Department of skin and venereal diseases is organized in 1933 on the basis of the Sverdlovsk scientific and research dermatovenerologic Institute.

The Head of the Department is Ufimtseva Marina Anatolyevna, doctor of medical sciences, associate professor, Deputy Dean of the faculty of general medicine, dermatologist and venerologist of the highest category. Member of the Board of the Sverdlovsk branch of the Russian society of dermatologists and venerologists and cosmetologists, member of the expert group on dermatology, venerology and cosmetology of the certification commission under the Ministry of health of the Sverdlovsk region, Executive Secretary of the expert group of infectious profile of the Department of the Central assessment commission in the Ural Federal district. The Chairman of the problem scientific commission on dermatology and venerology.