Roshal Leonid Mikhailovich, Moscow, ul. Polyanka,22, Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology, Moscow Health Department; tel.: +7495-959-27-79; E-mail:mail@doctor-roshal.ru

Leonid Mikhailovich Roshal, Dr. med. habil., professor of pediatric surgery. Main fields of practical and research activities: disaster medicine, medical emergencies in children, neonatal surgery, abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedics, surgical infections, pediatric laparoscopic surgery, laser-assisted surgery. L.M. Roshal is the founder of the scientific school in pediatric surgery and the development of methods for the conservative treatment of surgical diseases. In the recent years, his main scientific interests have lain primarily in the field of clinical and basic research into the mechanisms of damage formation and repair in injured children. L.M. Roshal is the author of 535 literature publications including 8 monographs, guidelines, and manuals (in co-authorship). He is a winner of the Exhibition of National Economic Achievements prize and a holder of 8 certificates of invention. He acted as the scientific adviser under whose direction 27 theses for the PhD degree in medicine and 7 doctor of science theses were defended.

L.M. Roshal graduated as a pediatrician from N.I. Pirogov Second Moscow State Medical Institute in 1957and embarked upon a career of a primary care physician for a pediatric polyclinic. After a course of training in the clinical internship, he moved to M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Clinical Institute to work in the capacity of a research scientist in the Department of Surgery. In 1981, he took charge of the Department of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics at the National Research and Practical Centre of Children’s Health, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, and was appointed director for the Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology, Moscow Health Department in 2004.

During his work for M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Clinical Institute during the period from 1961 till 1980, L.M. Roshal concentrated the main efforts on the organization of surgical care for newborn babies in the Moscow Region. Simultaneously, he continued to work in practically all fields of pediatric surgery.

In 1982, L.M. Roshal was elected the head of the Department of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics at the Research Institute of Pediatrics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, later incorporated into the National Research and Practical Centre of Children’s Health, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, based at K.A. Timiryazev Children’s City Clinical Hospital No 20, one of the oldest medical facilities in Moscow. In 2003, the hospital was redesignated as the Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery, and L.M. Roshal was put in charge of it as its director. Since 2015, he has been acting as the president of the institute and totally engaged himself with emergency surgery and disaster medicine.

Throughout the whole life of L.M. Roshal, his professional work has been going hand in hand with extensive public activity. Since the early 2000s, L.M. Roshal has been closely engaged in promoting education and securing juridical protection for the medical profession. In 2010, he founded the National Medical Chamber and was elected its president.

L.M. Roshal is the author and co-author of more than 200 scientific publications and 7 monographs. —?? Эти цифры расходятся с приведенными в одном из предыдущих парагрофов.

Selected works:
Monographs:
– Roshal L.M. Long-term results of unilateral surgical interventions on the lungs in the children presenting with bronchiectasis. M.: 1977.
– Roshal L.M. Diagnostics and treatment of emergency conditions in the children: M.: 1977.
– Lenyushkin A.I., Roshal L.M. The guidelines for the nurses of pediatric surgery departments: L.: Meditsina, 1978, 303 pp.
– Roshal L.M. Acute abdomen in the children: L.: Meditsina, 1980, 192 pp.
– Bairov G.A., Roshal L.M. Purulent surgery in the children: L.: Meditsina, 1991.
– Roshal L.M. Emergency surgery in the children: M.: Meditsina, 1996.
Patents:
1. The approach to the choice of the methods for the treatment of the bronchopleural fistula in the children (SU Patent 1697740).
2. The needle catheter (SU Patent 1516121).
3. The method for the treatment of pneumothorax (SU Patent 908339).
4. The method for the placement of the cutaneous suture (SU Patent 882518).
5. The blood sampling method (SU Patent 1670858).

The medical care provided for the victims of technogenic and natural disasters, wars, acts of terrorism, revolutions, military and political conflicts in the USSR, Russia, and other countries of the world:
1980 The trip to Mongolia in the capacity of the head of a team of Soviet pediatricians working in Mongolia.
1988 The trip to Armenia in the capacity of the head of a team of pediatricians participating in the post-earthquake rescue and rescue operations. The Armenian government appointed L.M. Roshal responsible for medical care provision to the affected children. Trips to Georgia for counseling the Armenian children hospitalized in the Georgian hospitals.
1989. The trip to Chelyabinsk region in the capacity of the head of a team of physicians to provide the medical care for the children involved in the catastrophic railway accident at the Chelyabinsk-Ufa line section in which 650 people died including children as a result of the train explosion.
1989 Participation in the humanitarian mission during the revolution in Rumania.
1990 Participation in disaster relief and rescue operations to mitigate the consequences of the technogenic catastrophe in Ust’-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan).
1990 Organization of the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Iran to provide the medical care for the affected children.

1991 Participation in the humanitarian mission in Israel during the Persian Gulf war.

1991 Provision of medical care for the children during the military actions in the former Yugoslavia. The rescue of the Vukovar’s children from the dangers of the Serbian-Croatian war.

1991 The chairman of the coordinating medical council of the defenders of the Moscow White House.

1991 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Georgia to provide the medical care for the affected children.

1991 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in the USA (San-Francisco) to provide the consulting assistance for the affected children.

1992 The surgical treatment and consulting assistance for the children of both hostile parties in Nagorny Karabakh during the ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Arrested for 24 hours upon arrival at Azerbaijan to provide the medical care for the children.

1992 Participation in the post-earthquake relief operations in Iran to provide the medical care for the affected children.

1992 Participation in the post-earthquake relief operations in Egypt to provide the medical care for the affected children.

1995 Participation in the post-earthquake relief operations in Japan (Kobe) to provide the medical care for the affected children.

1995 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations on northern Sakhalin (Neftegorsk) to provide the medical care for the affected children. The work in
Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

1995 Provision of medical care for the children during the first Chechen war. Arrested by Chechen separatists for several hours but rescued by a doctor from the Urus-Martan hospital who described him as a colleague widely known in the medical circles.

1998 Two trips to Afghanistan to participate in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations and provide the medical care for the affected children who were transported by helicopters from Afghanistan to Tajikistan

1999 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Turkey in the capacity of the head of a medical team providing the medical care for the affected children during a month.

1999 Participation in the humanitarian mission during the revolution in the Republic of Montenegro. Provision of the medical care for the Kosovo refugee children.

2001 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in India in the capacity of the head of a medical team providing the medical care for the affected children.

2002 Provision of medical care for the children, victims of the terrorist attack in the city of Kaspiysk (Dagestan).

2002 The third trip to Afghanistan to participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Afghanistan and provide the medical care for the affected children.

2002 Acted as a middleman in the talks with terrorists holding hostages in the theatre centre at Dubrovka, Moscow. Rescued children and provided medications for the hostages. Detained by the terrorists together with the hostages during 5 hours. Delivered from captivity by efforts of Mark Franchetti, the Moscow-based correspondent for The Sunday Times.

2003 Participation in relieving the consequences of the fire in the asylum for deaf and dumb children (Makhachkala, Dagestan).

2003 Participation in the post-earthquake relief operations in Algeria to provide the medical care for the affected children.

2004 Provision of the medical care for the children, victims of the technogenic disaster in the “Transvaal” indoor water park (Moscow).

2004 Acted as a middleman in the talks with terrorists holding hostages at a Beslan school. Provided the medical care for the wounded children and adults. Saved hundreds of Beslan residents by far-sightedly persuading them to refrain from attack on the school in an attempt to rescue the captive children.

2005 Awarded the Beslan’s children commendation medal.

2005 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Pakistan in the capacity of the head of a team of pediatricians to provide the medical care for the affected children.

2006 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Indonesia in the capacity of the organizer and head of a team of pediatricians to provide the medical care for the affected children.

2009 Provision of medical care for the wounded children in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

2009 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Indonesia to provide the medical care for the affected children.

2010 Participation in the post-earthquake rescue and relief operations in Haiti to provide the medical care for the affected children.

2015 Provision of medical care in Nepal.

Russian and foreign government awards and honourable distinctions:

1993 “Defender of a Free Russia Medal”, Russia.
2002 “Order of Courage”, Russia, for the selfless acts of courage and valour during recovery of hostages captured in the theatre centre at Dubrovka, Moscow.
2002 Decoration of the Moscow City government “For Merit to the Moscow”.
2003 The medal of the Russian Ministry of Public Health “For Services to Russian Public Health”
2004 “Mkhitar Heratsi Medal”, Republic of Armenia.
2006 “The Order of AltanGadas (Order of the Polar Star)”, Mongolia.
2007 “The Order of Great Leader” , Pakistan.
2008 “The Glory of Ossetia Order”, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
2008 The order «For Merit to the Fatherland”, 4th class, Russia.
2011 The honorary title “honoured doctor of the Republic of South Ossetia”.
2013 “The Order of Légion d’Honneur”, France.

Recognition of public activities:

1990 Elected a member of the British Association of Pediatric Surgeons.
1993 Elected a member of the board of directors of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) (WADEM).
1997 Appointed an expert for an advisory panel of the World Health Organization (WHO).
2002 Elected a member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Georgia.
2002 Elected professor emeritus for the Institute of Advanced Medical Education, Georgia.
2003 Elected Doctor Honoris Causa of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Armenia.
2004 Elected a honorary member of the Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, (AMDA).
2005 Elected a honorary member of the International Royal Academy of the United Nations
2006 Elected professor emeritus for the Kazakh National Medical University.
2006 Elected a member of the ”Dialog Eurasia Platform”, Turkey.
2006 Elected the honorary president of the Medical Chamber, Armenia.
2007 Re-elected a member of the board of directors of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM).
2010 Chairman of the Pediatric Commission, the World Association for Disaster and Emergency (WADEM).
2007 Officially nominated for the Nobel peace prize in 2007. …
2010 Elected a laureate of the Ludvig Nobel Prize for 2010.
2010 Elected president of the National Medical Chamber.