The North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (NWSMU), until 2011 St. Petersburg I. I. Mechnikov State Medical Academy (SPSMA), is a public university located in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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. The NWSMU is one of the oldest and largest Russian Higher Medical Schools. It is often called the Second Medical College in St. Petersburg because of its renaming in 1920, relative to

Saint Petersburg State Medical University The First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg (russian: Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павл� ...

, which is called the First Medical College. More than 35,000 physicians graduated from the university. Since beginning the international program in 1947 there have been more than 3500 international graduates from more than 50 countries. Currently there is a total student population of over 5,000. The university was established in 2011 following a merger of SPSMA with the St. Petersburg Medical Academy for Postgraduate Studies.

History

The NWSMU was established in 1907 under the direction of academician

Vladimir Bekhterev Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev ( rus, Влади́мир Миха́йлович Бе́хтерев, p=ˈbʲextʲɪrʲɪf; January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurologist and the father of objective psychology. He is best know ...

and developed by the Russian Government through the Ministry of Health on the basis of the laws of Russian Federation.

Name changes

* 1907–1920 - Medical Faculty of PsychoNeurological Institute * 1920–1936 - Second Leningrad Medical Institute * 1936–1946 - The Institute united with a city hospital and named after Nobel Laureate

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah ...

* 1946–1994 - Leningrad Medical Institute of Sanitary and Hygiene by the order of the Board of Ministers of the

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(N 14077 from 22.12.1946) * 1994–1995 - St. Petersburg State Medical Academy (WHO Directory, 7 ed., page 329) * 1995–2011 - The SPSMA was named after the great Russian scientist I. I. Mechnikov (order N 1307-p, dated 22.12.1995) * 2011–Present - The St. Petersburg I. I. Mechnikov State Medical Academy was renamed to North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, specializing in the provision of health care to the

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of the

Notable graduates

* Pyotr Anokhin (1926) (

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) *

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(1934) (World War II surgeon, Stomatology) * Aleksandr Panov (1928) *

Ivan Gevorkian Ivan Khristoforovich Gevorkian, born Hovannes Khachaturi Gevorkian Armenian: Հովհաննես Խաչատուրի Գևորգյան; Russian: Иван Христофорович Геворкян; (March 28, 1907 – October 19, 1989) was a Sovie ...

(1930) Surgeon and scientist. *

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(1930) *

Anatoliy Portnov Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

(1914–2006),

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( ru) *

Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina (russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Михайлова-Дёмина; 22 December 1925 – 24 June 2019) was a Russian military doctor who was the only woman to have served in front-line ...

(1950) (Soviet war heroine, doctor)

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History

Name changes

Notable graduates

See also

References

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