Organizing Committee

Chairman

Leo A. Bockeria — MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; Director of the Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow; President of the Russian Association of Cardiovascular Surgeons.

Deputy Chairmen

Members of the Council of the Russian Association of Cardiovascular Surgeons; heads of leading cardiovascular surgery centres of the Russian Federation.

Members

The organizing committee comprises directors and senior specialists of the foremost cardiovascular surgery institutions in Russia, including:

• Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow
• Russian Scientific Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky, Moscow
• E.N. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center, Novosibirsk
• Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo
• S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg
• Representatives of regional cardiovascular surgery centres throughout the Russian Federation

Scientific Committee

The scientific programme is developed by the Scientific Committee, consisting of leading academic specialists in all areas of cardiovascular surgery represented at the Congress.