The Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine received its name in January 2013 after the Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy and Health Resort and the Department of Sports Medicine and Sanology had been reorganized.

Full Professor Kyrychynsky O. R.

In September 1, 1944 at Kyiv Institute of Advanced Medical Studies (KIAMS, now NMAPE) there was opened a separate Department of Physical Therapy, headed by Full Professor O. R. Kyrychynsky.

Full Professor Osypov V. Ya.

Full Professor Finogenov S. M.

Since 1961, the department was headed by the followers ofFull Professor O. R. Kyrychynsky-Full Professor OsypovV. Ya. (1961-1963), Full Professor Finogenov S. M (1963-1971),Full Professor Orzheshkovsky V.V.(1972-1992).

Full Professor Orzheshkovsky V. V.

Full Professor SAMOSYUK I.Z.

In 1992 - 2010 the department was headed by Full Professor Samosyuk I. Z.

Full Professor KOZIAVKIN V. I.

In 1998 the department became the Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy and Health Resort with the course of exercise therapy. Its branch, headed by Full Professor V. I. Koziavkin, was opened at the Institute for Medical Rehabilitation in Truskavets’.

In 2013 having been united with the Department of Sports Medicine and Sanology of NMAPE the department was given a name the Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy and Sports Medicine.

Full Professor APANASENKO G.L.

Full Professor POPOVA L. O.

The Department of Sports Medicine and Sanology was founded in September 1, 1992 at Kyiv Institute of Advanced Medical Studies under the guidance of Full Professor Apanasenko G. L. The creation of the department was conditioned by the fact that in1991 due to Full Professor Apanasenko G. L. it was founded a new medical speciality - sanology.