First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg
Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павлова
MottoMedicina ars nobilissima!
TypeUniversity
Established1897
RectorСергей Фёдорович Багненко
Location,
Russia
CampusUrban
Websitewww.1spbgmu.ru
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The First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg (Russian: Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павлова, ПСПбГМУ им. акад. И. П. Павлова) is a medical school located in St. Petersburg.

History

University in 1903

The Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University was founded in 1897 as the Medical Institute for Women. The University has changed names several times since then: It became known as The First Medical Institute of Leningrad in 1924. In 1936, the institute was renamed in honor of Nobel Prize winner Ivan Pavlov. In 1994, the institute was reorganized as a medical university.

In the 1930s, the Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Institute of Pediatrics were spun off as independent institutions.

Research

Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University houses a number of research institutes:

  • Nephrology Research Institute
  • Research Institute of Pulmonology
  • Raisa Gorbacheva Memorial Research Institute of Children's Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation
  • Maxillo-facial Surgery and Dentistry Research Institute
  • Valdman Institute of Pharmacology
  • Heart and Vascular Research Institute
  • Regional Research Centre of Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology
  • Scientific and Methodological Center for Molecular Medicine Russian Federation
  • Centre of early phases of clinical trials

Faculties

Institute of Hematology and Transplantation at the University
Rector of the University Sergey Bagnenko with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Notable alumni

(Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, former heath minister of South Africa

See also

References

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