REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot178610.32687/1561-5936-2025-29-2-204-208Original ArticleFacets of scientific and practical activities of the honored doctor of the Russian Federation, professor S. I. SteguninSuslinSergey A.sasuslin@mail.ruSirotkoMaiya L.sirotkoml@mail.ruBarinovaZhanna V.barinovazv@gmail.comSaraevAleksandr R.saraeff10@mail.ruMayorskayaAnastasia S.as-mayorskaya@mail.ruSamara State Medical University, Samara, Russia15122025220420817102025Copyright © 2025,2025The article is devoted to the creative heritage of the Russian social hygienist, organizer of healthcare and higher medical school, head of department of Samara State Medical University Sergei Ivanovich Stegunin (16.05.1923—07.04.2004). The leading scientific areas of research of Professor S. I. Stegunin and his school were topical issues of the theory and history of social hygiene and organization of healthcare, epidemiology of the most important non-communicable diseases, improvement of outpatient and inpatient care. S. I. Stegunin substantiated and applied the method of multivariate analysis to study the influence of a complex of risk factors on the occurrence and development of non-communicable diseases. The results of his research contributed to the deepening of the scientific and practical base of preventive medicine and medical examination. The article highlights the versatile achievements of Professor S. I. Stegunin as a teacher, scientist, organizer of healthcare, editor, public figure, popularizer of medical knowledge and publicist.Professor Sergei Ivanovich SteguninSamara State Medical Universitysocial hygienehealthcare organizationepidemiology of non-communicable diseasesпрофессор Сергей Иванович СтегунинСамарский государственный медицинский университетсоциальная гигиенаорганизация здравоохраненияэпидемиология неинфекционных заболеваний1.Fedorov S. Courage never dies. Medical Bulletin. 2003;(13—14):19. (In Russ.)2.Fighter, communist, scientist. Medic. 1973;(18):1. (In Russ.)3.Kotelnikov G., Kosarev V., Stegunin S. History of Samara State Medical University. In: Samara State Medical University is 80 years old: collection of abstracts of reports. Samara; 1999:3—22. (In Russ.)4.Saprykina A. Epidemiology of the most important non-infectious diseases — the basis for the formation of Professor Stegunin's school. In: Krasnov A. F., ed. Samara State Medical University is 75. Its scientific, pedagogical and administrative schools. History, search, intelligence. Samara; 1994:291—299. (In Russ.)5.Kharitonova N. A kind word about an old friend. Volzhskaya Kommuna. 1999;(86):3. (In Russ.)6.Sergey Ivanovich Stegunin. On the 70th anniversary of his birth. Healthcare of the Russian Federation. 1993;(6):31. (In Russ.)7.Stolyarov O., Zavodyuk S., Zannin S. History of Samara State Medical University. Samara; 2019. 250 р. (In Russ.)8.Stegunin S. Courses for Healthcare Organizers in Kuibyshev. Healthcare of the Russian Federation. 1958;(9):44—45. (In Russ.)9.In memory of S. I. Stegunin. Medic. 2004;(14):4. (In Russ.)