Myasnikov doctor Alexander Leonidovich biography personal life. Alexander Myasnikov is a worthy successor to the dynasty of doctors. Television and books

If formerly Alexander Leonidovich was known only to his colleagues and numerous grateful patients, but after he became the host of the popular health program “About the Most Important” on the Russia-1 TV channel, the whole country learned about him. He is a doctor in the fourth generation, in whose family there were doctors different specialties, the chief physician of the Moscow City Clinical Hospital No. 71, and the wife of Alexander Myasnikov, Natalya, is a real keeper of the hearth, trying to do everything to make her husband feel comfortable and cozy in their house.

Personal life of Alexander Myasnikov

Like many public people, he tries not to touch on topics related to his relationship with loved ones, so the personal life of Dr. Alexander Myasnikov is shrouded in a veil of secrecy, although he willingly talks about his famous ancestors, in whose footsteps he decided to follow himself.

It is known that the doctor’s family life did not work out the first time, but now he is happy and successfully combines professional activity and holidays with the family. Alexander Leonidovich is a passionate person. He is not averse to hunting with friends, despite the fact that he does not feel like a professional in this matter. Myasnikov tries to follow the advice that he gives to his patients and viewers of the program "On the most important thing" - he eats right, leads an active lifestyle. Including at least a kilogram of vegetables and half a kilogram of fruits in his daily diet, he tries to eat less red meat, but he drinks coffee without restrictions, because he learned that this drink protects against liver cancer and also reduces the risk of myocardial infarction. In addition, he goes in for sports and likes to take a steam bath, because a bath is a great physiotherapy procedure.

Doctor Myasnikov's wife

The doctor has been happily married for forty years, and he met his wife when he was married to another, but when he saw Natalya at one of the social events, who, by the way, came in the company of her fiancé, he experienced such a strong feeling that he decided completely change your personal life.

The girl, apparently, also really liked him, because for him she decided to part with her boyfriend, whom she was already going to marry. Throughout family life Alexander Myasnikov's wife is always next to her husband - she accompanies him not only when traveling, but also on business trips. The advice and support of his wife are important for Alexander Leonidovich, for whom the family is the most important thing in this life.

The doctor admits that Natalia completely changed his way of life and helped to determine the goal, so that later he could go towards its achievement. The wife of Alexander Leonidovich graduated from the Institute of History and Archives and worked at TASS. Natalya never, not even in the most prosperous times for their family, complained about the lack of money and was content with what they had, and has always been a reliable support and support for her husband.

Are there children?

The children of Alexander Myasnikov are the son of Leonid, named after his grandfather. Leonid goes to school in France and dreams of continuing family tradition And also become a doctor. The son became their late child, during pregnancy, Alexander's wife experienced certain health problems, but she did not even allow the thought to get rid of the unborn baby, for which Myasnikov is now infinitely grateful to her.

Alexander Leonidovich tries to spend as much time as possible with Leonid, and especially for him compiled an extensive genealogy, in which he spoke about numerous ancestors and relatives, among whom there were many wonderful people including great doctors.

Brief biography of the doctor Alexander Myasnikov

The first representative of the Myasnikov dynasty of doctors was the great-great-grandfather of Alexander Leonidovich - Leonid Alexandrovich, who brilliantly graduated from the medical faculty of Moscow University and returned to his native town of Krasny Kholm, near Tver, to become a zemstvo doctor. Today in this city one of the streets bears his name. His wife was also a doctor. During the First World War, Alexander Myasnikov's great-grandfather organized infirmaries on the Caucasian front, and after the revolution of 1917 he organized the first eye surgery clinic in Russia.

Alexander Leonidovich Myasnikov himself also did a lot for domestic medicine. After graduating from the Second Medical Institute. Pirogov, he underwent residency and postgraduate studies at the Institute of Cardiology named after his grandfather, a famous Soviet scientist, chairman of the All-Russian Society of Therapists.

After defending his Ph.D. thesis, Alexander Myasnikov left for People's Republic Mozambique, where he was a doctor in one of the geological groups. Then he worked as a doctor in the province of Zambezi, and in 1989 became a consultant to specialists in a government hospital in Angola.

After returning to Moscow, Dr. Alexander Leonidovich Myasnikov worked as a cardiologist at the All-Union Cardiology Research Center and at the same time was an employee of the medical department. international organization on migration.

In 1996, Alexander Leonidovich completed his residency at the New York State University Medical Center, and in 2000 he received the title of doctor of the highest category, awarded to him by the American Committee on Medicine and became a member of the American Medical Association and the College of Physicians. Then he returned to Russia, and in 2009-2010 he was the chief physician of the Kremlin Hospital of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. Around that time, he met his first wife and began to build his personal life.

Scientific editor: Svetlana Petrovna Popova, cand. honey. Sci., Associate Professor, Doctor of the Highest Category, Lecturer at the Department of Infectious Diseases with a Course in Epidemiology Russian University Friendship of Peoples (RUDN University)

The official biography of Alexander Myasnikov

Alexander Leonidovich Myasnikov was born in 1953 in the city of Leningrad into a family of doctors. medical dynasty Myasnikovs originates in the 19th century (there is a museum of the dynasty in the city of Krasny Kholm, Tver Region).

In 1976, Alexander Leonidovich graduated from the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute. N.I. Pirogov. In 1976–1981, he completed residency and postgraduate studies at the Institute of Clinical Cardiology named after A.I. A.L. Myasnikov, in 1981 he defended his Ph.D. thesis ahead of schedule. Soon he was sent to the People's Republic of Mozambique as a doctor of a group of geologists conducting exploration of deposits in remote areas of South Africa.

In connection with the termination of the work of the group as a result of hostilities, since 1983 he continued to work as a doctor general practice in the Zambezi province. A year after returning to his homeland, Alexander Leonidovich was sent to Angola as a senior group of Soviet medical consultants at the Prenda government hospital, where he served until 1989.

Upon his return, Myasnikov combined the work of a cardiologist at the All-Union Cardiology Research Center and an employee of the medical department of the International Organization for Migration. In 1993–1996, he worked as a doctor at the Russian Embassy in France and collaborated with leading medical centers in Paris.

Since 1996, he worked in the United States, where he confirmed his medical degree. He completed his residency at the New York State University Medical Center with a degree in General Practitioner. In 2000, the American Committee on Medicine awarded Alexander Leonidovich the title of doctor of the highest category. Member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.

Since 2000, Myasnikov began working in Moscow, first as the chief physician of the American Medical Center, then as the chief physician of the American Clinic organized by him. From 2009 to 2010, he was the chief physician of the Kremlin Hospital of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

From 2007 to 2012, Alexander Leonidovich hosted the program “Did you call the doctor?”, And since 2010, he has been a medical column on the radio in V. Solovyov’s Vesti FM program. From 2010 to the present, Myasnikov is the chief physician of the Moscow City Clinical Hospital No. 71. Member of the Public Chamber of Moscow. Since 2013, he has been the host of the program “About the most important thing with Dr. Myasnikov” on the Russia 1 TV channel.

Author's Preface

I dedicate this book to my mother - not only because she is my mother, but also because she instilled in me a love of medicine.

Our family is a dynasty of doctors. I don’t know how my great-grandfather came to medicine, but my grandfather really wanted to become a philologist in his youth. Yes, yes, that very famous grandfather - an academician, from whose textbooks more than one generation of Soviet and Russian doctors comprehended medical science, whose name is known abroad. At the insistence of his father, a zemstvo doctor, he went from his native Tver province to enter the medical faculty of Moscow University and ... applied for a philological one !!! However, at the last moment he changed his mind (in other words, he was afraid of his father's anger) and nevertheless went to the medical one.

My father was a teenager during the war and, like a real Leningrader, raved about the sea. He entered the naval school, but after he was demobilized from the third year for health reasons, he also entered the medical school. (Unfortunately, his health never improved – he died at the age of only 45…)

My mother, a gold medalist, first entered the Aviation Institute, studied for a year and a half and ... broke her leg! I ended up in the hospital with an open fracture and faced the world of medicine. It was in the hospital that my mother realized that her vocation was to be a doctor! She recovered, took the documents from the aviation and carried them to the medical institute (gold medalists then entered without exams).

By that time, the recruitment had already ended, I had to go to the rector. The rector advised to wait until next year. But my mother has always been a decisive person; she took a chair, sat down in the middle of the office and said: “I won’t leave here until you accept me!” The rector just shook his head and said: “I love brave girls! But, look, only if there is at least one troika…” Mom answered him: “There won’t even be a four!”. She studied then for one five and for many years worked selflessly in practical health care.

I absorbed my love for medicine not even with my mother’s milk, but with her blood: after graduating from the institute, already pregnant with me, having a father-in-law, an academician, she agreed with the distribution and went to the local doctor in the village of Zaitsevo. Alone (my father still lived in Leningrad), pregnant, around the clock - childbirth, injuries, deaths, illnesses ... Until now, my mother says that this practice has helped her all her long life in medicine.

WITH early childhood I didn’t have the question “who to be?” It was already implied. IN student years I decided to gain practical experience and went on duty at the hospital to my mother in the department. I still remember that harsh (cruel!) reprimand that she gave me at the morning conference for a small, from my point of view, mistake!

I learned a lesson from this period of my life: there are no trifles in medicine: having become a doctor, you are no longer a person who can afford to get tired, who can make allowances for family relationships. You are a doctor and responsible for people's lives, so either you work according to these principles, or you go home and change your profession!

Years have passed since then, now I have my own professional experience behind me. It shows that many mistakes can be avoided, people's lives and health can be saved if you tell them how the world of medicine works! If you explain what symptoms you need to pay attention to and when to urgently seek medical help, and when you can wait and not worry; if you help them navigate the flow of advertisements for medicines and medical services. If we help people to realize the fact that there is no "magic" pill, that much in maintaining our health depends on us.

Dear readers! This book is not a medical reference or self-medication guide! Do not forget that the last word should always belong to your treating physician.

Dear Colleagues! When you read this book, please do not forget that it was written for non-professionals - people who do not have a special medical education. Some things had to be simplified and shortened for the convenience of readers' understanding.

Do not judge strictly!

I. Medicine in questions and answers

1. What do we expect from medicine?

2. What does medicine expect from us?

I am categorically against self-treatment! I understand that people self-medicate not because of a good life, but because medicine is either unavailable or of poor quality. The patient needs health now, and he is not interested in explanations that for some reason something cannot be done.

If the patient does not receive adequate help, he will go to a shaman, healer, grandmother, an accessible doctor, far from the ideal of literacy. The patient will watch TV, read a book, find information on the Internet and begin to be treated. It is not right.

Why do I like to treat foreigners? I tried to slip away if I was called to see a Russian patient. All because our patient will draw his whole soul out of the doctor: how, why, why, and what? Americans are more loyal: they trust the doctor, but at the same time they are sure that if something goes wrong in the treatment, the lawyers will deal with the doctor.

An American patient reads about his problem, studies it. Of course, he asks questions to the doctor. Physicians often do not like such know-it-alls. But personally, it is easier for me with such a patient: he will understand what I tell him about the need for treatment or examination. A person who is focused on the problem makes contact easier.

A person must understand his condition in order to know how to behave in a given situation. Calling a doctor and an ambulance for any reason, we load them with unnecessary work. At the same time, relying on the fact that the ailment will pass by itself, and, conversely, without going to the doctor, people risk neglecting the possible deadly danger. This is what my book will be about.

Below you can find the most frequently asked questions by patients and my answers to them. I tried to make the explanations as accessible and understandable as possible for you. I sincerely hope that this information will help you feel more confident in life!

1. What do we expect from medicine?

What do you think the average Russian expects from our medicine? His expectations are very simple: to receive free and timely quality medical care.

Indeed, despite the fact that we live in this country and these conditions, we have the right to absolutely elementary things. That if we call " ambulance”, then she arrives within a reasonable time and takes her to the hospital where the patient can receive the necessary assistance.

We have the right to expect that if a doctor prescribes a medicine, then it will be at least harmless, and at most also help.

We hope that the doctor, prescribing this or that drug, is guided not only by the concepts he knows, but even by material incentives, but by knowledge.

The patient expects that the doctor examining him will take into account all the symptoms. That the cardiologist will not only measure the pressure and listen to the pulse, and the endocrinologist will not only feel the thyroid gland.

In a word, a person has the right to count on a competent medical examination, which consists of steps that must be completed - a certain algorithm. Unfortunately, life often happens differently.

Sometimes you come to the doctor, and he does not even examine you, but superficially asks and prescribes pills. The patient has the right to receive all the necessary volume of instrumental and laboratory tests, and not to ask the doctor what else he, the patient, needs. Previously, doctors answered many requests that the hospital did not have the necessary equipment, that "we do not do this." But many modern hospitals, at least in big cities equipped with everything necessary. The doctor is only required to follow a certain algorithm of actions.

But here comes serious problem. For the modernization of medicine in last years a huge amount of money was spent, a huge amount of expensive equipment was purchased. We are proud to say that we have already overtaken Switzerland in terms of the number of tomographs per capita, thus showing the "lack of clothes on the naked king." After all, the level of medicine in our country, as it was low, has remained!

The patient has the right to receive all the necessary volume of instrumental and laboratory tests, and not to ask the doctor what else he, the patient, needs.

It is not enough to buy and install equipment; doctors must be taught how to use it. Abroad, a specialist in the brain is trained for seven years so that he can work on a tomograph, but here they get off with three-month courses! And even these “short-learned” doctors are not enough.

We are fond of buying heavy and complex equipment, we put a tomograph in each hospital, without eliminating huge queues for ultrasound or conventional x-rays. But the saddest thing is the lack of “investment” in doctors. It is absolutely wrong to think that the equipment can do everything.

The concept of "algorithm" has already been mentioned above. With the limited funds at our disposal for the development of medicine, we must prioritize where to spend this money in the first place. They need to be invested in students, medical schools, doctors, who need to be taught the algorithm of actions, certain standards.

But not quite to the standards that you often hear about on TV, there we are talking about the standards of medical and economic. That is, if a patient has inflammation of the lungs, then an x-ray should be taken, a blood test taken, and an antibiotic prescribed. The medico-economic standard is a certain scheme, a list of what should be included in the examination or treatment in a very in general terms. At the same time, the doctor is free to choose an antibiotic, he can prescribe oxygen, or maybe not. He will be guided by his subjective feelings due to the lack of a clear algorithm of actions!

How does it happen in life? The patient has pneumonia. He is hospitalized and placed in a general ward for two to three weeks. Everyone in this ward is given the same antibiotic, droppers are put in, vitamins are distributed ... But it is far from always that a patient with pneumonia needs to be hospitalized, most cases are perfectly treated at home. For some symptoms, hospitalization is indicated, for others not. One antibiotic is enough for someone, two or even three are needed for someone. With some parameters, the patient can be placed in a regular ward, and with others - immediately in intensive care.

Remember the situation from the movie "Two Soldiers", when one of the heroes, having taken possession of a captured Mauser, boasts about how he fired from it. To which another hero asks: “But how did you shoot a weapon when it lacks the most important part?”. "What is the most important part?" M. Bernes, who played Arkady Dzyubin, replied: “ main part any weapon has the head of its owner! And this is right, because no matter what equipment is used, there is still a doctor behind it; he interprets the result, decides on the need for research and what information these studies can provide.

All over the world, doctors are guided by well-defined algorithms. The control X-ray is done not after two days, but at least after four weeks. Because the residual effects can be seen for quite a long time, even if the pneumonia has already passed. It is pointless to take x-rays earlier, unless the patient is in intensive care, which is why it is called “intensive observation ward”.

When I talk about standards, I mean exactly the algorithm of the doctor's actions, and not the set of this medical and economic "business lunch".

Under current standards, if an ambulance brings a patient with a stroke, he should not be examined by a doctor in the emergency department. The time factor is so important that the patient is immediately taken to a CT scanner, bypassing all the registration procedures, in order to determine whether he has thrombosis or bleeding. The reason is that the drug, which can dissolve the clot, is administered only in a very short time period.

Therefore, if the ambulance hesitates, if it asks by phone where to take this patient, if in the emergency room they ask for a long time what kind of old woman she is and what her last name is, when she became ill, then everything - the patient can be lost!

The money that the state spends on medicine should go primarily to the proper training of doctors so that we can receive qualified help free of charge and on time.

To date, in major cities The doctor earns quite a lot of money. According to official data from the Moscow Department of Health, the average salary of a nurse is 46,000 rubles; The average salary of a doctor is 78 thousand rubles. This money is comparable to those received by a European doctor in a hospital. And this is good!

The bad thing is that "from above" they are required to support high level salaries of all medical workers to avoid complaints. Doctors have no incentive to learn. They are already accustomed to receiving, not earning. Therefore, it makes no sense to increase the salaries of doctors even more! Leveling entails a certain indifference of physicians: “They will give us anyway! If not, we will file a complaint!”

You will say that every doctor must undergo recertification once every five years. Yes, only some go through this procedure honestly, and some - for money. But, even if the doctor wants to pass a quality recertification, he is taught from outdated manuals.

For example, our doctors are oriented to use drugs that have been used for more than 40 years. See for yourself: in the once approved, but still valid standards, there is the drug dibazol. It was also used by my grandfather.

Somehow one of the leaders of our state calls and says: “I don’t feel well, I want to drink papazol, can I ?!”. I wonder where he found this papazol?! I think it was discontinued in the 70s. And it turns out that it is not only produced, but also applied! This is not a joke, this is the truth of life. Therefore, in order to send doctors for recertification, it is necessary to understand who, how and what will retrain them.

We need to start with medical schools. I have repeatedly said that the modernization of medicine will begin five years after we change the conditions for admission to medical universities and the teaching model in them. Five years will pass, completely different doctors will graduate from institutes, and only then will changes begin.

The universal re-certification of doctors, the strictest examinations for knowledge of internationally recognized algorithms and standards for the provision of medical care are vital. Based on the results of the exams, I would set the salary and, in general, the right to work as a doctor. Those who successfully passed such a “sieve” will be leading specialists with a decent salary.

Of course, most doctors will not pass such recertification right away. I would limit the retraining period to five years. Let non-certified doctors work, let them treat, but under the guidance and control of doctors who have passed re-certification, and for a completely different, lower salary than those. Five years later - recertification again; failed again - get out of the profession! This is the only way to save our medicine from non-professionals.

Medicine has no nationality. All people inside are arranged in the same way, and medicine is the same for everything. the globe. If an African doctor comes to you, but does the right thing, then you have nothing to worry about.

It is necessary to introduce individual licensing of doctors. Then the doctor will be personally responsible to the patient and the insurance company. And one more thing: for centuries, doctors had their own language - Latin. Replaced it today English language, so any doctor is obliged to own it, otherwise he will hopelessly lag behind!

I will answer those who have a habit of saying: “Come in large numbers here!”. I believe that medicine has no nationality. It doesn't matter what nationality you are, what color your eyes and skin are, what accent you speak with; what matters is how you heal. All people inside are arranged in the same way, and medicine is the same all over the globe. If a Tajik, Ukrainian or African doctor comes to you, but does the right thing, then you have nothing to worry about. But if a more familiar doctor comes and says: “I have a special approach” (for example, Russian or Zimbabwean), then you need to look for another specialist!

In America, most doctors are Indians. Yes, they speak with an accent, but they are competent specialists who provide the very qualified and timely assistance!

In France, medical education is generally approached differently. My son is currently attending there. There is no entrance exam to medical school. They accept everyone with the results of the unified state exams. Everyone is given a chance to get a medical specialty. But at the end of the first year there is a tough selection.

According to statistics, only 9% of those initially admitted to the second year of study pass. For example, the state needs 340 doctors. 3.5-4 thousand students are accepted. Each student has a certain score. According to how he studies, passes exams and attends classes, this score changes: it rises or falls.

The process is monitored weekly. According to the results of the year, the first 340 people are transferred to the second course. All the rest remain "overboard". After that, they can make only one attempt (and not all of them: losers and outright loafers are expelled immediately). If they again did not get into 340, then they no longer have the right to a medical education at all.

I think that this is a correct and reasonable system, which should be introduced in our country as well.

2. What does medicine expect from us?

You probably think that now I will talk about giving up bad habits, about the benefits of sports, etc. Yes, of course, you can’t do without it.

Look at many of our compatriots, what is happening to them?! The man is only 30 years old, and he already has a flabby appearance, bulging belly, does not let a cigarette out of his mouth. The woman is not even 40 years old, and her figure is shapeless, her complexion is stale, and she smokes there too! They have never been to the doctor, they have no idea about their pressure.

Naturally, doctors call for a healthy lifestyle. People first age themselves ahead of time, and then they begin to heal themselves, relying on the “knowledge” obtained from advertising.

Advertising drugs on television is a shame for the country! Actively advertised drugs are either meaningless or downright harmful. Those that are harmful have long been banned in the markets of developed countries due to side effects. They successfully migrated to our territory and continue to exist. Among them are allergy and weight loss drugs, hepatoprotectors and immunostimulants. The most correct decision is not to buy advertised drugs! This is the only way to deal with this phenomenon.

Many senior government officials agree with this. But they all say that a special law is needed, that the Duma should deal with this, and everything turns into continuous talk. The pharmacological lobby is much stronger. I will say roughly, but to the point: “loot” wins everything.

Without questioning the importance of maintaining healthy lifestyle life, I want to say a little about something else. Today it so happened that a sufficient number of sane people have come to the leadership of the capital's medicine. Many of them understand what needs to be done and how to do it. But they all face the same situation that I encountered when I came to work in city ​​hospital. It quickly became clear that everything here, though somehow, but works. And if you pull a brick, the whole building will fall apart. If I fire someone I should, the hospital will stop, because there will be no one on duty. If I change something, it will cause resistance from many segments of the population.

So what does medicine really want from us?

People come who are trying to change something in our medicine. For example, they are trying to reduce inpatient beds, the number of which is incredibly inflated. Many patients have nothing to do in hospitals! In other countries, there are two to three times fewer hospitals, and rightly so. Even after a heart operation, a person is discharged after five days, and he is recovering at home.

People are already accustomed to going to a neurologist with chronic back pain, to a gastroenterologist with belching, etc. We distract narrow specialists with banal complaints. Understand that in order to change something, we must give up something ourselves.

A hospital is a kind of factory in which huge amounts of money are invested: sophisticated equipment is installed; operating rooms and laboratories are equipped. Therefore, the bed in the hospital is literally “golden”. A person should stay on it for a maximum of three to four days and give way to another patient. The patient can be treated at home or in a hospital of a different level, simpler, where there is no super equipment, but good conditions for rehabilitation, because he already needs care, not treatment.

Now we are trying to “unload” polyclinics. There are crowds of people, normal person will not queue. It is necessary to create polyclinics of the first level, where primary and chronic patients will go, and the second level, for more complex patients requiring in-depth examination. A first-level clinic should have only the bare necessities. The second level is already well-equipped outpatient diagnostic centers with a full range of specialists.

But even this perfectly sound idea is met with resistance from the population. People are already accustomed to going to a neurologist with chronic back pain, to a gastroenterologist with belching, etc. We distract narrow specialists with banal complaints, and they beat off the bread from therapists and cut time for patients who really need specialized help.

Definitely, fundamental changes in healthcare are necessary, but they will not be painless. In the example of polyclinics, it turned out that simply dividing them into levels was not enough. This only increased the confusion and lengthened the queues.

A dense network of primary medical offices with a staff of two to three doctors, four to six nurses, several medical registrars, and equipment for blood sampling and electrocardiogram is needed.

I'll tell you one case. I ran a private clinic at the time. I pass by the reception desk and hear phone conversation coworkers with the patient: “Which doctor do you want to see? Neurologist? Traumatologist? I couldn't resist and picked up the phone myself. It turned out that the woman's hand got sick and swollen, and she literally wonders which specialist to go to. In the end, I examined her myself and found a deep vein thrombosis of the arm. And just in time: at any second, a blood clot could come off and “shoot” into the lungs!

Moreover, deep vein thrombosis of the arm is often a manifestation of latent oncology. This is exactly what happened to our patient, and only a timely diagnosis and operation saved the woman's life. And then if she got to a neuropathologist or a traumatologist, would the correct diagnosis be made? I'm not sure, because these specialists are focused on something completely different!

These offices should be within walking distance of everyone and not have queues. With their appearance, it will turn out that X-rays and ultrasounds are not needed so often, that in order to renew a prescription for a medicine for hypertension, you do not need to stand in line with a cardiologist, that you can donate blood for analysis here - then it will be taken to the laboratory.

Understand that in order to change something, we must give up something ourselves. From bad habits, not only in the form of smoking, but also from the habit of lying down in a hospital, “dripping” (oh, how we love droppers with meaningless drugs!). A hospital is not a place for planned therapeutic hospitalizations! If the patient wants to "lie down and take a bath", then he needs to contact the outpatient unit. Many polyclinics have day hospitals, where, according to indications, various procedures in this area can be performed.

Many chronic diseases require regular use of medications. It should not be that the patient was not treated - he was not treated, and then he was impatient, and he goes to the hospital under a dropper. This is a bad practice. You need to take care of your health constantly, and not once every three years, when it becomes unbearable.

There are diseases in which medicines must be taken regularly and for life. And when they ask me: “How is it, for life?”, I answer: “You should take this pill in the morning own death". This is not cynicism, I just know and see how much harm the irregular use of drugs brings.

Gotta get rid of bad habit call a doctor at home for any reason. What can a doctor do at home besides holding your hand or giving a sedative shot? Abroad, the doctor does not go home. Moreover, doctors do not work there and at the ambulance - only a paramedic team. If a paramedic arrives and finds a person unconscious, he immediately gives him an injection - a cocktail of drugs that can remove three to five reasons why a person is in such a state. Breathing, pulse are restored, and then the patient is taken to the clinic.

Other treatment is useless here, the doctor on the spot cannot do anything. It is impossible for every patient to bring resuscitation home. It is more correct to bring the patient as soon as possible to where he will be provided with full medical care.

Of course, there should be a social service. An elderly grandmother who has difficulty walking should definitely be visited at home; see how she feels; measure pressure; check if she has pills; make sure she takes them correctly. But this should also be done not by a doctor, but by the patronage service.

Another life story. I go to the pharmacy for some drops. There is a queue, there is a grandmother who says: “Oh, I have pressure, girl, what should I take?”. The pharmacist gives her some advice. I do not hold back and wedged in: “What are you doing? Let the doctor prescribe, because this medicine will cure one, and cripple the other! Then the line as if attacked me: “What do your doctors understand! Can you wait for them?"

This book explains in which health situations you can wait and give yourself first aid, and when you need to see a doctor immediately. Everyone should have minimal medical knowledge about their health.

Medicine wants one thing from us - help! She can't do it on her own! Any step towards reforming the healthcare system is accompanied by a social explosion and complaints from the population. The Ministry of Health can no longer do anything. The situation with medicine in our country is out of control, and this already applies to everyone. Let's work together to change the situation for the better. Once V.V. Putin said: "We are at the red line." But, to be honest, we are not at the red line, we have been on it for a long time when it comes to the health and survival of the nation.

Medicine concerns everyone, and we literally feel any changes with our skin! But it's like with a dirty and dried bandage on an old wound: tearing it off is both painful and scary! And all the same, it needs to be changed: the infection is blazing with might and main, and suddenly, God forbid, gangrene begins?

I am in America, sleeping, and then - a phone call. I’m already used to it: it’s daytime in Moscow, but some people can’t explain about the time difference. I hear the voice of my good friend (there was a time - I even considered him a friend) and part-time major oligarch (Forbes and all things ...). He says: “Sasha, for my relative who is now in New York, I urgently need a consultation with the best American neurologist.”

In the morning I make an appointment with a famous professor and make an appointment with the patient. From Moscow they answer: “What kind of reception? Let her come home." And I must say that in America visiting a patient by a doctor at home is an absolutely incredible thing. But I can’t refuse a person to whom I was obliged, so I ask the professor to make an exception, explain the peculiarities of the Russian mentality and promise to fully pay him a working day. He, reluctantly, agrees, but with the condition - not earlier than next Saturday.

I call Moscow, and in response I hear: “What Saturday? Need it today!!!" To all the arguments that this is absolutely impossible, that the doctor is a famous professor and very busy, I hear: “Sasha, we need to agree! Just don't spare my money!"

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Alexander Leonidovich Myasnikov - a famous doctor, TV presenter and author of books on medicine, was born in Moscow on September 15, 1953. In the family of Alexander, three generations were inextricably linked with medicine, and they reached impressive heights in this field - his grandfather was an academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, whose textbooks are still known to all students of medical universities, and his great-grandfather was a zemstvo doctor.

Alexander's father studied at the naval school, but then transferred to the medical school for health reasons. The mother was also pushed to medicine by an accident - as a student at the Aviation Institute, she broke her leg and already in the hospital she fell in love with the profession of a doctor, took her documents and entered the medical one.

Alexander Leonidovich himself said that he never had a question of choosing a profession - he absorbed it not even with milk, but with his mother’s blood - having an academician-in-law, she agreed to distribution after graduating from medical, being pregnant with Alexander, in the village of Zaitsevo, where she worked as a local doctor.

Parents of Alexander Myasnikov

With grandfather

In 1976, Alexander graduated from the Second Moscow Medical Institute. N. I. Pirogov, and from 1976 to 1981 he was doing residency and postgraduate studies at the Institute of Clinical Cardiology named after his grandfather, A. L. Myasnikov.

To be taken seriously future profession Alexander Leonidovich is pushed not only by the achievements of his grandfather - in his student years, as Alexander recalls, he comes to practice at the hospital where his mother works, who for an insignificant, in his opinion, mistake reprimands him so severely that he will remember all his life - Little things for a doctor, in principle, do not exist.

In 1981, Alexander defended his Ph.D. thesis in cardiology.

After completing his studies as part of the Red Cross mission, he worked for 8 years in African countries - from 1981 to 1989. First he was a doctor accompanying a group of geologists in Mozambique, then he worked in the Zambezi, and later became a senior doctor in a government hospital in Angola.

In Africa, he has to face real danger more than once - after all, the work took place in the conditions of a real war.

The sick, as Alexander Leonidovich says, had to be sorted from the dead.

Upon his return from Africa, Alexander Leonidovich works in cardiology at the All-Union Cardiology Research Center, and since 1993 he has been a doctor at the Russian Embassy in Paris for three years.

Then he is waiting for medical education in the United States. In 1996, he received a diploma in general practice and a job as a doctor in a New York hospital, where he remains until 2000.

Brooklyn 1997

When getting a job in an American clinic, there was a curious incident - with a sufficiently large place for the competition, Alexander was questioned for a long time by the head of the program, dissatisfied with his knowledge of the language. Then Alexander said:

“Do you need a talker or a quick-witted person? Ask the other 10 applicants for this place if they know the code for the lock that the toilet is locked to? But they have long wanted to go there. And I know!” - and calls the order of numbers, peeped a little earlier at the hospital worker.

The head of the program laughed and accepted Alexander out of competition.

In 2000, Alexander Leonidovich received the highest medical category in the USA.

Nevertheless, life in the USA once seemed unpromising to him - and he returned to Russia. Since 2000, he has been the head of the American Medical Center LLC, later the American Clinic.

From 2009 to 2010, Alexander has been working as the head doctor of the Kremlin Hospital, and since 2009 he has appeared on television as the host of the program “Did you call the doctor?”, And since 2013 “About the most important thing”.

He has written more than 10 books on medicine. Alexander writes even in places that are somewhat inappropriate for this - during flights, on the road, and even in lines.

Myasnikov's personal life: wife and children

All his life, Alexander Leonidovich pays special attention to his family - not only devotes a lot of time to her, but also honors her history, the memory of her relatives. However, in public, he is not particularly willing to talk about his personal life.

Alexander has been married to his wife Natalya for over 30 years.

Wife Natalya

With a smile, she says that she "deviated from the norm" - she graduated from the Historical and Archival Institute, instead of also being a doctor.

The couple has a son, Leonid, who has been fond of medical literature since childhood and at the moment continues the family traditions - he is educated as a pharmacist in France.

Photo 1998

Myasnikov also has a daughter, Polina, who is fond of drawing and writing stories. Alexander does not share the details of his personal life and there is no information on the network who her mother is, but it is known that his wife warmly accepts Polina.

The Myasnikov family is very attentive to the hobbies of children, so the collection "Polina's Tales" was published.

The position of Alexander in relation to his relatives, as a doctor, is interesting - in an interview he said:

“A doctor should not treat relatives, because he will feel sorry for them. You need to treat with the brain, not with the heart.”

In this video, Alexander Myasnikov talks about his life:

Even at home, the Myasnikovs have several pets - an alabai named Margosha, two St. Bernards and a huge Maine Coon cat Aramis.

Alexander Leonidovich himself is extremely difficult to call a homebody, and his leisure is more suitable for a brutal man than for an intellectual.

The motto of Alexander Myasnikov is “Move, move, move!”.

As he puts it himself: "I hate the sofa." For many years, every day, Alexander devotes himself to sports for several hours a day - training with a barbell, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics. He likes to ride horses and snowmobiles.

Alexander devotes a lot of time to traveling - he was in Siberia, Tibet, China.

in Iceland

In the land of the Hobbits

In Siberia

in Vietnam

At the same time, the trips are also somewhat extreme in nature - leaving for the taiga for two weeks, the participants of the campaign take only guns with them. As Alexander says: “If you want to eat, you will become a hunter.” Several times in the taiga they had to shoot back from aggressive bears that woke up early. He also loves rafting on mountain rivers.

Alexander Leonidovich welcomes healthy eating and agrees with the phrase that "we dig our own grave with a spoon and a fork." The only thing he does not limit himself to is coffee.

From 2011 to the present, Alexander Myasnikov has been the head of Clinic No. 71 in Moscow, continues to work on TV and is a member of the Public Chamber of Moscow.

On TV

Hospital event №71

With mom

Myasnikov Alexander Leonidovich - the head physician of one of the Moscow clinics, a physician with an impressive work biography. He is known far beyond the capital and even Russia as the author of books written in accessible language about diseases and health, as well as a frequent guest and host of popular television programs.

Doctor Alexander Myasnikov

Biography

Alexander Leonidovich Myasnikov (younger) was born in 1953, on September 15. He became a representative of the 4th generation of doctors in the family and was named after the famous grandfather. The dynasty originated in the 19th century, the great-grandfather of our hero was a zemstvo doctor in the Tver province, financed the opening of a clinic for the poor. His wife was trained as an ophthalmologist. Academician's grandfather Soviet times stood at the origin domestic cardiology, headed the All-Russian Society of Therapists. Alexander's father also followed in the footsteps of his ancestors, although in his youth he dreamed of serving in navy. He lived only 45 years, died of kidney cancer, but managed to become a professor. His wife, Olga Khalilovna, a Crimean Tatar by nationality, began her studies in aviation, but then transferred to medical school. She specialized in gerontology (questions of longevity, age-related diseases).

Alexander was born into a family of doctors and made a brilliant career

So it was no coincidence that Alexander Leonidovich Myasnikov became the head physician of a number of medical institutions, the biography of a person who grew up in such a family was predetermined. Although his parents divorced when Sasha was only 6 years old, his mother and father instilled in him a love and interest in medicine. After graduation, the young man left his native Leningrad for the capital and entered the Pirogov Institute. After studying at a medical school, which ended in 1976, followed by a 5-year residency.

There are few photos of Alexander's family

Attention! The novice physician completed his residency at the Cardiology Research Center named after his grandfather. (He headed the National Medical Research Center for Cardiology for 17 years, until his death in 1965).

Medical career

Having defended his PhD after completing his residency, the young doctor left for Mozambique to provide medical assistance to Soviet geologists. Then he continued to work in Zambezi, Angola. Returning in 1989 from Africa to Russia, he became a cardiologist at the center, where he trained until his departure. After working in Africa, Myasnikov took the problems of migrants to heart, so in parallel he got a job in the medical department of IOM, an organization that deals with these problems.

Alexander Myasnikov in his youth

From 1993 to 2000, the physician again works abroad:

• in France, a doctor at the Russian embassy;
• in the USA, where he undergoes residency and improves his qualifications, confirming it at the international level.

Work and study in the States, as well as obtaining membership in a number of American organizations of the corresponding profile influenced Myasnikov's further career. Returning to the capital, he became the chief physician of the American Medical Center, and a few years later he himself created and headed a clinic that meets US standards.

Alexander Myasnikov has extensive experience working abroad

In 2009, he was invited to the position of head physician at the most prestigious healthcare institution in the country - the Kremlin Hospital. And from next year, Myasnikov heads the capital's clinical hospital No. 71. He combines the work of a doctor with social activities occupies one of the leading positions in public council under the Ministry of Health and is a member of the Moscow Public Chamber. About 9 years ago, regular appearances by Dr. Myasnikov on TV began.

A television

Myasnikov hosted a number of TV programs on various channels, his debut was the program “Did you call the doctor?” This is a telecast of the “doctor's appointment in the studio” format, where a specialist gives answers to questions regarding diseases, recommends suitable treatment and warns against mistakes. Also during the program, the problems and prospects of Russian healthcare in general were discussed. Around the same time, Alexander Leonidovich began to appear on the radio in the morning, in joint project Vladimir Solovyov and Anna Shafran. He is a regular host of the medical section of the Full Contact radio show. Solovyov often invites him to his TV program “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”.

Alexander Myasnikov in the program "About the most important thing"

Then appeared information project medical orientation "Tell me, doctor!" with the participation of the best doctors in the capital, who live answered questions from viewers. And the most famous TV project of Alexander Myasnikov is the program “On the Most Important Thing”, which airs on the Russia-1 channel. Its slogan is: "The most important thing is your health."

Alexander Myasnikov practicing doctor

Chronology of the work of A. L. Myasnikov on television:

• 2009 - presenter, expert of the program "Did you call the doctor?";
• 2012-14 - host of "Tell me, doctor!";
• from 2013 to the present day - co-host of "On the most important thing."

This morning show airs every weekday at 9:55. The program is based on the idea that if you devote only one hour a day to taking care of your health, you can extend your life by one and a half to two decades. The program just teaches how to properly take care of health. Practitioners with solid experience take part in it and discuss the most different topics: treatment and prevention of diseases, proper nutrition and safe methods of weight control.

After Vitaly Gogunsky divorced his wife, print media began to actively discuss his personal life. Famous actor and previously attracted the attention of journalists, but the scandalous break with Anna, which occurred about a year ago, only fueled media interest in him. Despite the apparent well-being of the couple, their family lasted a little more than 1 year. And, as stated ex-wife Vitaly Gogunsky, the reason for the gap was the constant employment of the actor.

In the last few months of marriage, young people practically did not communicate - they lived separately and talked to each other only on the phone. Then Vitaly decided to divorce, and Anna supported him. Although she chose not to appear in court, the actor solved all the problems himself.

Fans who are interested in the name of Vitaly Gogunsky's wife and what she does should know that she and Anna are no longer together. But on the other hand, the young woman finally fulfilled her dream - she left the bank where she worked earlier and opened her own agency for the selection of lawyers.

It is interesting to note that, according to some media reports, the first wife of Vitaly Gogunsky, Irina Mairko, became the reason for the divorce. With her, the actor did not formalize the marriage, but they lived together for quite some time. Today, the relationship of young people resumed. Moreover, Vitaly Gogunsky, his wife and daughter spend a lot of time together, and even more than that - the actor often appears in the company of Irina at social events.

As you know, the common-law wife of Vitaly Gogunsky, Irina Mairko, gave birth to his daughter Milana, whom both of them are raising today. And, perhaps, it was the common child that became the reason for such a good relationship between former spouses. Although it is possible that due to the appearance in the life of an actor, an ex-lover, his marriage to his second wife Anna broke up.

If you regularly watch the program “Did you call the doctor?” at TVC, you may be interested in Dr. Myasnikov Alexander Leonidovich - his family, children and wife. This is a truly extraordinary person, whose achievements in the field of medicine are difficult to overestimate. Alexander Leonidovich is a doctor in the third generation and today he holds the post of chief physician of the Kremlin polyclinic. Myasnikov worked not only in Russia, but also in America, traveled to many countries and hot spots. His life is full of bright events, he brought people a lot of benefits, and regularly speaks to viewers, opening the way to health for everyone.

Very little is known about who the wife of the doctor Alexander Myasnikov is. In the press, you can only find reports that he has been married for 32 years, and he met his current wife at a reception where he came with his first wife, and she with her fiancé. After this meeting, the lovers no longer parted, and the second wife supported Alexander Leonidovich in all endeavors and traveled a lot with him.

In addition, viewers who are interested in the wife and children of Alexander Myasnikov will be interested to know that the doctor has a son. His name is Leonid, and it is already known that the son of Alexander Leonidovich will continue the family dynasty. Despite his teenage years, Lenya is an excellent student at school, takes his homework seriously and is seriously interested in medicine.

Especially for his son, Dr. Myasnikov compiled and made public his family tree. Today, every admirer of his talent can study "Letters to his son Lena" and learn everything about the family of a brilliant doctor. This is very interesting information, which will help to get an idea about the entire Myasnikov dynasty and about Alexander Leonidovich, in particular.