About Almazov Centre
Almazov Centre welcomes patients from all over the world for outstanding care.
Almazov National Medical Research Centre was founded in 1980 by a prominent Russian cardiologist Professor Vladimir Almazov to reduce morbidity, mortality, and disability from cardiovascular disease.
Since its inception in 1987, Cardiac Surgery Department has taken medical care to a whole new level. Throughout our history, clinicians and researchers have laid the foundation for what has grown to be one of the finest medical facilities in Russia.
Today, Almazov Centre uniquely and harmoniously combines the basic and applied research in various fields with the delivery of diverse specialized medical care, including high-tech care, as well as continuous interdisciplinary training of research and medical staff.
About us
Almazov Centre has a three-part mission of clinical, research and teaching excellence. As a leading 1525-bed hospital, research and teaching centre, we are committed to providing the highest level of quality care to patients. Each year, nearly 170,000 patients are seen and treated at Almazov Centre, with needs ranging from minor diagnostic procedures to complex surgery.
With a dedicated multi-disciplinary team of experienced medical professionals and state-of-the-art facilities, Almazov Centre provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services (medical, surgical and diagnostic).
Areas of service
- Urology (robotic surgery)
- Bariatric surgery (obesity treatment, including surgery)
- Cardiovascular surgery (including minimally invasive procedures for diseases of the aorta and peripheral arteries)
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and gynecology (including diagnostic tests and treatment of infertility using assisted reproductive technologies)
- General surgery (abdominal, radiofrequency phlebectomy, endocrine surgery)
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Endocrinology (treatment of disorders of the thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands)
- Pediatrics
- Traumatology and orthopaedics
- World-class imaging services (MRI, CT, PET)
- Check-ups (admission for an overnight stay of one or 2 nights or as a day patient)
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| Check-ups (admission for an overnight stay of one or 2 nights' in a deluxe room or as a day patient) |  Anna Soboleva, MD, PhDBoard Certified Cardiologist, Head of Cardiology Department 9 |
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| Robotic surgery for urological conditions, cancer |  Prof. Mikhail Mosoyan, MD, DScHead of Robotic Surgery Centre |
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| Infertility testing and treatment with ART (IVF) |  Maxim Rulev, MD, PhDObstetrician and Gynecologist Head of Department of Assisted Reproductive Technologies |
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| Obesity treatment (including bariatric surgery) |  Alexander Neumark, MD, PhDHead of Laboratory for Surgery of Metabolic Disorders |
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| General surgery (abdominal, radiofrequency phlebectomy, endocrine surgery) |  Ivan DanilovGeneral surgeon, Head of Department for Surgical Treatment of Cancer |
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| World-class imaging services (MRI, CT) |  Anton Ryzhkov Radiologist Head of MRI Department |
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| World-class imaging services (PET) |  Prof. Daria Ryzhkova, MD, DScBoard Certified Cardiologist, Head of Nuclear Medicine Unit, Chief Researcher, Nuclear Medicine Research Laboratory |
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| Functional diagnostic testing for a wide range of diseases |  Andrey Kozlenok, MD, PhDHead of Research Department for Circulatory Physiology |
Konstantin Petrov Head of Functional Testing Department |
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| Examination/tests to choose treatment options for endocrine disorders (admission for an overnight stay of one or 3 to 5 nights or as a day patient) |  Anna Dalmatova, MD, PhDEndocrinologist Head of Endocrinology Department 1 |
 Lidia Belousova Board Certified Endocrinologist Head of Endocrinology Department 2 |
 Elena Gurkina, MD, PhDPediatric Endocrinologist Deputy Chief for Clinical Care |
| Specialized high-tech care at the Expert Centre of Pediatric Endocrinology |  Anastasia Todieva, MD, PhDPediatrician, Pediatric Endocrinologist Head of Pediatric and Medical Rehabilitation Department 2 |
 Irina Nikitina, MD, DScHead of Pediatric Endocrinology Laboratory, Head of Children’s Diseases Department |
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| Pediatric rheumatology |  Natalya KolbinaBoard Certified Neonatologist Head of Pediatric and Medical Rehabilitation Department 1 |
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| Minimally invasive surgery for aortic and peripheral arterial disease |  Mikhail Chernyavsky, MD, DScCardiovascular surgeon Head of Research Department for Vascular and Interventional Surgery |
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| Minimally invasive surgery (embolization) for cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations |  Andrey Petrov, MD, PhDNeurosurgeon Head of Neurosurgery Department 3, Leading Researcher, Cerebrovascular Surgery Department |
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| Neurosurgery |  Pavel Krasnoshlyk, MD, PhD Board Certified Neurosurgeon Head of Neurosurgery Department 5 |
 Artem Paltsev, MD, PhDNeurosurgeon Head of Neurosurgery Department 6 |
 Alexander Kim, MD, PhDBoard Certified Neurosurgeon Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery Department 7 |
| Diagnosis and treatment of gynecological and reproductive disorders in adolescents (up to 18 years old) |  Nadezhda Kokhreidze, MD, DScBoard Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist Head of Adolescent Gynecology Department |
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| Gynecology surgery |  Tatyana ZubarevaBoard Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist Head of Reproductive Gynecology Department |
 Eduard Komlichenko, MD, DScBoard Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist Scientific Supervisor of Reproductive Gynecology Department Deputy Director for Science and Clinic of the Institute of Perinatology and Pediatrics |
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| Pediatric cardiology and medical rehabilitation |  Tatyana VershininaBoard Certified Cardiologist Head of Pediatric Cardiology and Medical Rehabilitation Department |
1,525 total beds
185,388 outpatient visits
40,293 admissions
21,287 surgeries
2,190 births
In 2019, the doctors at Almazov Centre performed 8,781 cardiovascular surgeries in adults (including 25 heart transplants, 216 off-pump surgeries, 178 aortic surgeries).
More than 800 urologic robotic surgery procedures have been performed since 2009. The robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy was performed for the first time in Russia at Almazov Center in 2011. In 2016, the Robotic Surgery Center was established. Today, two robotic systems (da Vinci S and da Vinci Si) are used to perform surgical procedures meeting the highest world standards.
For hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant, about 3,000 patients were treated in 2019. We continue to improve the method of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies.
Bariatric surgery is an innovative surgical treatment option offered at Almazov Centre. The multidisciplinary approach used at Almazov Center draws on the expertise of the world’s leading organizations dedicated to metabolic and bariatric surgery.
In 2018—2019, Almazov Centre performed more than 2,550 gynecology surgeries and about 1,500 IVF cycles.