Graduated from Tver State Medical Academy in 1994. Currently held positions: Head of the department of pancreatic, biliary, and upper GI disease in A.S. Loginov Moscoe Clinical Scientific Center, professor of Russian University of Medicine (Moscow) and Tver State Medical University, member of the American gastroenterological association (AGA), member number: 1001254, European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG), corresponding fellow researcher ID: M-4708-2017 ORCID ID 0000-0003-2815-3992.