Medical Education: Medical Faculty of the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute named by N.I. Pirogov, was attended from 01.09.1981 to 25.01.1988. M.D. degree was received in 25.01.1988. Postgraduate training Internship as a doctor-intern in the therapeutic department of 17 Hospital of the city of Moscow from 01.03.1988 to 02.03.1989. Residency: at the A.L. Myasnikov Institute of clinical cardiology of the CRC [Cardiology Research Center] of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, from 01.09.1992 to 01.08.1994. Graduate study in: Research Institute of Physic-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation from 01.09.1994 to 31.08.1997. Type of training: cardiology. Thesis: Risk factors association between persons with early ischemic heart disease and members of their families. Supervisor: Prof. N.A. Gratsiansky.