Vadim A. Kuznetsov MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FISCU

Vadim A. Kuznetsov - Director of Tyumen Cardiology Center (branch of Institute of Cardiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Siberian Branch); Head of the department of instrumental diagnostics, Tyumen Cardiology Center, Tyumen, Russia Vadim A. Kuznetsov was born on October 18, 1956 in Novosibirsk. He graduated with award from Novosibirsk State Medical University in 1980. After the University Dr. Kuznetsov passed the internship as a district therapeutist in Central Berdsk City Hospital, after that he worked as a teacher of internal diseases in Berdsk Medical College. From 1983 to 1986 he had a fellowship in cardiology in the Institute of Internal Diseases, Siberian branch of Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, USSR. Vadim Kuznetsov successfully defended Ph.D. thesis on "Echocardiography in diagnostics of abnormalities of coronary arteries and cardiac valves in patients with coronary artery disease" in 1986. In March, 1993 Vadim A. Kuznetsov defended habilitation thesis on the subject Clinical and echocardiographic assessment of patients with coronary artery disease. In 1995, Supreme Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation gave him the title of Professor of Cardiology. In 2007, under the President's decree, Professor Kuznetsov was awarded by the honorary title “Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation” for the outstanding achievements in science.

Vadim A. Kuznetsov has been working in Tyumen Cardiology Center since 1988. He was a Deputy Director for scientific researches from October 1988 to March 1991 and since April 1991 till nowadays he is Director of Tyumen Cardiology Center.

Vadim A. Kuznetsov made an important contribution to the development of instrumental diagnostics of cardiovascular diseases. A scientific school on developing and application of new methods of instrumental diagnosis and interventional treatment in cardiology, which bases on a study of fundamental regularities of ethiology and pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, was formed under Prof. Kuznetsov's supervision. His pioneering activity in the area of ultrasound diagnosis attracted attention of Russian and foreign colleagues and it gave occasion for organizing in 2004 Russian Chapter of the International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound (ISCU) on the basis of Tyumen Cardiology Center and Professor Kuznetsov was elected a Chairman of the Russian Chapter of ISCU.