Dr.Sci.Med., Professor, Deputy Director of FSBI Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies named after acad. A.M. Granov of the Ministry of Health of Russia (St. Petersburg).

Andrey A. Stanzhevsky, Doctor of Medical Sciences, is Professor at the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Technologies of the V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center and Deputy Director for Scientific Research at the A.M. Granov Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies. He is a leading Russian specialist in positron emission tomography (PET), particularly for neurology and psychiatry applications. Professor Stanzhevsky graduated with honors from the I.I. Mechnikov Sanitary-Hygienic Academy in 2000. He subsequently completed clinical residency (2000-2002) and postgraduate studies (2002-2005) at the Central Research Institute of Roentgenology and Radiology (now A.M. Granov Russian Scientific Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies).

His academic research includes defending his Candidate of Medical Sciences dissertation (PhD) in 2004 on "Development of Methods for Multimodal Medical Image Fusion and Their Clinical Application" and his Doctor of Medical Sciences dissertation in 2010 (n "18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy, Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Anxiety-Obsessive Disorders". Professor Stanzhevsky's scientific work focuses on advancing PET diagnostics in neurological and psychiatric conditions.

Professional Memberships:

• European Society of Radiology (ESR)
• European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
• Interdepartmental Working Group on the Development of Nuclear Medicine Technologies

Scientific Contributions:

• Author of 130 scientific publications on current issues in radiology and nuclear medicine; co-author of 3 PET/CT diagnostic guidelines and 4 patents for inventions
• Co-author of the first Russian-language textbook on positron emission tomography, edited by Academician A.M. Granov
• Co-author of the National Guide to Nuclear Medicine, edited by Corresponding Member of RAS, Professor Yu.B. Lishmanov
• Co-author of the first Russian-authored textbook on positron emission tomography in English, published by Springer Verlag, edited by Academician A.M. Granov