May 19, 2023 is the 75th anniversary of Valery Ivanovich Danilov, Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Faculty of Advanced Training and Professional Retraining of Specialists of Kazan State Medical University, Head of the Neurosurgical Department of the Interregional Clinical and Diagnostic Center (Kazan). Valery Ivanovich was born in the family of a hereditary mechanic of a glass factory. After graduating from an 11-year school in 1966 with a gold medal, he entered the Faculty of Medicine and Preventive Medicine of Kazan State Medical Institute.