This man saved the lives of our smaller brothers. Unfortunately, the real fate of Dr. Aibolit was sad - he died young, never becoming the gray-haired grandfather who is familiar to us from a fairy tale.
If according to the state of medicine it is possible to judge the problems that exist in society, the level of development of veterinary medicine indicates the degree of well-being in the country. To sing the good doctors who treat animals, began only in the 20th century. The biography of our hero is associated with the humanization of animal assistance.
Childhood
Anton was born in 1988 in Moscow. In addition to him, the family had another son named Maxim. The boys' father was a veterinarian and welcomed the children's interest in their work. From an early age, the brothers dreamed of becoming continuers of his work, listened with interest to stories from his practice, got acquainted with the basics of zoology.
When the guys went to school, the parent invited them to study at his clinic. The first tasks for young veterinarians were simple, soon the boys could be admitted to the duties of surgeon assistants. Father performed the operation, and his sons helped him. As a teenager, Anton realized that saving the lives of tetrapods was his calling. After receiving a diploma of secondary education in 2005, he entered the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K. I. Scriabin.
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology K. I. Scriabin
Youth
The veterinarian of the faculty of veterinary medicine has chosen as his direction the area with which he was already familiar in practice - soft tissue surgery. During his studies, he was interested in the question of the treatment of vascular anomalies in animals. The topic of his thesis Lapshin chose protosystem vascular anomalies in animals - the study of blood flow problems in the liver of pets and methods of dealing with them. Protection took place in 2010.
The young specialist received a surgeon's position in the Moscow clinic "Zoovet" and continued his postgraduate studies at the Department of Anatomy and Histology. A.F. Klimova. Anton continued to study the topic that he took up as a student. This time he took up the development of methods for treating vascular defects in the liver of animals. The subject of his research was the procavalous shunting of affected areas of the liver of animals. The doctor attended advanced training courses and lectures on endoscopic diagnostic methods and advanced surgical techniques.
Anton Lapshin examines a patient
Career
In 2013, Anton Lapshin changed Zoovet to Biocontrol. The same position and working conditions did not meet the specialist’s requests, so after a few months he took advantage of the invitation to head the Department of Surgery and Endoscopy at the Moscow Center for Veterinary Minimally Invasive Surgery and Diagnostics “COMONDOR”. Then he worked in the veterinary clinic of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Intensive Care Dr. Sotnikov, Innovative Veterinary Center of the Moscow Veterinary Academy. For several years now, the guy has been actively mastering advanced minimally invasive methods of diagnosis and therapy, which provide for minimal trauma to the patient's tissues during surgery. He completed an internship in the USA and Japan. Soon, our hero became one of an extremely small number of domestic veterinarians who applied advanced scientific achievements in their practice.
The famous surgeon was often invited to give lectures for colleagues and students. He never refused, he visited different cities of Russia and abroad to promote new methods of treating our pets. In his own clinic, the doctor performed unique operations and insisted on the purchase of modern equipment.
Anton Lapshin gives a lecture
Achievements
Educational activities helped Anton to arrange his personal life. He met the beautiful Anastasia, who shared his opinion that taking veterinary medicine to a new level in Russia would help to disseminate knowledge about the latest scientific achievements. Soon, like-minded people became husband and wife. They had a daughter and a son. In his interviews, Dr. Lapshin always called the beloved woman and children the main components of his happiness.
Anton Lapshin with his wife and daughter
Dr. Lapshin's contribution to veterinary medicine is to use our smaller technologies for the treatment of brothers, which until now have been used exclusively in human clinics. He conducted a number of operations on the internal organs of animals for the first time in Russia and in the world. Among his patients were representatives of different species with a wide variety of sizes. Our hero dreamed of the moment when robotic surgical instruments that are being developed in the West will come to Russia.
