Department of Faculty Therapy
Department Head
Aleksandr Shishkin
Position: Doctor of Medical Science, Professor
Research Output of the Department’s Academic Staff in the Pure System
Department’s address: 8a 21-ya liniya V.O., St Petersburg
Tel.: 8 (812) 326−03−26.
Email: a.n.shishkin@spbu.ru
- Consultant Physician (Therapist), Consultant Nephrologist, Rheumatologist, Cardiologist
- Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation
- Member of the Board of the S.P. Botkin Scientific Society of Therapists
- Member of the Russian Society of Nephrologists and the European Renal Association
- Author of over 700 scientific publications, textbooks, and monographs; serves on the editorial boards of six scientific journals
Research Output of the Department’s Academic Staff in the Pure System
Department’s address: 8a 21-ya liniya V.O., St Petersburg
Tel.: 8 (812) 326−03−26.
Email: a.n.shishkin@spbu.ru
The Department of Therapy was one of the first three departments established within the Faculty of Medicine, founded in 1996. The current Department of Faculty Therapy was formed in 2010, evolving from the original Department of Therapy at St. Petersburg State University and retaining the core of its teaching staff. The department is responsible for delivering the curriculum in 'Internal Diseases', covering its various sub-disciplines.
A defining feature of the 'Internal Diseases' course is that teaching and student training are conducted at clinical sites. This involves work in both general therapeutic and specialised hospital departments, including: cardiology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, oncohaematology, endocrinology, nephrology, tuberculosis and pulmonology, as well as haemodialysis and functional diagnostics units. Many of the department’s staff are recognised authorities in various fields of internal medicine. The department currently employs 14 academic staff, which includes 4 Doctors of Medical Sciences and 9 Candidates of Medical Sciences.
A defining feature of the 'Internal Diseases' course is that teaching and student training are conducted at clinical sites. This involves work in both general therapeutic and specialised hospital departments, including: cardiology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, oncohaematology, endocrinology, nephrology, tuberculosis and pulmonology, as well as haemodialysis and functional diagnostics units. Many of the department’s staff are recognised authorities in various fields of internal medicine. The department currently employs 14 academic staff, which includes 4 Doctors of Medical Sciences and 9 Candidates of Medical Sciences.
- Alexandrovskaya Hospital
- St. George’s City Hospital
- City Hospital No. 31
- Elizavetinskaya Hospital
- The Russian Academy of Sciences Clinical Hospital
- Russian Railways Clinical Hospital
- City Hospital No. 30 named after S.P. Botkin
- City Rheumatological Hospital No. 25
The Department of Faculty Therapy conducts scientific research focused on the role of molecular, humoral, and structural-functional changes in the progression of internal diseases, as well as investigating potential therapeutic interventions.
- Immunological characteristics of metabolic syndrome and its associated conditions (such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and lipid metabolism disorders)
- Pathogenesis of cerebro-cardiac syndrome in patients with cerebral circulation disorders against a background of metabolic diseases
- Assessing of cardio-renal interactions in metabolic syndrome
- Thyroid pathology in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis
- Obesity phenotypes in patients receiving chronic haemodialysis treatment
- Potential for nephroprotection in type 2 diabetes mellitus and the pleiotropic effects of modern groups of glucose-lowering drugs
- Evicrocirculation impairments in type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Investigating the gut microbiota composition in patients with excess body weight and metabolic disorders
- Specific characteristics of coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease
- Clinical and ultrasonographic features of peripheral joint and periarticular tissue involvement in psoriatic arthritis
- Clinical and experimental research into correcting chronotropic and dromotropic disorders in coronary heart disease
- Presidential Grant of the Russian Federation for state support of young Russian scientists No. MK-5632.2015.7: 'Mechanisms of development and clinical significance of anaemia in patients with diabetic nephropathy'
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) Grant No.17−54−4080: 'Search for new markers of nephroprotection efficacy in type 2 diabetes'
- RFBR Grant No.19−315−90 080: 'A comprehensive study of the characteristics of microcirculatory dysfunction in type 2 diabetes complicated by chronic kidney disease'
- RFBR Grant No. 20−315−90 106: 'The role of gut microbiota in the development of metabolic syndrome'
The Department of Faculty Therapy provides training for third-, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year students in the 'General Medicine' programme and for third- and fourth-year students in the 'Dentistry' programme. It also offers clinical residency training in the specialties of 'Therapy', 'Cardiology', and 'Endocrinology', alongside training for postgraduate researchers.
The department teaches the following core curriculum courses:
Department staff also teach the following elective courses:
- Faculty Therapy ('General Medicine', Year 4)
- Internal Diseases ('Dentistry', Years 3 and 4)
- Internal Diseases ('General Medicine', Year 6)
Department staff also teach the following elective courses:
- Functional Diagnostics in Internal Diseases Clinical Presentations ('General Medicine', Year 3)
- Emergency Conditions in Internal Diseases Clinical Presentations ('General Medicine', Year 5)
- Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases ('General Medicine', Year 5)
- Gerontology and Geriatrics ('General Medicine', Year 5)
- Metabolic Disorders in Internal Diseases Clinical Presentations ('General Medicine', Year 5)
- Allergic and Immunopathological Conditions in Internal Diseases Clinical Presentations ('General Medicine', Year 5)
- Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Medicine and Academic Writing ('General Medicine', Year 5)
- Shishkin, A.N., Mazurenko, S.O. Renal Diseases. Diagnosis and Treatment. Textbook. — SPb.: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2004. — 256 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Мазуренко С. О. Болезни почек. Диагностика и лечение. Учебник. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2004. — 256 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Slepykh, L.A., Sheveleva, M.A. Patient Care in a Therapeutic Clinic. Teaching Manual. — SPb., 2003. — 64 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Слепых Л. А., Шевелева М. А. Уход за больными в терапевтической клинике. Учебно-методическое пособие. — СПб., 2003. — 64 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Slepykh, L.A., Kulibaba, T.G., Sheveleva, M.A. Diagnostics and Semiotics of Internal Diseases. — SPb., 2004. — 140 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Слепых Л. А., Кулибаба Т. Г., Шевелева М. А. Диагностика и семиотика внутренних болезней. — СПб., 2004. — 140 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Kulibaba, T.G. Anaemias. — SPb.: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2006. — 150 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Кулибаба Т. Г. Анемии. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2006. — 150 c.)
- Shishkin, A.N. Internal Diseases. Introduction to Diagnostics. Textbook. — SPb.: St. Petersburg Univ. Publ. House, 2008. — 468 p. (Шишкин А. Н. Внутренние болезни. Введение в диагностику. Учебник. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2008. — 468 c.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Slepykh, L.A., Kulibaba, T.G., Sheveleva, M.A. Diagnostics and Semiotics of Internal Diseases. Textbook. 2nd ed. revised and enlarged. Under the general editorship of Shishkin, A. N. — SPb.: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2008. — 166 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Слепых Л. А., Кулибаба Т. Г., Шевелева М. А. Диагностика и семиотика внутренних болезней. Учебное пособие. 2-е изд. перераб. и доп. под. общ. ред.А. Н. Шишкина. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. Ун-та, 2008. — 166 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Petrova, N.N., Slepykh, L.A. Geriatrics: textbook. — M.: 'Academia' Publ. Centre, 2008. — 192 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Петрова Н. Н., Слепых Л. А. Гериатрия: учеб. пособие. — М.: Изд. центр. "Академия", 2008. — 192 с.)
- Lukyanova, I.Yu., Shishkin, A.N. Guide to ECG. — SPb.: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2009. — 227 p. (Лукьянова И.Ю., Шишкин А. Н. Путеводитель по ЭКГ. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2009. — 227 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Mazurenko, S.O., Volovnikova, V.A., Kulibaba, T.G. Rheumatic Diseases: textbook for higher education institutions / Shishkin, A.N., Mazurenko, S.O., Volovnikova, V.A., Kulibaba, T.G. / ed. by Shishkin, A. N. — SPb.: St. Petersburg Univ. State Publ. House, 2012. — 302 p. (Ревматические болезни: учебное пособие для вузов / А. Н. Шишкин, С. О. Мазуренко, В. А. Воловникова, Т.Г. Кулибаба/ под ред. А. Н. Шишкина. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2012. — 302 с.)
- Volovnikova, V.A., Kulibaba, T.G., Mazurenko, S.O. et al. Faculty Therapy: textbook / Volovnikova, V.A., Kulibaba, T.G., Mazurenko, S.O. et al. / ed. by prof. Shishkin, A.N. — SPb.: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2014. — 232 p. (Факультетская терапия: учебное пособие / Воловникова В. А., Кулибаба Т. Г., Мазуренко С. О. и др. / под ред. проф. А. Н. Шишкина. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2014. — 232 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Rumyantsev, A.Sh., Slepykh, L.A., Volovnikova, V.A., Kulibaba, T.G., Lukyanova, I.Yu., Shevelyova, M.A., Pchelin, I.Yu. Faculty Therapy: Test Tasks. — SPb.: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2016. — 126 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Румянцев А. Ш., Слепых Л. А., Воловникова В. А., Кулибаба Т. Г., Лукьянова И. Ю., Шевелёва М. А., Пчелин И. Ю. Факультетская терапия: тестовые задания. — СПб.: Изд-во С.-Петерб.ун-та, 2016. — 126 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Rumyantsev, A.Sh., Slepykh, L.A., Sheveleva, M.A., Kulibaba, T.G., Volovnikova, V.A., Lukyanova, I.Yu., Pchelin, I.Yu., Lyndina, M.L. Internal Diseases: textbook. — SPb: St. Petersburg State Univ. Publ. House, 2019. — 332 p. (Шишкин А.Н., Румянцев А. Ш., Слепых Л. А., Шевелева М. А., Кулибаба Т. Г., Воловникова В. А., Лукьянова И. Ю., Пчелин И. Ю., Лындина М. Л. Внутренние болезни: учебное пособие. — СПб: Изд-во С.-Петерб. ун-та, 2019. — 332 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N. Treatment of Geriatric Patients: textbook. — M.: GEOTAR-Media Publ., 2019. — 272 p. (Шишкин А. Н. Лечение пациентов гериатрического профиля: учебное пособие. — М.: ГЭОТАР — Медиа, 2019. — 272 с.)
- Shishkin, A.N., Slepykh, L.A., Rumyantsev, A.Sh. Treatment of Therapeutic Profile Patients: textbook for students of secondary vocational education institutions / Shishkin, A.N., Slepykh, L.A., Rumyantsev, A.Sh. -M., 'Academia' Publ. Centre, 2020.- 352 p. (Лечение пациентов терапевтического профиля: учебник для студ. учреждений сред.проф. образования /А.Н. Шишкин, Л. А. Слепых, А. Ш. Румянцев. -М., Изд. центр "Академия", 2020.- 352с.)
- Sergeyeva, T.A., Volovnikova, V.A., Pchelin, I.Yu., Lyndina, M.L., Shishkin, A.N., Kolbin, A.S., Slepykh, L.A., Arslanova, P.R. Handbook on Pharmacotherapy for Practical Classes in Faculty Therapy: textbook. — SPb.: Scientia Publ., 2021. — 120 p. (Сергеева Т.А., Воловникова В. А., Пчелин И. Ю., Лындина М. Л., Шишкин А. Н., Колбин А. С., Слепых Л. А., Арсланова П. Р. Справочник по фармакотерапии к практическим занятиям по факультетской терапии: учебное пособие. — СПб.: Сциентиа, 2021. — 120 с.)
Head of Postgraduate Education: Viktoria Aleksandrovna Volovnikova, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor.
The department offers the following forms of postgraduate training:
Training is available on both state-funded and fee-paying (contractual) bases. The Department of Faculty Therapy’s postgraduate education is aimed at training highly qualified specialists in medicine, who are proficient in modern technologies for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of therapeutic diseases across various specialties.
The clinical residency programmes extensively utilise active and interactive teaching methods — such as computer simulations, business and role-playing games, case studies, and other trainings- in combination with independent work to develop and enhance students' professional skills. The curriculum includes masterclasses by experts and leading specialists. A crucial element of residency training is practical work with patients; this hands-on experience, supported by departmental staff and the study of recommended medical literature, allows residents to systematise and deepen their knowledge while acquiring a necessary set of practical skills.
The department offers the following forms of postgraduate training:
- Clinical residency in the 31.08.49 'Therapy' field of study. Duration of study: 2 years
- Clinical residency in the 3.1.20 'Cardiology' field of study. Duration of study: 2 years
- Doctoral programme in the 3.1.18 'Internal Diseases' field of study. Duration of study: 3 years
- Clinical residency in the 31.08.53 'Endocrinology' field of study. Duration of study: 2 years
- Doctoral programme in the 3.1.32 'Nephrology' field of study. Duration of study: 3 years
Training is available on both state-funded and fee-paying (contractual) bases. The Department of Faculty Therapy’s postgraduate education is aimed at training highly qualified specialists in medicine, who are proficient in modern technologies for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of therapeutic diseases across various specialties.
The clinical residency programmes extensively utilise active and interactive teaching methods — such as computer simulations, business and role-playing games, case studies, and other trainings- in combination with independent work to develop and enhance students' professional skills. The curriculum includes masterclasses by experts and leading specialists. A crucial element of residency training is practical work with patients; this hands-on experience, supported by departmental staff and the study of recommended medical literature, allows residents to systematise and deepen their knowledge while acquiring a necessary set of practical skills.
The Department of Faculty Therapy at the SPbU Faculty of Medicine hosts an active Student Scientific Society. Meetings are held once a month. The scope of the student scientific circle not only complements but also significantly expands the department’s own research themes.
The vast majority of presentations at these meetings are delivered by the students themselves. Within the framework of the Society, most students begin the preparatory work on their diploma theses. A large number of the student members actively participate in medical and therapeutic olympiads and regularly achieve prize-winning places.
The vast majority of presentations at these meetings are delivered by the students themselves. Within the framework of the Society, most students begin the preparatory work on their diploma theses. A large number of the student members actively participate in medical and therapeutic olympiads and regularly achieve prize-winning places.