In 1898, at a meeting of the Kiev Red Cross Committee, it was proposed to establish a women's higher educational institution in the city. In 1905, privat-docent of Kiev University Andrey Osipovich Karnitsky achieved the opening of women's pedagogical medical courses "Mother and Child" in Kiev. In 1906, the Ministry of Public Education of the Russian Empire at the request of the Council of the University of Kiev allowed the admission to the 3rd-5th courses of its medical faculty women who studied medicine outside the Russian Empire, as well as in the St. Petersburg Women's Medical Institute or at the Higher Moscow courses.
In 1906, the Higher Women's Courses in Kyiv were reopened, and in September 1907 a medical department was organized. The Pedagogical Council of the courses was established, which included professors of St. Vladimir's University - Theophilus Yanovsky, Vladimir Vysokovich, Sergei Tomashevsky and others. The "Regulations on the Medical Department at the Higher Women's Courses in Kyiv" were approved and the professors applied to the Kyiv City Council with a request to allocate land for the construction of an anatomical theater for this department.
In 1908, under the leadership of Vladimir Konstantinovich Vysokovich, construction began. After its completion, the building housed the departments of normal surgery, operative surgery, histology, pathological anatomy and general pathology. The first 95 graduates of the Medical Department of the Higher Women's Courses received diplomas in 1912; more than 700 diplomas were issued in 1912-1915. At the All-Russian Exhibition in 1913, which was held in Kiev, the Medical Department of the Higher Women's Courses was awarded a gold medal.
In 1915, the Medical Department of the KWWC was transformed into the Kiev Women's Medical Institute, which existed until 1920. A separate building for the Institute was built in 1908-1909 by the project of military engineer Pavel Golubyatnikov; it was located on the present-day Mechnikova Street 5. Many professors of Kiev University taught at both the Medical Department of the KWWC and the Kiev Women's Medical Institute.
In April 1920, the Institute was united with the medical faculties of Kiev University and on their basis the Institute of Public Health was created. In October of the same year, the Odontological Institute was added to the Institute of Public Health as a faculty, and in January 1921, this educational institution was renamed the Kyiv State Medical Academy. In December 1921, the Academy was renamed again into the Kyiv Medical Institute. Currently, it is the National Medical University named after A. A. Bogomolets.