The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences is the country’s highest scientific and medical organization and was founded in 1944. Its successor is the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences founded in 1992.

Established:
1944

Type:
Non-profit organization

Structure:

• Department of Clinical Medicine
• Department  of Medical Biological Sciences
• Department of Prophylactic Medicine
• Siberian department
• North-West Department

It comprises 24 regional research centers.

The Russian Academy of Medical Sciences consists of 497 members: 238 Academicians and 259 Corresponding Members of the RAMS.* It incorporates 61 scientific organizations, including 15 research centers and 25 academic groups.*
(*valid as of 2004)

Miscellaneous:

RAMS Publishing House
(Publishing House of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences)

RAMS Publishing House was founded in 1999 by the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. It publishes books on medical and biological issues, which are approved by the Publishing Council of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, as well as monthly journal “Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine”.

Homepage:
http://www.ras.ru/