Skvortsova Veronika is a doctor of medical sciences, professor, neurologist, neurophysiologist and Minister of Health of Russia. She was born in Moscow in 1960, on November 1.
The childhood and youth of the future minister
Veronika Skvortsova, whose biography will be presented in this article, was born in a family of doctors. From early childhood, she wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents and become a doctor in the fifth generation. And her dream came true. Indeed, in 1977, immediately after the successful completion (with a gold medal) of secondary education, she entered the Moscow Medical Institute at the pediatric faculty.
Education Veronica Skvortsova
In 1983, Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna received a red diploma from the Second Moscow Medical Institute. After that, for two years she studied in clinical residency at the Department of Nervous Diseases. And already by 1988 she graduated from the graduate school, and then successfully defended her thesis.
Career
After a successful defense, still young Veronika Skvortsova began working at the department as a senior laboratory assistant, and then as an assistant and assistant professor. She developed such a career from 1988 to 1997. At the same time, in 1989, she headed the very first neuroresuscitation service in the city hospital in Moscow.
In 1993, Veronika Skvortsova, whose biography is full of significant moments in her life, successfully defended her thesis on "Neurophysiological and clinical monitoring, metabolic treatment for acute ischemic stroke." As a result of this, she became a doctor of medical sciences. After another 5 years, she was awarded the title of professor.
In 1997, Veronika Skvortsova headed the Department of Clinical and Fundamental Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Russian Medical State University. And after another 2 years, she contributed to the creation of the National Association, which was aimed at combating stroke.
Since 2004, Professor and Doctor of Medical Sciences Veronika Skvortsova became a corresponding member of RAMS. A year later, she was appointed head of the Research Institute for Stroke at the Russian State Medical University.
A new stage in the life of Veronika Skvortsova
By the way, the family of the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova quite expected that President Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich will soon offer this post to the fifth generation doctor. After all, being a deputy, she proved herself not only as a good leader, but also as an experienced and highly qualified medical officer. In the summer of 2008, an experienced neurologist and neurophysiologist was invited to become Deputy Minister of Social Development and Health of the Russian Federation. Consent completely changed her future life. Indeed, already in the spring of 2012 (May 21), the chair and the minister of health of our country was offered a professor and a doctor of medical sciences. It should be noted that during this period it was rather difficult for her. However, experience and professionalism allowed her to quickly get used to the new workplace and begin to make the most important decisions.
Scientific and professional activities
After in May 2012, President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin appointed Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna Minister of Health, her biography and personal life became interesting for many residents of our country.
It should be noted that the current post is an experienced doctor of medical sciences and professor takes an ulterior motive. Indeed, Skvortsova Veronica became the author of more than forty hundred scientific papers. In addition, she was appointed a Member of the scientific commissions of the neurological communities of the European Federation, Deputy Head of the Society of Neurologists (All-Russian), Vice-President of the National Association, which is aimed at combating ischemic stroke (or NABI for short), as well as a representative of the same community in the World Organization a stroke. In addition, the current Minister of Health is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Organization for Stroke.
Facts from the life of Skvortsovaya Veronica
Since then, an experienced doctor of medical sciences and professor was appointed to the post of Minister of the Russian Federation, two years have passed. Has Veronika Skvortsova changed? Health care and its ordinary life have always been intertwined. Quite often, journalists ask whether she ever had to apply her professional skills in her current workplace. As you know, the incumbent minister has repeatedly been in a situation where her practical skills were required. So, Skvortsova twice had to provide first aid at various meetings. In the summer of 2013 (July 30), the current Minister of Health helped a presidential administration official. He had a microstroke right during a meeting of the Council of the Russian Federation. If not for the medical experience of Skvortsovaya Veronika, then the meeting of the authorities could have ended very sadly.
The second time that the Minister of Health showed his professional skills happened in the fall of 2013 (November 21) at a meeting of the Government Presidium. There, one of the security officers simply fainted. It should be noted that at the request of Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, the minister immediately provided first aid to the victim. It is noteworthy that the security officer lost consciousness at the very moment when, from the rostrum, Mrs. Skvortsova reported on the current state of competition in the pharmaceutical market.
Skvortsova Veronika: family and life
The current Minister of Health is married. She has a son, Gregory. He graduated from high school a long time ago (just like his mother, with a gold medal), and then enrolled in RNIMU.
To the question of whether Skvortsova has time to lead her life, she always answers that with the appointment to a new position she has much less time. And, of course, it’s quite difficult for her to lead her life independently, and she succeeds extremely rarely. But the current Minister of Health of the Russian Federation spends all his free time (holidays and weekends) with his relatives and friends.
Interview with Veronika Skvortsova
As you know, Veronika Igorevna gave Skovrtsova the very first interview in a new position to a columnist for Rossiyskaya Gazeta. When asked about whether the pedigree helped her son enter the Moscow Medical Institute, where there is always a huge competition, the current Minister of Health replied that, like her, her son also graduated from secondary school with a gold medal. In this regard, her child did not have any problems with admission.
Also, a columnist for Rossiyskaya Gazeta could not help but ask whether Veronika Skvortsova accepted the new appointment immediately or for some time she still had to hesitate. To this, the incumbent minister replied that the process of thinking it over was quite long and serious. At that moment, she understood quite well that this was a huge responsibility. Indeed, in the future she will have to solve very complex problems. According to Veronika Igorevna, at this difficult moment, her family particularly supported her. And after she made the right decision, her husband and son became even more proud of her.