Speakers - 2025

Biography

Vekilyan Mikhail Arturovich studied at Volgograd State Medical University from 2002 to 2008, specializing in Medical Economy. He completed clinical internships in surgery (2008–2009) and urology (2009–2011) at the same institution. From 2013 to 2015, he earned a Master’s degree with distinction in Public Policy in Health Care from Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 2017, he successfully defended his candidate’s thesis in urology and pharmacology. Between 2019 and 2022, he completed a Master’s program in Health Care Management at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. His professional experience includes serving as a urologist at the Clinical Hospital of JSC "Russian Railways" in Volgograd, Deputy Chief Surgeon in St. Petersburg, and from 2020 to 2024, Head of the N.A. Lopatkin Research Institute of Urology and Interventional Radiology. Since 2024, he has been the Director of the University Clinical Hospital named after N.A. Lopatkin, a branch of the People’s Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba.