@article{Boychak_2019, title={ON PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF THE FIRST CHIEF THERAPEUTIST OF THE DEFENSE MINISTRY OF UKRAINE, ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE MILITARY MEDICAL SERVICE REFORMING, MAJOR-GENERAL OF MILITARY MEDICAL SERVICE N.N. VOVKODAV (on the occasion of the 75th an}, volume={19}, url={https://ujmm.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/81}, abstractNote={<p>The article tells on the personal and professional life of the Candidate of Medical Science, the Honored doctor of Ukraine, Major-general of Military Medical Service N.N. Vovkodav – First Deputy Chief of the Military Medical Directorate (Chief therapeutist), one of the originators of the Military Medical Service of Ukraine reforming. After studying at the military-medical faculty at the Kuibyshev Medical Institute and the Militarymedical Academy n.a. S.M. Kirov, N.N. Vovkodav worked his way up from chief of internal medicine departments of military hospitals to the leading therapeutist of the district hospital, and to the Chief Therapeutist of the Kyiv military district in the Soviet times, and to the First Deputy Chief of the Main Military Medical Directorate (Chief therapeutist) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. N.N. Vovkodav introduced new ways of reforming Military Medical Service – creation of the territorial system of provision of medical services to troops, organization of the military-medical clinical centers, new principles of military medical service financing, took part in setting up of Ukrainian Military Medical Academy, Main military-medical hospital, other military-medical institutions. He is an author of more than 70 research works and two monographies, dedicated to issues of military medicine reforming&nbsp;</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Ukrainian Journal of Military Medicine}, author={Boychak, M.P.}, year={2019}, month={Jul.}, pages={104-114} }