The name Leo Boqueria is known far beyond the borders of our country. This man is an outstanding figure in medicine who has saved and continues to save dozens and hundreds of lives. Boqueria Leo Antonovich - a heart surgeon with a capital letter. This person owes life to people of all ages. Carrying out five operations a day, he performs a feat every day, while remaining a simple and cheerful person with whom you can easily talk on any topic.
Leo Boqueria: biography
Leo was born in the winter, December 22, 1939, in the wonderful Georgian town of Ochamchira. The decision that he would become a heart surgeon came in his youth when it was necessary to choose a future profession. Leo always wanted to be in the center of events, his credo says that if you do something, then do the most important thing. The whole life of Leo Boqueria is built on this principle. The surgeon's nationality only helped him and added energy and strength. He is considered one of the most prominent Georgians of our time.
Deciding what he would go to a medical institute, Leo no longer doubted that he would become a heart surgeon. After all, what could be more important in the body than the work of the heart muscles? In 1965, Leo Boqueria successfully graduated from the Medical Academy and went to graduate school. After completing his studies in 1968, he went to work at the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery. Bakuleva. Since then, his fate has been closely connected with this place.
Career
Boqueria Leo Antonovich did not immediately become a famous surgeon. He has come a long way in formation and development as a specialist in his profile. At first he worked as a simple researcher. Later he was appointed head of the laboratory, and at the same time, Leo defended his thesis. When he defended his doctorate and received the title of professor, he was appointed deputy director for science. In this position, Leo Boqueria worked for almost twenty years. In the 90s, it was decided to organize a scientific center for cardiovascular surgery. Leo was appointed director of the cardiology center. A year later, Boqueria became and. about. Director of RAMS, and a little later - Director. In 2012, Boqueria was introduced as a confidant of the President of Russia.
Scientist
In parallel with practical activities, the heart surgeon Leo Boqueria was also engaged in scientific research. He set up various experiments, which he later successfully implemented in his clinic. His research and discoveries in the field of cardiology are applied not only in our country, but also far beyond its borders. After Leo has successfully performed operations, surgeons all over the world use new methods. These methods include:
- operations with remote control;
- heart denervation;
- heart disease modeling;
- cryoablation;
- laser photoablation;
- heart surgery with irregular heartbeat and others.
One of the greatest achievements of Leo Boqueria is that he began to carry out an operational method for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. People whose heart rhythm goes beyond the permissible limits are examined in the clinic using modern equipment. Next, based on the survey data, a decision is made on the treatment method. As a scientist, Leo Boqueria, whose biography is known to every cardiologist, specializes in:
- on surgery of arrhythmia, heart failure, cardiac ischemia and various defects;
- the use of laser technology in heart surgery ;
- the introduction of computer technology in the surgical process.
Doctor-politician
This is not to say that Leo is actively involved in political life. He is more likely a practitioner than a theorist. Therefore, he prefers to work more than to engage in politics. Several times his name surfaced in connection with the protests against Khodorkovsky, but he denied his involvement in this matter. Leo played and continues to fulfill the main role in the political life of the country when he was appointed confidant of Russian President Putin V.V.
Leo character
A lot of interesting things can be said about the character of Leo Boqueria. The photos in which he almost always smiles clearly show his mood. Colleagues and friends describe him as an easy-going, smiling person. He is always optimistic. Having completed a difficult operation, he takes off his dressing gown and turns into a good doctor, in whose office there are many different toys and pleasant things. This also indicates certain traits of a person’s character.
Personal life
Successfully developed and personal life of Leo Boqueria. The family has a special place in his heart. With his wife, Leo met when they studied at the academy. They were not just at the same faculty and course. They were classmates. For a long time, Leo looked after his future wife, an excellent student. Only before graduation, she agreed to become his wife. They had two daughters.
At the moment, the whole Boqueria family is working in medicine. Wife Leo works in the clinic as a general practitioner. She loves her profession, like both daughters. They followed in the footsteps of their father and engaged in cardiology. They graduated with honors from a medical institute and wrote dissertations. Only one went down the science trail, and the other went completely into practice. Now the youngest daughter works at a research institute, and the older one practices in a clinic for premature babies. Leo supports the choice of both and states that he would only trust his heart if necessary to his daughters.
Achievements of a great man
During his life, the Boqueria surgeon has earned many awards and orders. You can list them endlessly, but we will only mention the most significant and famous:
- Lenin Prize for the introduction of new methods (1976).
- State Prize for the development of new diagnostic methods (1986).
- Member of the AAX - American Association of Surgeons (1991).
- Title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (1994).
- Order of the 3rd degree "For Merit to the Fatherland" (1999), 2nd degree (2004), 4th degree (2010).
- The title "Man of the Year" (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013).
- The title "Man of the Decade" in the field of medicine (2000).
- The title "Man-legend" (2002).
- Government Prize (2003).
- Badge-order "Patron" for charitable activities (2004).
- The badge of honor “Public Recognition” for the development of medicine (2004).
- Title “Russian of the Year” (2008),
- Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015).
And this is not the whole list of orders, ranks and awards that this great man received. He achieved such a huge number of insignia by hard work and a desire to help people cope with heart diseases. He is making every effort to improve the quality of treatment and increase the number of successful heart surgeries. His achievements include:
- work related to hyperbaric oxygenation in resuscitation and transplantation;
- heart surgery with congenital or acquired malformations in order to correct work;
- new methods of treating heart ischemia;
- a major contribution to improving the safety of heart surgery;
- the use of laser technology in operations;
- development of a new approach to the treatment of heart failure, especially in children;
- work with implantation of an artificial ventricle of the heart;
- creation of a database in which all patients of the cardiology center are automatically entered; this makes it possible to easily learn the whole history of a person’s illness;
- the invention of various models, methods and proposals, the number of which reaches one and a half hundred;
- work as an editor of well-known scientific journals in which he shares his ideas and experience: Creative Cardiology, Children's Heart and Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases and others;
- work in the project "Moscow - Regions of the Russian Federation", where the main goal is to consult doctors from different parts of the country and abroad, for example, from Belarus.
Grateful patients
Hundreds of saved lives, rivers of happy tears - this is what Leo observes throughout his professional life. People are grateful to him for the salvation of fathers, mothers and children. However, they are surprised that the clinic does not take rewards from grateful patients. And Leo, and other doctors do not want to hear about taking a gift after treatment. All they can offer is to transfer money to the clinic's charity fund. From there, the money goes to buy the necessary equipment and drugs.