MSU Faculty of Fundamental Medicine
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MSU Faculty of Medicine or FBM/FFM MSU is a medical faculty in Moscow State University
. Founded in 1992 by an order of the Rector of Moscow State University, Professor V.A.Sadovnichy
, FBM MSU is one of the most prestigious institution of higher learning in medicine in Russian Federation.
The medical faculty has a large and distinguished faculty to support its missions of education
, research
, and clinical care. In addition, FBM MSU collaborates on contractual terms with therapy, surgical and preventive treatment institutes of Ministry of Health and Academy of Medical Sciences, city hospitals and maternity
houses. Many departments of FBM MSU function on the basis of research centres and institutes namely RAMS Research Centre of Surgery
; RAMS Oncology
Research Centre, Cardiology
Research Centre; P.A. Priorov Research Institute of Traumatology
and Orthopedics
; RAMS Research Institute of Eye Diseases; P.A. Herzen Moscow Institute of Oncology; P.K. Anokhin Institute of Human Physiology
; Research Institute of Forensic Medicine; RAMS Research Centre of Endocrinology
; Research Institute of Phtysiopulmonology; Research Institute of Medical Parasitological and Tropical Medicine
.
The current dean of the medical school is Professor Vsevolod A. Tkachuk, who is currently a member of Russian Academy of Sciences and of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS).
. In 1755 Moscow University had three faculties namely Philosophy
, Jurisprudence
and Medicine
.
The establishment of Moscow University in 1755 had a great value for offering medical education in Russia. According to the original plan suggested by Mikhail Lomonosov, the medical faculty was supposed to teach chemistry
, natural history
, botany
, zoology
, agronomics and anatomy
. Semen Gerasimovich Zybelin, the well-known professor of medicine in the past, was amongst the first group of student from the faculty.
In 19th century, the development of medical and scientific activity in the medical faculty continued. The medical faculty received bases for clinical training and many new departments were created namely anatomy
, physiology
and pathology
, therapy
, pharmacology
, medical literature
, surgery
, obstetrics
and veterinary medicine
.
The medical school was a progenitor of scientific and medical society in Russia. With the great participation and contribution of professors from the medical faculty, numerous medical journals and textbooks were created. This tradition continued until 1930, the medical faculty operated independently and separated from the main body of the university. It became the first Moscow state medical institute. Nowadays the institute named as Moscow Medical Academy
named after I.M. Sechenov. In 1992, the Faculty of Basic (or Fundamental) Medicine was created by an order of the rector of Moscow State University, Professor V.A.Sadovnichy.
Academic staff:
city issued an order concerning the construction of MSU medical clinic combining with a hospital. The complex will be situated near the intersection of Lomonosovsky and Michurinsky Avenues.
The clinic is plan to be of both scientific and clinical value assisting researchers in their studies and providing many opportunities for medical practise to students, professors and staff as well as residents.
The complex will include a polyclinic with treatment
-and-diagnostics section serving 400 patients a day, a hospital with 300 beds and administrative building, a learning unit, an operational unit, etc. The total area of the complex is planned to be 44000 square metres. The modern architecture
of the FBM building is supposed to fit into the traditional look of MSU buildings and the residential area nearby. Separate constructions will be connected by means of covered passages, and a park for patients. Three separate entrances on the premises of the complex will allow to separate the flow of patients, visitors and medical students.
research under the supervision of related specialists. The faculty constantly organizes certain programs which last from one to two weeks for people with different professional standards or background.
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
. Founded in 1992 by an order of the Rector of Moscow State University, Professor V.A.Sadovnichy
Viktor Sadovnichiy
Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichiy is a Russian mathematician, winner of the 1989 USSR State Prize. Since 1992 he has been the rector of Moscow State University.-Biography:...
, FBM MSU is one of the most prestigious institution of higher learning in medicine in Russian Federation.
The medical faculty has a large and distinguished faculty to support its missions of education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
, and clinical care. In addition, FBM MSU collaborates on contractual terms with therapy, surgical and preventive treatment institutes of Ministry of Health and Academy of Medical Sciences, city hospitals and maternity
Maternity
Maternity or motherhood is the social and legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a mother and her child.It is specially related with the protection of the baby and the mother within and after the childbirth.-See also:...
houses. Many departments of FBM MSU function on the basis of research centres and institutes namely RAMS Research Centre of Surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
; RAMS Oncology
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
Research Centre, Cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
Research Centre; P.A. Priorov Research Institute of Traumatology
Traumatology
Traumatology is the study of wounds and injuries caused by accidents or violence to a person, and the surgical therapy and repair of the damage. Traumatology is a branch of medicine. It is often considered a subset of surgery and in countries without the specialty of trauma surgery it is most...
and Orthopedics
Orthopedics
Orthopedics is the study of the musculoskeletal system. The Greek word 'ortho' means straight or correct and 'pedics' comes from the Greek 'pais' meaning children. For many centuries, orthopedists have been involved in the treatment of crippled children...
; RAMS Research Institute of Eye Diseases; P.A. Herzen Moscow Institute of Oncology; P.K. Anokhin Institute of Human Physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
; Research Institute of Forensic Medicine; RAMS Research Centre of Endocrinology
Endocrinology
Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions called hormones, the integration of developmental events such as proliferation, growth, and differentiation and the coordination of...
; Research Institute of Phtysiopulmonology; Research Institute of Medical Parasitological and Tropical Medicine
Tropical medicine
Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that occur uniquely, are more widespread, or prove more difficult to control in tropical and subtropical regions....
.
- Prospective students apply to one of two tracks:
- M.D. program (emphasizes on problem-based learningProblem-based learningProblem-based learning is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject in the context of complex, multifaceted, and realistic problems...
) - M.D. - Ph.D. program (emphasizes on medical research)
- M.D. program (emphasizes on problem-based learning
The current dean of the medical school is Professor Vsevolod A. Tkachuk, who is currently a member of Russian Academy of Sciences and of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS).
History
Moscow University was founded on January 25, 1755 by a decree of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on the initiative of the great Russian scientist Mikhail LomonosovMikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art,...
. In 1755 Moscow University had three faculties namely Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
and Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
.
The establishment of Moscow University in 1755 had a great value for offering medical education in Russia. According to the original plan suggested by Mikhail Lomonosov, the medical faculty was supposed to teach chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
, botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
, zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
, agronomics and anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
. Semen Gerasimovich Zybelin, the well-known professor of medicine in the past, was amongst the first group of student from the faculty.
In 19th century, the development of medical and scientific activity in the medical faculty continued. The medical faculty received bases for clinical training and many new departments were created namely anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
, physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
and pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
, therapy
Therapy
This is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...
, pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
, medical literature
Medical literature
Medical literature refers to articles in journals and texts in books devoted to the field of medicine.Contemporary and historic views regarding diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of medical conditions have been documented for thousands of years. The Edwin Smith papyrus is the first known medical...
, surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
, obstetrics
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
and veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals...
.
The medical school was a progenitor of scientific and medical society in Russia. With the great participation and contribution of professors from the medical faculty, numerous medical journals and textbooks were created. This tradition continued until 1930, the medical faculty operated independently and separated from the main body of the university. It became the first Moscow state medical institute. Nowadays the institute named as Moscow Medical Academy
Moscow Medical Academy
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University is the oldest and the largest national medical higher educational institution in the Russian Federation. For more than 250 years I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, previous name - I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Institute of...
named after I.M. Sechenov. In 1992, the Faculty of Basic (or Fundamental) Medicine was created by an order of the rector of Moscow State University, Professor V.A.Sadovnichy.
Departments
The faculty mainly composed of twelve departments:- TherapyTherapyThis is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...
- Professor V. E. Nonikov (head) - SurgerySurgerySurgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
- RAMS member, Professor N. N. Malinovsky (head) - PharmacologyPharmacologyPharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
- Professor O. S. Medvedev (head) - Internal medicineInternal medicineInternal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
- RAMS member, Professor N. A. Muhin (head) - Obstetrics and Gynecology - RAMS member, Professor G. M. Savelyeva (head)
- Multidisciplinary Clinical Training - RAMS member, Professor S. P. Mironov (head)
- Normal and Topographical AnatomyAnatomyAnatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
- RAMS member, Professor M. R. Sapin (head) - Biological and Medical ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- RAMS member, Professor V. A. Tkachuk (head) - PathologyPathologyPathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
- RAMS corresponding member, Professor Yu. L. Perov (head) - Physical and Chemical Basis of Medicine - RAMS member, Professor Yu. A. Vladimirov (head)
- Ecological and Extreme Medicine - RAS and RAMS member, Professor A. I. Grigoriev (head)
- Normal and Pathological PhysiologyPhysiologyPhysiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
- Professor V. B. Koshelev (head)
Academic staff:
- 10 RAMS members
- 27 professors with M.D.
- 31 professors holding M.D. - Ph.D.
- 30 professors with Ph.D.
Recent development
In 2002, the government of MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
city issued an order concerning the construction of MSU medical clinic combining with a hospital. The complex will be situated near the intersection of Lomonosovsky and Michurinsky Avenues.
The clinic is plan to be of both scientific and clinical value assisting researchers in their studies and providing many opportunities for medical practise to students, professors and staff as well as residents.
The complex will include a polyclinic with treatment
Therapy
This is a list of types of therapy .* Adventure therapy* Animal-assisted therapy* Aquatic therapy* Aromatherapy* Art and dementia* Art therapy* Authentic Movement* Behavioral therapy* Bibliotherapy* Buteyko Method* Chemotherapy...
-and-diagnostics section serving 400 patients a day, a hospital with 300 beds and administrative building, a learning unit, an operational unit, etc. The total area of the complex is planned to be 44000 square metres. The modern architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
of the FBM building is supposed to fit into the traditional look of MSU buildings and the residential area nearby. Separate constructions will be connected by means of covered passages, and a park for patients. Three separate entrances on the premises of the complex will allow to separate the flow of patients, visitors and medical students.
Short-term programs
These programs are basically for students from overseas. The duration of short-term programs which are composed of clinical practise and medical research, can last from two to ten months. For postgraduate students, the faculty offers a special biomedicalBiomedicine
Biomedicine is a branch of medical science that applies biological and other natural-science principles to clinical practice,. Biomedicine, i.e. medical research, involves the study of physiological processes with methods from biology, chemistry and physics. Approaches range from understanding...
research under the supervision of related specialists. The faculty constantly organizes certain programs which last from one to two weeks for people with different professional standards or background.
Collaboration
The faculty is in internationally collaboration with:- International Medical Association
- German Association for Academic Exchange (DAAD) http://www.daad.org/
- Tohoku UniversityTohoku University, abbreviated to , located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities...
(Sendai, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Humboldt University of Berlin (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) - Regensburg University (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) - National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of HealthThe National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
(USA) - State University of New YorkState University of New YorkThe State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...
(USA) - George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
(New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA) - Central Clinical HospitalCentral Clinical HospitalThe Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation is a heavily-guarded facility seven miles northwest of the Kremlin in an exclusive, wooded suburban area known as Kuntsevo. It's considered to be the best hospital in Russia and one of the best hospitals in...
(CKB) under the Administration of the President of Russian Federation - I.M.Sechenov Moscow Medical AcademyMoscow Medical AcademyI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University is the oldest and the largest national medical higher educational institution in the Russian Federation. For more than 250 years I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, previous name - I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Institute of...
- N. I. Pirogov Moscow Medical University
Notable alumni
- Pyotr GannushkinPyotr GannushkinPyotr Borisovich Gannushkin was a Russian psychiatrist, a pupil of Korsakoff and Serbsky.Moscow psychiatric hospital no.4 and a river embankment in Moscow are named in his honor.-Books:...
and Sergei KorsakoffSergei KorsakoffSergei Sergeievich Korsakoff was a Russian neuropsychiatrist.Sergei Korsakoff was the first of great Russian neuropsychiatrists. He studied medicine at the University of Moscow, graduated in 1875 and subsequently became physician to "Preobrazhenski" mental hospital. From 1876 to 1879 he gained...
- psychiatrists - Davidovsky Ippolit - pathologist
- Ivan SechenovIvan SechenovIvan Mikhaylovich Sechenov near Simbirsk, Russia – , Moscow), was a Russian physiologist, named by Ivan Pavlov as "The Father of Russian physiology"...
- physiologist - Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov and Nikolay SklifosovskiyNikolay SklifosovskiyNikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky was a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Ukrainian origin. He was born near the town of Dubasari, which is now in Transnistria. Sklifosovsky was a professor of medicine in Saint Petersburg and Kiev...
- surgeons - Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
- author