Professor Kayshibaev Nurlan Smagulovich passed at the age of 51 on June 17, 2013. Smagulovich was a famous neurologist of Kazakhstan. After graduating from medical school in 1984, he moved his way up from doctor-intern to the head of the Institute of Neurology.
During his career, he also headed the departments of neurology of Almaty city clinics, was the director of a health center in South Kazakhstan region, was a leading neurologist of Health Care Ministry of Republic of Kazakhstan, and was a leading neurologist of Almaty Department of Health Care Ministry.
He founded and headed the Institute of Neurology and the League of Neurologists of Kazakhstan, the member society of WFN (World Federation of Neurology).
He was a head of the Department of Neurology of the Almaty State Institute of Advanced Training of Physicians and a member of the Association of Neurologists of Kazakhstan.
He trained medical students and doctors from all over the country. His teaching career included work at the South Kazakhstan State Medical Academy, Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty State Institute of Advanced Training of Physicians and the Institute of Neurology.
He was particularly interested in cerebrovascular diseases, neurorehabilitation, degenerative and demyelinating diseases of nervous system, and diseases of the peripheral nervous system. One special area of focus was transient ischemic attacks (TIA), to which his master’s and doctoral dissertations were devoted.
He is the author of more than 78 scientific works, including a training manual for graduate students, interns and doctors, as well as methodical recommendations, including “Diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic transient cerebral ischemia” and “Electroneuromyographic criteria for early diagnosis and monitoring of pharmacological correction of subclinical and clinical manifestations of polyneuropathy in patients with newly diagnosed Diabetes mellitus type 2.”
Smagulovich and the members of the Institute of Neurology and the League of Neurologists of Kazakhstan in collaboration with the Kazakh National Medical University and the Almaty State Institute of Advanced Training of Physicians organized “Actual Problems of Neurology,” an annual conference in Almaty with international participation.
He was awarded the badge “High Achiever of Health Care of Kazakhstan” and certificates of honor of Kazakh National Medical University.
Smagulovich was a doctor of the highest qualification category, great clinician, gifted teacher, caring husband, father, son, brother, true friend, kind and sympathetic person.
Condolences to the family, friends and colleagues for this great loss.
