Head Editor


Yury Pavlovich Uspenskiy, Prof., MD, PhD, head of Department of faculty therapy named after Professor V. A. Waldman Saint-Petersburg state pediatric medical University, head of the course of gastroenterology, Department of internal medicine of the First faculty of St. Petersburg state University. I. P. Pavlov, Director of the Saint-Petersburg city centre bowel diseases and endoecology of the gastrointestinal tract. [RusSCI] [Scopus] [ORCID]

Since 1983. He studied at the Military Medical Academy named after S. M. Kirov in Leningrad at the Faculty of training doctors for the Air Force. In 1989, he graduated from the Academy with honors. In 1992. He entered the clinical residency at the Department of Gastroenterology of the Military Medical Academy. In 1994. In the 2nd year of his residency, he defended his PhD thesis.

In 1999. At the age of 33, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation. From 2000 to 2004, he served as Deputy Head of the Department of Gastroenterology of the Military Medical Academy. In 2004, he was discharged to the reserve of the Armed Forces with the rank of colonel of the Medical Service. He was awarded the medals for" Distinction in Military service " of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees.

From 2004 to 2012, he was a professor at the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases of the St. Petersburg State Medical Academy named after I. I. Mechnikov.

From 2010 to 2011, he was Vice-Rector for Research at the I. I. Mechnikov St. Petersburg State Medical Academy.

Since 2012, he has been working as a professor at the Department of Internal Diseases of the Faculty of Dentistry of the St. Petersburg State Medical University named after I. P. Pavlov, and is the Head of the Course of Gastroenterology.

He is a member of the editorial boards of the leading gastroenterological periodicals in Russia: member of the editorial board of the journals "Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology", "Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Coloproctology", "Diary of the Kazan Medical School", "Translational Medicine", Deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal "Preventive and Clinical Medicine".

He is a member of the Board of the Scientific Society of Gastroenterologists of Russia, a member of the Presidium of the Russian Gastroenterological Association.

Under the leadership of Uspensky Yu. P., 11 candidate's and 3 doctoral dissertations were successfully defended, and 4 candidate's and 4 doctoral dissertations are being prepared for defense in the near future. Author of 595 printed scientific papers, including 14 monographs, 250 articles in central journals, 4 patents for inventions.


Deputy chief editor

Yulia A. Fominykh — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Institute of Medical Education Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Editorial Board

Alexandr V. Shabrov — Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Institute of Experimental Medicine (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Mikhail M. Galagudza — Corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Institute of Experimental Medicine, NIO microcirculation and myocardial metabolism, Institute of Medical Education Almazov National Medical Research Centre (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Sergey V. Orlov — Corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Research Institute of Medical Primatology of the RAS (Sochi, Russian Federation)

Alexandr N. Suvorov — Corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Experimental Medicine (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Rauf M. Aghayev — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Scientific Center of Surgery named after Academician M.A. Topchibashov (Baku, Azerbaijan)

Manimozhiyan Arumugam — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Mariaelisabetta Baldassare — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, University of Bari (Bari, Italy)

Roza R. Bektaeva — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Astana Medical University (Astana, Kazakhstan)

Alexandr N. Bogdanov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Dmitriy Yu. Butko — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Khin Maung Win — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Chairman of Yangon GI and Liver Center (Yangon, Myanmar)

Irina V. Vologdina — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies named after Academician A.M. Granov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Dmitriy A. Vologzhanin — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, City Hospital No. 40 of the Kurortny District (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Andrey S. Galenko — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Valeriy R. Gol’tsov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Irina A. Gorbacheva — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Severin V. Grechaniy — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Marina S. Grigorovich — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Kirov State Medical University (Kirov, Russian Federation)

Margarita M. Gurova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Natalia N. Dekhnich — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Smolensk State Medical University (Smolensk, Russian Federation)

Sergey V. Dudarenko — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Honored Doctor of the RF, All-Russian Center for Emergency and Radiation Medicine named after A.M. Nikiforov of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Yuriy V. Egai — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Hospital for war veterans, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Elena I. Ermolenko — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Experimental Medicine (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Dmitriy V. Zakharov — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Larisa A. Zvenigorodskaya — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Moscow Clinical Scientific and Practical Center named after A.S. Loginov (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Dmitriy D. Zotov — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Vadim A. Zubarev — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, University “Reaviz” (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Sergey V. Ivanov — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Vladimir A. Isakov — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Tarkan Karakan — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Gazi University (Ankara, Turkey)

Nikolay Yu. Kokhanenko — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Marcis Leja — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Institute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)

Arman Lawson — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, International University of Fundamental Studies (Paris, France)

Alla V. Lysenko — Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)

Zilola F. Mavlyanova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, Samarkand State Medical University (Samarkand, Uzbekistan)

Sabir N. Mekhtiev — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Valeriy N. Mineev — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Igor B. Mikhaylov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Victor S. Myakotnykh — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Ural State Medical University (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)

Kуamala N. Nadzhafova — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Institute of Medical Education Almazov National Medical Research Centre (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Yaron Niv — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Internal Medicine Ariel University (Ariel, Israel)

Igor G. Nikitin — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Valeria P. Novikova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Andrey G. Obrezan — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, International Clinic SOGAZ, Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Yana A. Orlova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Mikhail A. Osadchuk — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Marina F. Osipenko — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Novosibirsk State Medical University (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)

Olga A. Osipova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Belgorod State National Research University (Belgorod, Russian Federation)

Chavdar Savov Pavlov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Sergey V. Petrov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Elizabethan Hospital (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Sergey I. Pimanov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Vitebsk State Order of Friendship of Peoples Medical University (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Alexander O. Pozdnyak — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Kazan State Medical Academy (Kazan, Russian Federation)

Maria O. Revnova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Rasul R. Sadykov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Tashkent Medical Academy (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Rafik G. Sayfutdinov — Academician of the EA AMS, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Sciences, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Kazan State Medical Academy (Kazan, Russian Federation)

Alexey A. Samsonov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Natalia N. Smirnova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Raisa I. Stryuk — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Galina A. Suslova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Larisa V. Tarasova — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Chuvash State University named after. I.N. Ulyanova (Cheboksary, Russian Federation)

Alexandr V. Tkachev — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Rostov State Medical University (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)

Vadim V. Tyrenko — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Victor N. Fedorets — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Igor E. Khoroshilov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Lidiya P. Khoroshinina — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Mikhail A. Shevyakov — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Professor, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Konstantin A. Shemerovskiy — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Saint Petersburg Medical and Social Institute (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Yuriy V. Shubik — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Alexandr S. Eyberman — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Saratov State Medical University (Saratov, Russian Federation)