Bogomolets National Medical University (NMU) is a medical school founded in 1841 in
Kyiv,
Russian Empire by the
Russian Tsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...
Nicolas I.
The university is named after physiologist
Alexander A. Bogomolets
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Bogomolets (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Богомо́лец, uk, Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович Богомо́лець/Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Bohomolets; 24 May 1881 ...
. NMU provides medical training for over 10,000 students, including about 1,300 foreigners from 56 countries. The university employs about 1,200 teaching staff.
Bogomolets National Medical University is one of the best medical universities in
Ukraine. The degree of the university is recognized by the world's most credible organizations like
WHO,
UNESCO,
MCI. It offers various courses in undergraduate and post-graduate levels to students. The university consists of 10 faculties. Bogomolets National Medical University also has a separate Institute for Post Graduate Education. The university is a pioneer in training medical specialists and research personnel in the field of healthcare. Bogomolets National Medical University has around 1500 professors. Included in the numbers are 855 Phd and 205 Doctors of Sciences. Thus, the students are trained by expert professionals and academicians in the field of medicine.
Alumni
* 1860 :
Vladimir Betz
Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Betz( ua, Володи́мир Олексійович Бец) ( – )Kushchayev, Sergiy V., et al. "The Discovery of the Pyramidal Neurons: Volodymyr Betz and a New Era of Neuroscience." JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. Vol. 113. ...
, was a Russian anatomist, histologist and professor of the Saint Vladimir University today (Bogomolets National Medical University), famous for the discovery of giant pyramidal neurons of primary motor cortex which later were named
Betz cells.
* 1925 :
Favst Shkaravsky
Dr. Faust Iosifovich Shkaravsky (Russian: Фауст Иосифович Шкаравский; 1897–1975) was an officer and physician in the Soviet army during World War II. He was a forensic expert. He is most famous for having overseen the au ...
, was an officer, physician and forensic expert in the Soviet army during World War II. He is most famous for having overseen the autopsy of
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun in 1945.
* 1946 :
Isaac Trachtenberg
Isaac Mykhailovych Trachtenberg (11 November 1923 – 27 January 2023) was a Ukrainian hygienist, Professor, MD, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1992), academician of the Bogomolets National Medical Unive ...
, member of
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
*
Maryna Poroshenko
Maryna Anatoliivna Poroshenko ( uk, Мари́на Анато́ліївна Пороше́нко, née Perevedentseva; born 1 February 1962) is a Ukrainian cardiologist who was the First Lady of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. She is married to former ...
,
First Lady of Ukraine
* 1989 :
Olga Bogomolets, singer, songwriter, physician, and presidential candidate
*
Oleh Musiy,
Minister of Healthcare (Ukraine)
*
Elena Teplitskaya, doctor, psychologist and academic
*
Serhiy Dyachenko, psychiatrist, screenwriter, fantasy fiction writer and novelist
References
Universities and colleges in Kyiv
Prospect Peremohy
National universities in Ukraine
Medical schools in Ukraine
Institutions with the title of National in Ukraine
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