It turned out by the end of the 70’s that proper functioning of a modern haematological and
oncological clinic is impossible without a bone marrow transplantation unit. Meanwhile,
appropriate facilities for a BMT unit were not available at the Ist Medical Institute, and,
as a result, a number of haematologists left for other medical insitutions in St. Petersburg.
In 1997, before the 100th anniversary of the SPbMU, the Rector of the SPbMU, Corr. Member of
RAMN, Prof. N.A. Yaitsky took the decison to augment the haematological service, thus
establishing the Center of Haematology, as initiated and recommended by the administration
of Faculty Therapy Chair (Chief, Prof. E.V. Shlyakhto and Prof. V.A. Almazov).
Children cured from Acute Leukaemia by allogeneic bone
marrow transplantation, which are
under investigation of Center of Haematology of the SPbMU
This notion was supported by the University Scientific Board. N.V. Vavilov, the Vice-Rector
for Clinics, carried out extensive work to implement the decisions of the Rectorate and the
Scientific Board for reorganizing the haematological service, including arrangement of the
bone marrow transplant Department.
A unique chance for establishing a long-term contemporary program in clinical haematology
emerged at the I. Pavlov SPbMU, thus allowing attraction of the best specialists in the city
whose activities were related to haematology, molecular biology, transplantology and
transfusiology.
Children cured from Acute Leukaemia by allogeneic bone
marrow transplantation, which are
under investigation of Center of Haematology of the SPbMU
Over the past years, staff members of the present Center of Haematology performed 40
allogeneic (incl. 20 pediatric) and 200 autologous (incl. 60 pediatric) haemopoietic stem
cell transplantations at various clinics of the city. The total follow-up period for the
patients with allogeneic transplants is now more than 9 years. Big efforts were taken to
train skilled specialists in various areas of medicine which are more or less directly
related to bone marrow transplant.
A lot of specialists in haematology, oncology, transfusiology, cryobiology, radiobiology,
cytogenetics, immunology, tissue typing, and molecular biology underwent training in various
countries of Europe and USA. The majority of clinicians are certified high-category doctors
and/or possess academic MD and PhD degrees.
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