Belenkov Yuri Nikitich is a Russian cardiologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), with more than 50 years of professional experience. Belenkov was elected an RAS Academician in 2013 in the Department of Physiological Sciences; previously, since 1999, he had been an Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS).[1][2] He heads the Department of Hospital Therapy No. 1 at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, and directs the Clinic of Hospital Therapy and the Heart Failure Clinic of the same university.[3] He is connected to Nizhny Novgorod through regular scientific and educational events for practicing cardiologists.

Positions and Scientific Work

At Sechenov University, Belenkov heads the Department of Hospital Therapy No. 1 and teaches internal medicine, hospital therapy, cardiology, and the clinical pharmacology of cardiac drugs.[2] As of 2024, his teaching experience totals more than 20 years.[2]

Besides his university work, Belenkov is president of the Russian Society of Heart Failure Specialists, a member of the Presidium of the Russian Society of Cardiology, and editor-in-chief of the journal "Kardiologiya" (Cardiology). In 1973, Belenkov was the first in the USSR to introduce the ultrasound examination of the heart into clinical practice, and in 1983 he likewise became the first in the country to introduce magnetic resonance imaging of the heart and blood vessels. In 1983, Belenkov created and headed the first magnetic resonance imaging laboratory in the USSR, at the Institute of Cardiology of the All-Union Cardiology Research Center of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences; from 1987 to 1990, he served as general director of that center. From 2006 to 2008, Belenkov headed the Federal Agency for Health Care and Social Development; in 2012, he opened the Medical Research and Education Center of Lomonosov Moscow State University, the first university clinic in Russia.[1][1][1][3]

Connection to Nizhny Novgorod

In February 2025, the Belenkov Author School "Lessons in Practical Cardiology: Staying Ahead of the Game" was held at the Oka hotel complex in Nizhny Novgorod (Gagarin Avenue) — an in-person event with an online broadcast.[3] Belenkov served as moderator and lecturer; among his talks were "Does Early Initiation of Heart Failure Therapy Affect Adherence and Prognosis?" and "Chronic Heart Failure and Depression: An Interdisciplinary Approach."[3] Specialists from Nizhny Novgorod also took part in the event: Natalya Borovkova, Professor of the Department of Hospital Therapy at the Privolzhsky Research Medical University (PRMU), and Ekaterina Tarlovskaya.[3]

Belenkov graduated with distinction from the Faculty of General Medicine of the S. M. Kirov Gorky Medical Institute in 1972, qualifying as a cardiologist — thus, his professional biography is directly tied to Nizhny Novgorod (then Gorky).[1]

Sources

  1. ras.ru — Belenkov graduated with distinction from the Faculty of General Medicine of the S. M. Kirov Gorky Medical Institute in 1972, qualifying as a cardiologist — thus
  2. sechenov.ru — Belenkov Yuri Nikitich (archive)
  3. cardio.intermeda.ru — Author School of Academician Yu. N. Belenkov, "Lessons in Practical Cardiology: Staying Ahead of the Game"