EDUCATION.
1991 – 1997 Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia. General medical Faculty, Medical Doctor diploma with honours.

1997 – 1999 Postgraduate training course (Abdominal surgery & Digestive endoscopy), Surgery Department of University Moscow Hospital No 31, Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia. 1999 - Certification on Surgery issued by Ministry of Health of Russia.

1999 – 2002 Postgraduate research study (Surgical gastroenterology & Operative endoscopy), Russian State Medical University, Department of Surgical gastroenterology & Digestive endoscopy, University Moscow Hospital No 31, Moscow, Russia.

2002 - PhD thesis on surgery & endoscopy: “Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation for removal of bile duct stones”. Attestation Committee of Russia State Medical University has assigned a rank of Ph.D.

November 2003, October 2006, December 2008 Endoscopy training course of Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and related endosurgery, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Center for Gastroenterology, Sapporo, Japan.

2003, 2010, 2015 Certification on Endoscopy issued by Ministry of Health of Russia.

2006 Certification on Gastroenterology issued by Ministry of Health of Russia.

April, 1st – May, 28, 2009 Endoscopy training course (ESGE postgraduate grant), Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2010 Endoscopy training course, Endoscopy Department of III Medical Clinic at Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.

2012 Training course, Endoscopy Department of Eppendorf Clinic, and Olympus Training Center, Hamburg, Germany.

2014 Training course in ESGE Educational Center, Gemelli University Clinic, Rome, Italy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Researcher (2002-2014) and then Leading Researcher (2014-2017), Ph.D., Scientific Laboratory of Surgical Gastroenterology & Endoscopy, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University.

2010-2017 - Teacher of post-graduate EUS course, Lecturer in EUS & Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of Olympus Endoscopy Training Center.