Omsk Medical Academy

The Omsk State Medical Academy (OSMA) was founded as the Medical Faculty in The Siberian Institute of Veterinary and Zoology in 1920; the faculty was reorganized into the West-Siberian State Medical Institute in 1921. It was renamed into the Omsk State Medical Institute in 1925 and into the Omsk State Medical Academy in 1994. There are more than 40.000 graduates of OmSMA in our country and abroad. At the moment there are more than 4500 students studying in 5 faculties: • Faculty of medicine, • Pediatrics, • Preventive Medicine, • Stomatology • Pharmaceutical. The Medicine Faculty, the oldest one, was founded in 1920. The Maternity and Child Protection Faculty was established in 1931, which was reorganized into the Pediatric Faculty in 1934. The Sanitary-and-Hygienic Faculty was founded in 1938, which was renamed into the Preventive Medicine Faculty in 1989. The Dentistry Faculty was formed in 1957. The Pharmaceutical Faculty was organized in 2002. Since 1997 the Omsk State Medical Academy has been headed by Alexander I. Novikov, MD, PhD, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Higher School. The famous and outstanding scientists such as Raymond Achrem-Achremovich, Valentine Bisyarina, Peter Gorizontov, Vladimir Eliseev, Vladimir Pulkis, Leonid Maslov, Constantine Romodanovsky, Olga Sokolova-Ponomareva worked for the Omsk State Medical Academy. Our Academy is actively cooperating with educational institutions of Western Europe, United States, Japan and other countries. 59 Departments have provided the tuition process in the Academy. 73% of the staff has an academic degree. Over 100 MD, PhD Full Professors and 300 MD, PhD Professor Associates are working for the Academy. Honored Scientific Workers of the Russian Federation, Honored Staff Workers of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, Honored Physicians of the Russian Federation and Honorary Professors are among the Academy's staff. The Academy is located at six buildings and has three dormitories providing accommodation for all out-of-town students. The Departments of the Academy are based at the largest municipal hospitals equipped with modern diagnostic equipment. Clinics are headed by the leading scholars of the Academy. Tuition process is constantly improved exploiting up-to-date information technologies. The Academy has a united electronic educational net integrated into the Internet. The net has 350 computer terminals and 12 computer classes. Students Scientific Society is the pride of the Academy. Integrating about 800 members it provides basis for future physicians training. The Academy's library is the largest one among the medical institutions of Russia . It has over 600 000 volumes in its collection and many unique publications among them. The library has a fully equipped computer hall with the Internet access. Physical training is an integral part of the educational and tutorial activity of the Academy. Well-equipped gym-halls, ski-centre, sport and recreation centre are available for the students. Official web-site: www. omsk-osma.ru