The First

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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 A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, M ...

located in St. Petersburg.

History

The First Pavlov State Medical University of St

The Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University was founded in 1897 as the Medical Institute for Women. It was the first European medical school to admit 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. In the 1990s, a number of departments evolved into research institutes.

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

* Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of

Dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

* Faculty of Sports Medicine * Faculty of Adapted Physical Education * Faculty of

Pediatrics Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...

* Faculty of

Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of social science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and persona ...

* Faculty for International student * Faculty of Graduate Education in Nursing * Institute of Nursing * Faculty of

Postgraduate Education Postgraduate or graduate education refers to Academic degree, academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by higher education, post-secondary students who have earned an Undergraduate education, un ...

* Faculty of Pre-University Course SPb Pavlov state medical university and Institute Raisa Gorbachyova of infantile haematology and transplantology

SPb Pavlov state medical university and Institute Raisa Gorbachyova of infantile haematology and transplantology

Notable alumni

Pyotr Anokhin Pyotr Kuzmich Anokhin (russian: Пётр Кузьми́ч Ано́хин; January 26, 1898 – March 5, 1974) was a Soviet and Russian biologist and physiologist, known for his theory of functional systems and the concept of ''systemogenesis''. He m ...

(1898-1974), biologist and physiologist, author of Theory of Functional Systems * Natalia Bekhtereva (1924-2008), neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology * Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff (1881-1973), physician and philanthropist and member of the

Nobel family The Nobel family ( , ) is a prominent Swedes, Swedish and Russians, Russian family closely related to the history both of Sweden and of Russia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its legacy includes its outstanding contributions to philanthropy and ...

* Alexander Rosenbaum doctor, poet, composer, singer and actor * Yelena Bonner (1923-2011), human rights activist * Vasily Aksyonov (1932-2009), a writer of novels * Ilya Averbakh (1934-1986), film director, screenwriter * Sofiya Lisovskaia, Russian urologist * Tumani Corrah, Gambian clinician scientist researching tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria *

Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk Olha Petrovna Kosach-Kryvyniuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Косач-Кривинюк; May 26, 1877 – November 11, 1945) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, and physician. A member of the Prosvita cultural movement, she worked to establish a Ukra ...

(1877-1945), Ukrainian physician, writer, and translator * Gulsum Asfendiyarova (1880-1937), one of the first Kazakh woman medical doctors

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