Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

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MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, St. Petersburg Medical Academy situated at 41 Kirochnaya Street. It was founded in 1885 as Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna's Clinical Institute and renamed the Imperial Clinical Institute in 1896 to become the first advanced medical training institution in the world. It was renamed as the Soviet Institute for Advanced Medical Training in 1918, Soviet replaced by State in 1919, and named after S. M. Kirov in 1935. It was reorganised into the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in 1993. Based on the institute, an evacuation hospital was established during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 with advanced medical training courses running for doctors operating in the field. The academy provides advanced training and retraining for doctors and nurses specialised in all clinical and medical areas. It has six faculties, 76 departments, 14 research institutes and 63 major medical institutions based on the academy, as well as the only Russian research institute of mycology, a number of research laboratories, and clinics. It also has branches in Zanevsky Avenue, Prosveshcheniya Avenue, and Avtovskaya Street. There are two memorial plaques on the facade of the main building, one bearing the original name of the academy and the other devoted to N. N. Petrov. Inside the building, there is a commemorative plaque to the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, the founder of the institute, Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna, the guardian of the institute, and E. E. Eichwald, the first director, as well as plaques to M. I. Afanasyev, V. N. Dolganov, N. D. Monastyrsky, N. V. Sklifosovsky, D. O. Ott, G. F. Tiling, N. N. Petrov, G. V. Khlopin, and E. E. Eichwald. Most of the building was constructed by architect R. A. Hedike in 1885-1906.

References: Императорский клинический институт Великой княгини Елены Павловны: Рос. школа усовершенствования врачей (1885-1917 гг.) / Н. А. Беляков и др. СПб., 1999; Санкт-Петербургская медицинская академия последипломного образования на рубеже XX-XXI веков. СПб., 2000.

T. I. Grekova. Afanasyev M.I.
Dolganov V.N.
Eichwald Eduard Eduardovich
Ekaterina Mikhailovna, Grand Princess
Elena Pavlovna, Grand Princess
Gedike Robert Andreevich
Khlopin Grigory Vitalievich
Kirov (real name Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich
Monastyrsky Nestor Dmitrievich
Ott Dmitry Oskarovich
Petrov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Sklifosovsky Nikolay Vasilievich
Tiling G.F.
Avtovskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Kirochnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 41
Prosveshcheniya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Zanevsky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Императорский клинический институт Великой княгини Елены Павловны: Рос. шк. усовершенствования врачей (1885-1917 гг.) / Н. А. Беляков и др. СПб., 1999
Санкт-Петербургская медицинская академия последипломного образования на рубеже XX-XXI веков. СПб., 2000 1885