Yuri Yurievich Sokolov is 60 years old!

On May 27, 2024, Yuri Yu. Sokolov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Member of the Editorial Board of journal “Russian Journal of Pediatric Surgery” celebrates his 60-year jubilee. The leading area of his scientific interest is minimally invasive surgery of malformations in the thoracic and abdominal cavities in children. Prof. Sokolov has conducted on-site master classes on pediatric endosurgery more than 50 times in various Russian cities and neighboring foreign countries. He was the first in Russia to perform laparoscopic (in 2005) and robot-assisted (in 2021) extirpation of a cyst in the common bile duct in a child.