Biography Irene Fedorova

The President of the Fund for Assistance to the Advanced Medical Technologies named after Svyatoslav Fedorov Address: Moscow, New Square, Academician, a public figure who raised ophthalmology in our country and in the world to an unprecedented height, Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fedorov. It was his multifaceted talent to humanity by the famous surgical conveyor, an artificial lens and many other unique creations in the medical field.

The terrible tragedy in August, which claimed the life of Svyatoslav Fedorov, became for his faithful companion a difficult test. But then the understanding came that it is necessary not only to keep the memory of her husband, but also to convey to the upcoming generations the meaning of his scientific ideas and moral commandments, to give people the happiness of seeing the world.

Thus, the Fund for the Development of Advanced Medical Technologies was created, which received the name of the ophthalmological genius, and led by Irene Efimovna Fedorova.

Speaking about the mission of the Fund, she emphasizes: “Our goal is to preserve the spiritual, scientific and professional heritage of Svyatoslav Fedorov, the continuation and development of the matter to whom he devoted his life. And everything happens with us only because he is still with us ... ” It was thanks to her “unthinkable dedication”, according to the mayor of Moscow, that the multidisciplinary medical center named after Svyatoslav Fedorov was opened in the year.

Svyatoslav Nikolayevich’s dream of an integrated approach to the treatment of patients was realized when clinics become real “health factories equipped with the latest technology and a high organization of labor who have chosen their principle”. There is work to create and implement high -tech developments, and a scholarship was established for the most gifted students - future ophthalmologists.

A significant event was the student conference held in the Smolensk Regional Hospital, dedicated to the memory of the Great Russian ophthalmologist. Diseases and damage to the organs of vision, alas, are still the most common causes of disability of the Russian population, the prevalence of blindness and poorly visible over the past 5 years has increased. All this was the beginning of the start of the charity program “Beautiful eyes - to everyone!

Its implementation is aimed at providing medical and rehabilitation assistance to socially unprotected citizens. The priority object of care of the Fund is visually impaired children and adolescents who become full members of society as a result of the successful embodiment of the mutual integration program. Within the framework of this project, for 12 years, on S.

Fedorov’s birthday, large -scale charitable actions have been held throughout the world. During this time, experts were examined by tens of thousands of people, more than 1.5 thousand patients were operated on. In addition, the fund participated in the restoration of the parish school in the village of Rozhdestnivo-Suvorovo, the Moscow Region, where, thanks to Svyatoslav Fedorov, a church was restored, erected in the year by the father of the brilliant Russian commander A.

and Irene Efimovna herself wrote the book “Long Echo of Love”, the main character of which is, of course, the great doctor and citizen Svyatoslav Fedorov. Three million patients from all over the planet with their achievements of the bright world.