Abstract:
The article presents the life and creative path of the famous Russian epidemiologist, healthorganizer, public figure, authoritative scientist and teacher, Professor I.I. Elkin. Dwelling on the mainmoments of the life and creative activity of I. And Elkin, one involuntarily looks back at the pathtraversed by domestic epidemiology in the last century. Throughout his life and career, I.I. Elkincarried out a lot of organizational, managerial, scientific and educational work. List of works by I.I.Elkina has over 250 works, including monographs, manuals, and textbooks