Konstantin V. Zhdanov – MD, PhD, professor, graduated from the Military Medical Academy n.a. S.M. Kirov (St.Petersburg), and then worked there in the department of infectious diseases, successively holding the positions of graduate student, senior staff physician clinics, teacher, doctoral student, associate professor, deputy head of the department. Since 2009 he is the Head of the department of infectious diseases – the Main infectious diseases specialist of Russian Defense Ministry. Author of more than 300 publications, monographs, chapters in manuals, teaching works. He is the deputy editor of the journal «Jurnal infektologii», member of the editorial boards of the journals «HIV infection and immunosuppression», «Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Russian edition», «Journal of Hepatology. Russian edition» etc. Member of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), European Association for the Study of the liver (EASL), American Association for the Study of Liver diseases (AASLD), the International Society for Vaccines (ISV), board member of the National Scientific Infectious Diseases Society (NNOI).
