Alexey N. Boyko MD, PhD

Dr. Alexei N. Boyko gained his MD and PhD from the Russian State Medical University, Moscow and has been a Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at this university since 1997. He was the Chief Neurologist of the Department of Health Care of the Government of Moscow from 2001-to 2015, Director of the Moscow Multiple Sclerosis Center from 2004-to 2014 and Director of the MS Clinical and Research Center of Neuroclinic since 2015. Professor Boyko has been a member of the "Oslo International Think-tank on Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology, Analytical Approaches to Study of the Aetiology" at the Center for Advanced Studies of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1994-to 1995, and worked at UBC MS Center in 1998 (Vancouver, Canada). He is also a member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Society of Neurologists, Co-ordinator of the Medical Consulting Boards of Moscow and All-Russian MS Societies, President of RUCTRIMS. Professor Boyko has published 12 books, 12 chapters in books and more than 700 original publications and is a co-editor of three medical journals. His main interest is epidemiology and genetics of MS, immunopathogenesis, clinical trials in MS, he is a member of several Advisory Boards of ongoing and finished clinical trials