The Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics was established in 1997 on the initiative of the former head of the Krasnodar Clinical Hospital for War Veterans, V.N. Morozov, whose initiative was supported by the Rector’s Office of the Kuban State Medical Academy, the administration of the Department of Health and the Department of Social Protection of the Population of the Krasnodar Territory. The department was headed by Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor Yu.S. Kokarev.
With the opening of the department, the training of geriatric physicians and geriatric specialists for social protection institutions began. Teaching was conducted on general and private geriatrics and therapy for internists, cardiologists, pulmonologists and gastroenterologists. At the same time, the scientific interests of the department’s staff in the field of studying the features of comorbid pathology and the functional abilities of elderly and senile people developed.
Since 2008, the structural unit has been working under the name “Department of Therapy No. 2 of the FPC and Teaching Staff”, and since 2024 – “Department of Therapy No. 2” conducts training for clinical residents in the specialties of gastroenterology, hematology, therapy, conducts professional retraining of doctors in the specialties of gastroenterology, geriatrics, dietetics; advanced training in therapy, gastroenterology, hematology, palliative medicine; continuous medical education in multiple cycles for doctors of therapeutic specialties, secondary and junior medical personnel.
Since 2013, the head of the department is Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor S.G. Kanorsky.
The main clinical base of the department is the Regional Clinical Hospital for War Veterans named after Prof. V.K. Krasovitov of the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory. Other bases, in accordance with the concluded agreements, are GBUZ “Regional Clinical Hospital No. 2” of the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory, GBUZ “Clinical Oncological Dispensary No. 1” of the Ministry of Health of the Krasnodar Territory, the Regional Perinatal Center of the Children’s Regional Clinical Hospital, the clinic “Neurocenter”, GBUZ of the Krasnodar Territory “Gerontological Center “Yekaterinodar”.