Dean

Azizzoda Zubaydullo Abdullo, Doctor of Medical Sciences – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Tajik National University (TNU).

Azizzoda Zubaydullo Abdullo was born on September 20, 1976, in the Republic of Tajikistan. He holds a Doctorate in Medical Sciences and is a Professor. He was awarded the title “Excellence in Education of the Republic of Tajikistan” in 2010 and “Excellence in Healthcare of the Republic of Tajikistan” in 2016. He graduated from the Faculty of General Medicine at the Avicenna Tajik State Medical University (TSMU) in 1999.

He completed his postgraduate studies at the Department of Surgical Diseases No. 1 at TSMU (1999–2004), worked as a lecturer (2004–2005), served as Head of the Department of Family Medicine at the State Medical College (2005–2015), and as Deputy Director of the same institution (2015–2020). In 2020, he became the Director of the State Medical College of Kulob named after Rahmonzoda Rahmatullo Aziz.

Simultaneously, since 2020, he has worked as a surgeon at the surgical department of the A. Haqnazarov Multidisciplinary Regional Clinical Hospital in Kulob. In August 2025, he was appointed Dean of the Pediatric Faculty at TSMU named after Avicenna. Since August 1 of the current year, he has also been the Head of the Department of Human Anatomy at TNU and currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at TNU.

In 2004, he defended his Candidate (PhD-level) dissertation on the topic:
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers Complicated by Bleeding.”
In 2022, he defended his Doctoral Dissertation on the topic:
“Minimally Invasive Technologies in the Comprehensive Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Liver Echinococcosis and Its Complications.”

He is the author of 9 textbooks, 3 monographs, 5 educational-methodological materials, 2 patents, and over 50 scientific articles.

Selected works include:

  • Nursing in Family Medicine, Dushanbe, 2010 (co-author);
  • Nursing Work in Family Medicine, Dushanbe, 2010 (co-author);
  • Guidelines for Palliative Care, Dushanbe, 2011 (co-author);
  • Working with Families, Dushanbe, 2013 (co-author);
  • Concept of Family Medical Nursing, Dushanbe, 2013 (co-author);
  • Pharmacology in Family Medicine, Dushanbe, 2014;
  • Family Nursing Assistance, Dushanbe, 2015 (co-author);
  • Manual on Palliative Care, Dushanbe, 2014;
  • Echinococcal Liver Abscess, Dushanbe, 2018 (co-author);
  • Recurrent Liver Echinococcosis, Dushanbe, 2018 (co-author);
  • Suppurative Echinococcosis of the Liver (co-author).