The Russian health care system today: Can American-Russian CME programs help?

Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP
Medical Director, Eurasian Medical Education Program; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Alexei Y. Sirotkin, MD
Assistant Professor, Urals State Medical Academy; Coordinator, Eurasian Medical Education Program, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Lilia E. Ziganshina, MD, PhD, DSC
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Kazan State Medical Academy; Coordinator, Eurasian Medical Education Program, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Henry M. Greenberg, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; Consultant, Eurasian Medical Education Program

Address: Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Eurasian Medical Education Program, 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 275, Washington, DC 20036; e-mail: rgfarmer@emep-online.org

The Eurasian Medical Education Program is supported by grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Department of Health and Human Services #282-99-0040, the US Agency for International Development, and the Exxon Mobil Foundation.

Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP
Medical Director, Eurasian Medical Education Program; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Alexei Y. Sirotkin, MD
Assistant Professor, Urals State Medical Academy; Coordinator, Eurasian Medical Education Program, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Lilia E. Ziganshina, MD, PhD, DSC
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Kazan State Medical Academy; Coordinator, Eurasian Medical Education Program, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Henry M. Greenberg, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; Consultant, Eurasian Medical Education Program

Address: Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Eurasian Medical Education Program, 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 275, Washington, DC 20036; e-mail: rgfarmer@emep-online.org

The Eurasian Medical Education Program is supported by grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Department of Health and Human Services #282-99-0040, the US Agency for International Development, and the Exxon Mobil Foundation.

Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP
Medical Director, Eurasian Medical Education Program; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Alexei Y. Sirotkin, MD
Assistant Professor, Urals State Medical Academy; Coordinator, Eurasian Medical Education Program, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Lilia E. Ziganshina, MD, PhD, DSC
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Kazan State Medical Academy; Coordinator, Eurasian Medical Education Program, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Henry M. Greenberg, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY; Consultant, Eurasian Medical Education Program

Address: Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Eurasian Medical Education Program, 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 275, Washington, DC 20036; e-mail: rgfarmer@emep-online.org

The Eurasian Medical Education Program is supported by grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Department of Health and Human Services #282-99-0040, the US Agency for International Development, and the Exxon Mobil Foundation.