Therapy as a vocation. To the 55th anniversary of professor V.V. Tyrenko

March 11, 2022 was the 55th birthday of the Head of the S.P. Botkin Faculty Therapy Department, chief cardiologist of the Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation, chief therapist-pulmonologist of the Health Committee of the Government of St. Petersburg, Honored Doctor of Russian Federation, Colonel of the Medical Service Professor V.V. Tyrenko. After graduation from the II faculty of the Military Medical Academy in 1989 he was sent to serve in the military unit of the Turkestan Military District. Since 1995, after graduating from residency, he worked successively as a senior resident, a lecturer, and a senior lecturer. After defending his doctoral dissertation in 2004, which was dedicated to Cardiac Syndrome X, in 2005 he was appointed Deputy Head of the Faculty Therapy Department for clinical work, and in 2009 he became a Head of this department. Professor Tyrenko is a well-known scientist in the field of medical problems of therapy and, in particular, rheumatology and hematology, he created his own scientific school. Scientific developments of Professor Tyrenko found practical reflection in military-medical organizations. Under his supervision, departmental standards for the use of various diagnostic and treatment techniques and methods in providing specialized medical care to rheumatologic, hematologic, and therapeutic patients were developed, which are also successfully used in medical institutions in Saint Petersburg and the North-West region. For his great merits in protecting the health of military personnel and civilians, organizing the therapeutic and diagnostic process and providing medical care, implementing modern methods of complex treatment of therapeutic patients, based, among other things, on his own scientific achievements, he was awarded with the Order of Honor 2008. He also received the honorary title Honored Physician of Russian Federation in 2013 and a commendation of the President of the Russian Federation in 2019 (1 figure).