Background
Leonov Apollinarius Nikolaevich was born on March 1, 1929 in Novinskoye Village, Volgograd region, Russian Federation.
Leonov Apollinarius Nikolaevich was born on March 1, 1929 in Novinskoye Village, Volgograd region, Russian Federation.
In 1953 Apollinarius graduated from the Medical Faculty of Stalingrad Medical Institute (now Volgograd State Medical University).
In 1956-1965 Apollinarius was an assistant, a professor of the Pathology and Physiology Department. In 1962-1965 he was a vice-rector of the Department. In 1965-1999 he was head of the Department. In 1967-1970 he was dean of the Medical Faculty at Voronezh State Medical Institute (now Voronezh State Medical Academy). Since 1999 he was a Professor of the Department of Pathophysiology.
In 1991 Apollinarius Nikolaevich became an honored scientist of the RSFSR. He was a founder of Voronezh Scientific School of Hyperbaric Medicine, which had a significant impact on the development of hyperbaric oxygenation in the country.
Since 1993 Apollinarius Nikolaevich was also a founder and editor-in-chief of the regional scientific and practical journal "The Bulletin of Hyperbaric Biology and Medicine".
