Boris Kirkin

Biography

Education Postgraduate M.Sc. from the 2nd Pirogov Medical Institute (now renamed The Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University), specializing in Hospital Therapy. Masters Thesis written in 1973 on the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias in Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease patients. Experience 1967-1981: practice at the 2ndPirogov Moscow Medical Institute, Hospital Therapy Department. 1981-1997: head of the department for treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease at the Russian Health Ministry’s Coloproctology Institute. Actively participated in the organization of therapy at several of Moscow’s leading private medical centers. Established inpatient facilities at the Medicina Center, 1996. Head physician at European Medical Center. Clinic director at the National Medical Service Clinic. Further Achievements Doctoral thesis written in 1990 on therapeutic tactics for severe forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Awarded title of Professor in 1992. Over 250 written scientific publications, 12 author’s certificates for inventions, and ten methodology handbooks. Active participation in the publication of the following monographs: Coloproctology (1986) Dietary Fiber (1987) Colonic Diverticulosis (1990) The Therapist’s Gastroenterology Handbook (2000) The Concise Gastroenterology Handbook (2001) 

Research Interest

 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Bowel Disorders Gastroenterology Internal medicine Coloproctology