30 000 doctors who annually increase their qualification-level at the University.2 research institutes and 9 research laboratories.460 postgraduate students and degree candidates.40 000 patients who annually receive medical care at the University hospital.Today the North-West State Medical University n. Mechnikov.Īs a result of the merger of these two largest medical educational institutions, the North-West State Medical University n. In 1930, it was renamed the 2-nd Leningrad Medical Institute, in 1947 it was called the Leningrad Sanitary and Hygienic Medical Institute (LSGMI), and in 1994 it received the status of an academy and became known as St. It changed its name for several times during the whole period of its existence. In 1920, the medical department was transformed into an independent university - the State Institute of Medical Knowledge. Bekhterev created a Psychoneurological Institute, which had three departments: medical, legal and pedagogical. SPbGMA has a history of more than 100-years. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (SPbMAPO) and St. Currently, the Academy is one of the leading universities in Russia in the system of advanced medical studies. In 1924 it was renamed “the Leningrad Institute of advanced medical studies (GIDUV), and in 1993 it was reorganizes into the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies (MAPS). Khlopin and others.Īfter 1917 activities of the Clinical Institute go to the state framework, and training becomes mandatory. The Imperial Clinical Institute was known for its eminent scientists and doctors who worked there in those years: directors Prof. On June 3, 1885, a grand project for the establishment of the first Russian Institute of Advanced Medical Studies was carried out with the blessing of the Romanovs, and particularly Grand Duchess Yelena Pavlovna.
Zdekauer and the first director of the Institute, E. The idea of establishing the Institute belonged to famous 19th century medical professors: N. North-Western State Medical University named after I.I.