher authorities. Medical statistic data management.
11. Cooperation with the media on public awareness about new medical technologies and theoretical developments in the field of neurosciences.
12. Institute website support, it’s content software on Institute main activities (diagnostic and treatment facilities, research results, methodological developments, personnel training, publishing activities).
13. Publishing activities (prepress and publishing of conference proceedings, guidelines etc.).

Updated 14 May 2024