Leo Bokeria Antonovich

Winner of the Lenin and State Prize, Honored Scientist of Russia, Academician of RAMS, chief cardiac surgeon of the Ministry of Health, MD, Professor

Born December 22, 1939 in the town of Ochamchira (Abkhazia). Father - Bokeria Anton Ivanovich (1900-1943), Engineer. Mother - Bokeria Olga (1905-1971), teacher of elementary school. Wife - Bokeria Olga (1940. born.), Head of Department Internal Medicine Clinic propaedeutics Moscow Medical Academy and. M. Sechenov. Daughter - Bokeria Ekaterina (1971. born.), PhD, cardiologist, neonatologist 67th Municipal Hospital, Mr.. Moscow. The second daughter - Bokeria Olga (1973. born.), MD, PhD, Senior Researcher NIISSH. Grandson - Hooke Anton Petrovich (1995. born.) schoolboy.
In 1965, L. A. Bokeria graduated from the 1st Moscow Medical Institute named and. M. Sechenov and graduate studies at the Department of topographic anatomy and operative surgery to Academician of AMS USSR in. V. Kovanov. In 1968, completed his studies in graduate school, Leo Antonovich was distributed as a senior researcher at the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery named after a. N. Bakuleva, which forever linked his life. From 1974 to 1977 headed the Laboratory of hyperbaric oxygenation. From 1977 to 1993 worked as Deputy Director for Science, the head of department of surgical treatment of arrhythmia. From 1993 to 1994. Acting Director of the Institute of Cardiac Surgery Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery named after a. N. Bakuleva RAMS. In 1994, after the death of a teacher and friend. I. Burakovsky was elected Director of the Institute of Cardiac Surgery in the name. I. Burakovsky NTSSSH behalf of A. N. Bakuleva Medical Sciences and Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery named after a. N. Bakuleva RAMS.
L. A. Bokeria owned pioneering new to our country work on the theoretical rationale and clinical use of the method of hyperbaric oxygenation in cardiac surgery patients with high operational risk. He has personally performed over 200 heart operations in barooperatsionnoy, some of which were completely new in surgical practice.
. In 1980, Leo Antonovich has created the country's first specialized department of surgical treatment of arrhythmia and introduced into clinical practice of electrophysiological methods of diagnosing cardiac arrhythmias, . which opened a new direction in the world of cardiology and cardiac surgery,
. He first introduced the methods epikardialnoy electric pulse destruction of additional pathways, . cryodestruction and laser photocoagulation arrhythmogenic zones and the country's first operation performed implantation of automatic cardioverter-defibrillator.,
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. A. Bokeria obtained in the course of several thousand open heart surgery. Academic Bokeria refers to a small number of eminent surgeons of the world that carry out the entire arsenal of known heart operations using cardiopulmonary bypass with a wide range of pathology.
. Leo Bokeria Antonovich initiated the development of another new section of cardiac surgery in our country - a minimally invasive cardiac surgery
. They performed the first successful surgery using the latest techniques in patients with congenital, . acquired heart diseases and patients with life-threatening arrhythmias and coronary heart disease (CHD), . including the use of three-dimensional image of surgical field, . enhances the safety and reliability of operations,
. A great contribution. A. Bokeria introduced into the problem of surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease. He introduced into clinical practice new methods of physiological reconstruction of the left ventricle (LV) in patients with left ventricular aneurysms. Great merit is its introduction into clinical practice operations transmiokardialnoy revascularization using them jointly established with local physicists very powerful CO2 laser with the most severe CHD patients with a lesion of the distal bed of the coronary arteries,
. New step in the surgical treatment of this category of patients was the combination of intraoperative use of methods transmiokardialnoy laser revascularization and aorto-coronary bypass surgery.
The name L. A. Bokeria associated opening a new chapter in the national cardiac surgery - the formation of approaches to surgical treatment of terminal heart failure. He first developed the concept of dynamic kardioplastiki, including the first in the world - children. Special merit Leo Antonovich is the fulfillment of the first in our country, implantation of artificial heart ventricles, in particular the system Novokor ", which opens up new opportunities for the previously doomed patients. He has developed and successfully implemented new operation in severe cardiac patients with different forms of cardiomyopathies.
. Accumulation of this clinical experience has led to active development of related issues in cardiology, critical care medicine, anesthesiology, cardiopulmonary bypass
. Thus, in the Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery named after a. N. Bakuleva RAMS initiated L. A. Bokeria a whole series of new clinical entities, with the highest diagnostic and therapeutic potential. Were set up offices of surgical treatment of cardiomyopathies, non-invasive aritmologii, surgical treatment of tachyarrhythmias, terminal heart failure, electrophysiology laboratory, dialysis and many others.
L. A. Bokeria is a sponsor and developer of teleconferencing, Moscow Region, Moscow, the purpose of which - full consultation leading experts Center patients and doctors from remote areas of Russia.
. In addition to intensive operations and a large administrative work as the Director General of the Center Leo Antonovich finds the time and effort to actively engage in the methodology of medical science and teaching
. He is the creator of the country's largest cardiac schools, a talented teacher who trained a generation of physicians, surgeons, cardiologists, intensive care and other related specialties. L. A. Bokeria is head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow Medical Academy named and. M. Sechenov and Russia Academy of Postgraduate Education. Under his leadership reserved 76 candidate and doctoral theses and prepared to defend 37 theses. Many of his students are doctors of medical sciences, professor, corresponding member of Russia Academy of Sciences. Eight of his students were awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize, and one - the State Prize.
L. A. Bokeria as cardio-General of the Ministry of Health of Russia actively promotes the development of this trend in the country. He - the initiator of the establishment of a number of scientific and practical cardiac centers in Russia.
. Scientific and medical world, Leo Antonovich enjoys the highest prestige and earned respect as a serious scholar and an excellent surgeon who gave life to thousands of patients.
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. A. Bokeria published over 1000 publications, of which more than 100 - abroad. He - the author of several monographs and concern the country's only guide to cardiovascular surgery. The most important monographs: "Hyperbaric oxygenation in cardiovascular surgery (1974, . 1981), . "Cardiovascular Surgery" (1989, . 1996), . "Tachyarrhythmias" (1989), . History of cardiovascular surgery (1997, . 1998), . "Minimally invasive heart surgery" (1998), . "History of the Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery named after a,
. N. Bakuleva RAMS "(1998, . 2002), . Lectures on Cardiovascular Surgery "(1999-2002), , . "Transmioakardialnaya laser revascularization" (2001), . Lectures on cardiology "(2001), . "Minimally invasive myocardial revascularization" (2001), . "Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery named Bakuleva RAMS" (2001), . "Ventricular fibrillation" (2002), . "Interventional treatment of coronary heart disease" (2002), . "Three-dimensional echocardiography" (2002), . "Functional diagnosis in cardiology (2002), . "Essays on the history of coronary surgery" (2002), . Guidance on the operational case in cardiac surgery "(2002), . "Surgery of mitral defect after closed commissurotomy" (2003), . "Surgical treatment of ischemic mitral insufficiency" (2003), . "Violation of cerebral venous blood flow in patients with cardiovascular pathology" (2003).,
. Public tribute to L
. A. Bokeria is that he is in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2002. admit Russian Biographical Institute Man of the Year, and in 2000 - "Man of the Decade" in the category "Medicine".
In 2002, the decision of the Mayor of Moscow SE. M. Luzhkov Leo Bokeria Antonovich honored with the title "living legend". Winner of All-Russia Government Award, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the fund Third Millennium "(Russia's national Olympus).
In 1991, L. A. Bokeria was elected a corresponding member, and in 1994 - academician of Russia Academy of Medical Sciences.
. Leo Antonovich also elected a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (1991), . board member of the European Society of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (1992), . member of the Scientific Board of the International Center for cardiothoracic Monaco (1992), . President Rossiyskogo Scientific Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons (1994), . member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences (1997), . honorary member of the American College of Surgeons (1999), . Director of the Center for Interventional and Surgical aritmologii MZ RF (1998), . chief heart surgeon MZ RF (1996).,
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. A. Bokeria - winner of the Lenin Prize (1976), . State Prize winner (1986), . Honored Scientist of Russia (1994), . awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland "III degree (1999), . Order of Honor (Georgia, . 1999), . Order of Reverent Sergius II degree (2001).,
. He is an honorary citizen of the city of Poti (1981) and Tbilisi (1999)
. In 2003 he was elected President of the All-Russia public organization "League of the nation's health.
In his spare time likes to read, enjoys painting.
Lives and works in Moscow.