On March 2, 2023, Petro RUSAK, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of Surgical Department No. 1 of the Zhytomyr Regional Children's Clinical Hospital of the Zhytomyr Regional Council, Professor of the Pediatric Surgery Department of the Shupyk National University of Healthcare of Ukraine, editor-in-chief of the quarterly scientific and practical journal "Paediatric Surgery (Ukraine)" (since December 2021 included in the SCOPUS scientometric database) is celebrating his 60th anniversary.