The Russia Research Centre for Radiology and Surgical Technologies at the Federal Agency for High-Tech Medical Care is a state-run institution that consists of a research and development centre with a developed clinical base for providing modern high-tech medical care across Russia. The centre carries both national and international fundamental and applied research projects in medical radiation technology, prepares specialists to use radiation technologies, renders specialised and high-technology medical care by using roentgenological, radionuclide, positron and proton-based diagnostic and treatment methods. The centre has a multidisciplinary clinic where unique methods are used to examine and treat patients for various illnesses, and the centre works towards implementing pioneering interventional radiology technologies, as well as transplant technologies (some related to liver transplants).
Every year more than 1,000 operations are performed at the centre, including surgery for cancer. A less invasive type of surgery is performed in a surgery unit under the control of ultrasound and angiographic equipment or by using laparoscopy. Every type of radiation therapy is available in the radiology department, including stereotactic techniques with narrow beams of photons and protons. The centre is the only medical institution in the Northwestern Federal District that can offer patients this treatment option.
The clinic has 260 beds, including 40 in the surgery unit. Every year some 4,500 patients, predominantly with oncological diseases, are treated at the centre. The clinic has six operating rooms, which have all the necessary equipment for performing unique oncological and cardiovascular surgery and transplanting organs, including with a cardiopulmonary bypass; two operating rooms have angiographic equipment for endovascular treatment in oncology and vascular surgery.
The centre is licensed not only to conduct medical and pharmaceutical activities but also to produce drugs and engage in educational activities. The centre's educational activities consist of clinical and postgraduate studies and advanced training courses for leading employees and specialists in the centre's core disciplines, such as radiology, roentgenology, ultrasound diagnostics, oncology, surgery, urology, radiobiology, X-ray diagnostics and radiation therapy. In addition to this, the centre regularly prepares specialists in radiation medicine at the request of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The centre employs highly qualified personnel. The overall number of employees is 807, including 144 researchers: 47 doctors of science and 98 PhDs.
Under the Federal Targeted Investment Programme, the center is engaged in the construction of a building for the medical treatment department, in accordance with Presidential Order No. Pr-526 of March 31, 2007. Construction of the building began in the fourth quarter of 2008 and is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2010.
The facility under construction will have 150 beds. It will consist of three buildings that will be connected with other buildings on site by glassed-in ground and underground passageways. The construction site, which covers an area of 25,300 square metres, will be used for building the following facilities: a therapy hospital with 120 beds, an inpatient unit with 30 beds, an outpatient clinic, a rehabilitation department, functional diagnostic rooms and an organ preservation unit.
The Federal Targeted Investment Programme has provided for the renovation of all of the centre's buildings until 2012.