On 23 May in the Anatomical Museum named after Nikolay Kurdyumov of DSMU the opening ceremony of the corner of the memory of the outstanding scientist and teacher — Professor Tagir Saidullakhovich Huseynov was held.

   The event was attended by representatives of the university management, heads of departments, chief doctors of dental clinics of the republic, students, colleagues, friends and relatives of the professor.

   On behalf of the Rector of DSMU, Professor V.Y. Khanaliev, Elmira Akhmedova, Vice-Rector for Academic Work, a student, colleague and close friend of the Huseynov family, made a welcoming speech. She shared warm memories about Tagir Saidullakhovich, noting him not only as a brilliant specialist, but also as a person of great warmth of heart, a wise mentor and a dedicated doctor.

  The life and contribution of Prof. Tagir Huseynov to the development of medical science and education was told about:

— Tagir Abakarov, Dean of the Dental Faculty of DSMU;

— Alexander Chudinov, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Paediatric Dentistry;

— Patimat Bashirova, chief doctor of the Republican Children’s Dental Polyclinic;

— Arsen Shakhbanov, Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Vishnevsky Republican Clinical Hospital;

— Ruslan Shakhbanov, Head of the Department of Histology, Chairman of the Joint Trade Union Committee.

   They remembered him as a man who devoted himself to serving science and educating generations of doctors.

The speech of the professor’s daughter Sabina Huseynova, Head of the Department of Human Anatomy, was particularly touching. She thanked all those who keep her father’s memory alive and emphasised that his legacy lives on in his students and scientific works.

   The ceremony ended with the solemn opening of the memory corner reflecting the life path of Tagir Saidullakhovich.

   Rector of DSMU, Professor V.Y. Khanaliev noted: ‘Tagir Saidullakhovich Huseynov will always remain in our hearts as an outstanding scientist, talented teacher’.