Rostov State Medical University (Ростовский Государственный Медицинский Университет in Russian) is a Russian public university of higher professional education and ministry on health and social medicine. Rostov State Medical University is also known as Rostov State Medical Institute, RostSMU, RostGMU, Rostov State Government Medical University. History In 1915, the Division of Medicine at the Russian Warsaw University was moved to Rostov on Don and that gave rise to the present-day Rostov State Medical University. It was initially formed as a department and later transformed into a medical Institute in 1930. In 1994, the Rostov Medical Institute which is the largest basic training, research, and treatment center in southern Russia was renamed the Rostov Medical University. Description In college annually trains over 5000 students and 7000 students - the faculty training and professional retraining of specialists, each year more than 650 people trained in the internship, residency, the graduate school. In 2008, RostSMU Medical established a military training center for students training contract to contract service in the Armed Forces of Russia in the officers' positions after graduation. The University operates 91 department, which employs over 800 people teaching staff, of whom more than 130 doctors, professors, about 500 candidates. The university engaged in research and clinical activities, and 3 1 academician, corresponding member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The University celebrates its 75 anniversary in 2005. The main directions of the scientific-investigation activity of the University are: Studying of the pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria and effectivity of the treatment HIV infections; The pathogenesis, diagnostics, treatment, and prophylaxis of the heart-vascular diseases Development and introduction of the methods of X-ray diagnostics and radiation therapy; Studying the pathogenesis mechanisms and developing the treatment methods of the ulcerative disease; Treatment methods in acute surgical diseases of the thorax, abdominal and pelvic cavities, methods of endoscopic surgery; Development and improvement of the methods of the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of urological diseases; Development and introduction of the methods of diagnostics and early revelation of tuberculosis; Ethiopathogenesis, diagnostics, and treatment of the blood system diseases; Reconstructive surgical procedures for the treatment of posttraumatic patients; Diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation of the patients with mental illnesses, development of the measures for urgent psychiatric and medico-psychological help in social stress and extreme situations. Science and activities Scientific activities increased and coordinated through the research of implemented and on faculties and courses. The University is functioning effectively in the