Tamara Ismailovna Shalina (To the 70th Anniversary)

amara Ismailovna Shalina, Dr. Sc. (Med.), Professor, the head of the Department of Human Anatomy, Operative Sur-gery and Forensic Medicine of the Irkutsk State Medical University, turned 70 years old. Tamara Ismailovna was born on May 5, 1954 in Cherkessk, Stavropol Territory. After graduating from school, she entered medical school and gradu-ated with honors in 1975. Having worked as a paramedic in an exercise therapy centre and in an antituberculosis dispensary, she realized that medicine was her calling, and that she was most interested in preventive medicine and scientific studies. Therefore, she decided to continue her education and in 1979 she entered the faculty of public health of the Irkutsk State Medical Institute. After graduating from the institute in 1985, she was invited to the Depart-ment of Human Anatomy as a teaching assistant, where she continues to work. The teams of the Departments of Human Anatomy, Operative Surgery and Forensic Medicine, Histology, Embryol-ogy, Cytology, Normal Physiology, university staff and students warmly congratulate Tamara Ismailovna on her 70th birthday, wishing her good health, well-being and further achievements in her career.