Professor Alexandr Yu. Mushkin
SPIN RSCI: 9373-4335
Publication activity of Prof. Aleksandr Mushkin
The number of publications in RSCI – 301.
The number of citations from publications included in the RSCI – 2989.
The H-index for publications in the RSCI – 22.
The number of publications in Scopus – 90.
The number of citations from publications included in Scopus – 263.
The H-index for publications in Scopus – 9.
The number of publications in Web of Science – 23.
The number of citations from publications included in Web of Science – 106.
The H-index for publications in Web of Science – 6.
Current positions
Chief researcher, Head of the Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedic Clinic, Head of the Scientific and Clinical Centre for Spinal Pathology. «Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis» Prospect Research Coordinator, Scientific Research institute of Phthysiopulmonology, St. Petersburg, Russia; Professor of the Department of traumatology and orthopedics, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University.
Official addresses
Ligovsky pr. 2–4, St. Petersburg, 191036, Russia; office: Politechnicheskaya str., 32, 194064; Phone: +7 812 552 0940, phone/fax: +7 812 372-5311.
Base education
1976–1982 State Pediatric Medical Institute (now – State Pediatric Medical University), St. Petersburg.
Post-graduate education in spinal surgery
1987–1990 State Pediatric Medical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (advisor: prof. EdV Ulrikh).
1997–1998 Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapollis, MN, USA (advisor: prof. JE Lonstein).
The main stage of the work
1982–1987 Surgeon, Children Hospital No. 2, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1990–1991 Pediatric surgeon, State Pediatric Academy, St. Petersburg.
1991–2000 Senior scientific collaborator, Scientific Research Institute of Phthysiopulmonology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2001–2016 Head of the Department for Bone & Joint Tuberculosis Surgery in Children, Scientific Research Institute of Phthysiopulmonology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2003–2016 Head of Non-pulmanary TB department, Scientific Research Institute of Phthysiopulmonology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Since 2016 Chief researcher, Head of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedic Clinic, «Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis» Prospect Research Coordinator, Scientific Research Institute of Phthysiopulmonology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Academic education experience
1993–2002 Associate Professor of the Children Surgery and Orthopedic Department, Pediatric Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2003 – 2018 Professor of the Pediatric Trauma and Orthopedia Department, Medical Academy of the Postgraduate Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Scientific degrees
First degree (MD/PhD, 1990): Surgical treatment of congenital scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis caused by lateral and dorso-lateral hemivertebrae in children.
Second degree (Doctor of Medical Science, 2000): Surgical correction of the non-system angular kyphosis (TB spondylitis, congenital abnormalities).
Membership in international professional organizations
AO Spine. The member of AO Spine since 2008, current category – platinum,
The Educational Adviser (Orthopedia) since 2008.
AOSpine of Russia (AOSRF). Chairman of AOSRF – 2012–2016.
National societies membership
Russian Association of Spine Surgeons (RASS) – Member of expert council.
The work in the journal editorial boards
Hirurgia Pozvonochnika (Editor-in-Chief)
Medicinsky alians
The main field of practice
Diagnosis, operative and non-operative treatment of spinal pathology: congenital abnormalities, spinal infections (osteomyelitis and TB), tumors, deformities, degenerative and dysplastic spine, consequences of spinal trauma, spine-dependent paresis and paraplegia.
Publications: more than 400 publications, incl. 5 books (in Russian):
1. Vertebrology. Ed. 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, co-author EdV Ulrikh.
2. The Surgery of Congenital Spinal Abnormalities. 2007, co-author EdV Ulrikh.
3. The Surgery of Bone and Joint Tuberculoisis. 2008, co-author YuN Levashev.
4. Spinal oncology. 2012, co-author OV Malchenko.
5. Spinal Syndromes. 2016, co-authors EV Oulrich, AV Gubin.
Chapters in the books – 5, incl. one in AOSpine Masters series ”Cranial-cervical infections” (accepted for publication in June 2018).
Grants and awards
Educational grant of Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapollis, MN, USA (1997–1998).
3-rd prize of the European Spine Society (1997, Kos, Greece) for the methods of the correction of kyphosis in spinal tuberculosis in children.
Gold medals for innovative projects in St. - Petersburg technological exhibitions in 2011 and 2012.
Academician MI Perelman Prize for innovation surgery in pediatric spinal TB, 2015.
