Boris N. Kozlov. Graduated from Siberian State Medical University in 1986. Professor, Ph.D, Cardiovascular Surgeon, Head of Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Cardiologe Research Institute “Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, and has 37 years of work experience. Research interests include surgical treatment of coronary artery disease using modern technologies, valvular pathology, and diseases of the aorta and its branches. Member of the Russian Society of Angiologists and Vascular Surgeons and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.