Pediatrician (St. Petersburg)Pediatrician (St. Petersburg)2079-78502587-6252Eco-Vector1352710.17816/PED102145-150Research ArticleMy way to surgery began in childhood... Autobiographic essayRomanchishenAnatoliy F.<p>MD, PhD, Dr Med Sci, Professor, Head. Department of Hospital Surgery with Traumatology and Military Surgery Courses</p>afromanchishen@mail.ruSt. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation190620191021451501806201918062019Copyright © 2019, Romanchishen A.F.2019<p>The autobiographical essay presents the history of the formation of the head of the department of hospital surgery with courses of traumatology and military surgery Anatoly Philippovich Romanchishen as a person, a surgeon, a high-class specialist in endocrine surgery. The author recalled his school years and his teachers who guided his life path, how it was decided to enter the Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute. He was lucky to study the specialty under the guidance of such great teachers as A.A. Rusanov, F.H. Kutushev, L.N. Kamardin. The author was linked with the pediatric institute (academy, university) for 50 years and is grateful to it for his wide education, broad professional horizons, which covers the diagnostic of diseases, treatment of both children and adults. Since 1991 and today, Anatoly Philippovich heads the department of hospital surgery. Over the years of his leadership, a lot has been done, including establishing international relations with leading endocrine surgeons of many countries to exchange experience. Russian Endocrine Symposiums with international participation were held in 2003 and 2014 in St. Petersburg under the guidance of Anatoly Philippovich with the help of staff of the department. As a doctor, teacher, researcher, he performs an enormous amount of work, has hundreds of publications in domestic and foreign journals. He is an author of manuals, textbooks, and monographs on surgery of the endocrine system organs. Professor Anatoly Philippovich Romanchishen constantly works at the forefront of science and practice, charging everyone with his energy. He is a worthy surgeon of the Russian surgical school who teaches students and young professionals.</p>Department of Hospital SurgeryLeningrad Pediatric Medical InstituteMariinsky Hospitalкафедра госпитальной хирургииЛенинградский педиатрический медицинский институтМариинская больница[Романчишен А.Ф. Диагностика и обоснование хирургической тактики лечения новообразований щитовидной железы: Автореф. дис. … д-ра мед. наук. – Л.: НИИ онкологии им. Н.Н.Петрова, 1989. [Romanchishen AF. Diagnostika i obosnovanie khirurgicheskoy taktiki lecheniya novoobrazovaniy shchitovidnoy zhelezy. [dissertation] Leningrad: NII onkologii im. N.N. Petrova; 1989. (In Russ.)]][Романчишен А.Ф. 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Местно-распространенный рак щитовидной железы: диагностика, лечение, непосредственные и отдаленные результаты: учебное пособие. – СПб.: СпецЛит, 2017. [Romanchishen AF, Bogaturiya GO, Vabalayte KV, Sokurenko GY. Mestno-rasprostranennyy rak shchitovidnoy zhelezy: diagnostika, lechenie, neposredstvennye i otdalennye rezul’taty: uchebnoe posobie. Saint Petersburg: SpetsLit; 2017. (In Russ.)]][Романчишен А.Ф., Накатис Я.А., Вабалайте К.В., Готовяхина Т.В. Причины расстройств голосовой функции после операций на щитовидной железе. – СПб.: СпецЛит, 2017. [Romanchishen AF, Nakatis YA, Vabalayte KV, Gotovyakhina TV. Prichiny rasstroystv golosovoy funktsii posle operatsiy na shchitovidnoy zheleze. Saint Petersburg: SpetsLit; 2017. (In Russ.)]]