The I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy (MMA) is the oldest and the largest national medical higher educational institution. For more than 240 years I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, previous name - I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Institute of Medicine has been playing the leading role in the development of medical science and training of medical and scientific personnel.

A lot of outstanding figures of Russian medical science studied, worked and founded their own scientific schools there; among them Zybelin S.G., Mudrov M.Y., Sklifosovskiy N.Y., Filatov N.F., Snegiryov V.F. and many others. The Soviet period is marked by formation of large scientific schools of Abrikosov A.I., Burdenko N.N., Semashko N.A., Vasilenko V.H., Zhdanov D.A. Such names as Pirogov N.I., Sechenov I.M., Botkin S.P., Chekhov A.P. are known all over the world.