In 2005 he also graduated from the Faculty of Law of the North Caucasus Academy of Public Service.
Since 2008 he was the Head of the Department of Therapy of the Faculty of Advanced Studies and Professional Retraining of Rostov State Medical University.
[1] In 1992 he defended his candidate thesis on the topic "Functional interrelations of hemodynamics, the exchange of forms of water and oxygen transport in the blood in patients with various clinical course of myocardial infarction", and in 1999 — his doctoral thesis on "Clinico-pathogenetic significance of changes in oxygen transport, oxidative metabolism and water metabolism during heart failure".
Since 28 November 2012 he was appointed acting Rector of Rostov State Medical University.
[1] His main scientific works are dedicated to therapy, cardiology, epidemiology, medical and economic analysis.