Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology

The Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology counts more than 200 years of history. The Center is named after academician of RAMS Vladimir Kulakov, the outstanding Russian physician and scientist, who had been heading the Center from 1986 to 2007.
The Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology is the leading scientific, medical and academic institution of Russia in the fields of obstetrics, gynecology, perinatology and reproductology.
The Center is the major basis for implementation of governmental programs on maternal and child healthcare. It’s a coordinating federal institution, accumulating and spreading scientific achievements of domestic and foreign experts in the field of medical science and coordinating the work of regional centers.
The Center continuously contributes to development of the state reproductive healthcare strategy.
The Center is the leading institution for the implementation of federal programs and activities: the annual Scientific Forum “Mother and Child”, international congresses, plenary sessions of the Scientific Council, conferences and seminars on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gynecological diseases, endoscopic surgery in gynecology, as well as other topical issues of obstetrics, gynecology and perinatology.
The Center comprises 34 departments and 10 laboratories with around 1800 highly skilled employees, including 4 academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), and more than 40 professors, 10 Honored Masters of Science and 6 Honored Physicians of the Russian Federation. Alongside with researchers, 250 obstetricians-gynecologists, neonatologists, therapists, anesthesiologists, including more than 100 physicians of the top qualification are involved in the medical activity of the Center.
The clinical base of the Center comprises 405 beds: 180 obstetrical, 170 gynecological and 55 neonatal including both outpatient and inpatient facilities.
The medical activity of the Center is characterized by constant implementation of new diagnostic and treatment technologies allowing to significantly improve the quality of medical aid at the Center.