Speakers

Erkin Mirrakhimov

Place of Birth : Kyrgyz
Position : Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy; Head, Department of Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease, National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Field of study : Atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors at different altitudes, genetic markers of CVD, arterial hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, and metabolic syndrome.

Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, MD, FESC, is a distinguished physician and academic leader in Kyrgyzstan. He obtained his medical degree in Bishkek in 1983 and subsequently specialized in Cardiology at the All-Union Cardiological Research Center in Moscow (1983–1985). He successfully defended his first scientific thesis there in 1988 and a second doctoral thesis in Moscow in 1995. Since 1995, Professor Mirrakhimov has served as the Head of the Department of Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease at the National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine. Concurrently, since May 1997, he has been the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy.

His research spans atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk factors at varying altitudes, genetic markers of cardiovascular disease, arterial hypertension, and heart failure, with numerous publications in these areas. Professor Mirrakhimov is a member of the European Atherosclerosis Society and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). His contributions have been recognized with numerous accolades, including the State Award of the Kyrgyz Republic (2002), Honored Doctor of the Kyrgyz Republic (2003), and the Web of Science Award as a highly cited author in Central Asia (2017). Notably, he was ranked as the No. 1 faculty member across all universities in the Kyrgyz Republic for four consecutive years (2019–2022) by the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (HAAP/IAAR).

Experiences

Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (May 1997 – Present)

Head, Department of Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease, National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1995 – Present)

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (August 1995 – May 1997)

Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (September 1989 – October 1991)