MD, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Head, Department of Rheumatology, Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, graduated from the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy in 1984.

Main research areas:

– rheumatology, clinical immunology;

– hematology, including the problems with rheumatic diseases concurrent with hematologic malignances;

– sociomedical aspects of diseases of the locomotor system.

A.M. Lila was born in 1960, graduated from the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy (MMA) with honors in 1984, and then he served as an outpatient physician and an intern of the Department of Therapy in a military hospital. He entered the Postgraduate Courses at the Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology of MMA in 1989, he defended his medical candidate’s thesis in 1992, and doctoral thesis in 1999. He was awarded the academic rank of professor in 2001.

In 2000 to 2011, A.M. Lila held different positions (professor of the department, academic secretary, vice-chancellor for research and education) at the Saint Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. In 2011, he was appointed to serve as acting chancellor of the I.I. Mechnikov Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy within the period before its reorganization. In 2011 to 2017 he was the vice-chancellor for education at the I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; since July 7, 2017, he has been Acting Director of the V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology.

A.M. Lila’s area of expertise is rheumatology; clinical immunology; hematology including the problems with rheumatic diseases concurrent with hematologic malignances; and sociomedical aspects of diseases of the locomotor system.

A.M. Lila is a research supervisor of one candidate’s thesis and currently prepared candidate’s theses by four applicants. He is the author of 264 publications, including monographs, books, and practical guides for rheumatologists; the h-index is 11. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal “Sovremennaya Revmatologiya” (Modern Rheumatology) and a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals “Nauchno-Prakticheskaya Revmatologiya” (Scientific and Practical Rheumatology) and “Klinitsist” (Clinician).

Professor A.M. Lila is a member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Public Organization “Association of Rheumatologists of Russia”; the Vice-President of the Association of Therapy of Saint Petersburg; and a member of the Presidium of the S.P. Botkin Scientific Society of Therapy of Saint Petersburg. He has received 3 medals, Excellent Worker of Public Health badge of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia.

Professor A.M. Lila enjoys well-deserved recognition and respect in the medical community as a prominent scientist, a talented rheumatologist and general practitioner, teacher. He has a wealth of experience in organizational work at one of the largest medical universities in Russia. A.M. Lila has made a substantial contribution to the development of rheumatology service in Saint Petersburg and the North-Western Federal District.

1. Lila AM. Mixed connective tissue disease. In: Mazurov VI, editor. Diffuznye bolezni soedinitel'noi tkani: rukovodstvo dlya vrachei [Diffuse connective tissue diseases: a guide for physicians]. Moscow: Meditsinskaya kniga; 2011. P. 153-68.
2.  Khurtsilava OG, Gonchar NT, Lila AM. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the system of postgraduate medical education in the region. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskoi meditsinskoi akademii poslediplomnogo obrazovaniya. 2011;3(3):130-7.
3.  Gonchar NT, Khurtsilava OG, Lila AM, et al. On the issue of the development of measuring instruments to improve the quality of training in medical additional professional education. Rossiiskii semeinyi vrach. 2011;15(3):10-8.
4. Gonchar NT, Khurtsilava OG, Lila AM, et al. Distance education technologies: problems and prospects. Profilakticheskaya i klinicheskaya meditsina. 2011;(3):20-3.
5. Lila AM, Martynova LV. Genetic engineering biological preparations: the problem of primary and secondary inefficiency. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskoi meditsinskoi akademii poslediplomnogo obrazovaniya. 2011;3(4)153-60.
6.  Boldueva SA Trostyanetskaya NA, Lila AM, et al. Gender features of acute myocardial infarction: results of a retrospective study. Problemy zhenskogo zdorov'ya. 2012;7(2):11-6.
7.  Khurtsilava OG, Lila AM, Karlova NA, Boitsova MG. Organization of independent work of clinical residents-opportunities and prospects. Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i vuzovskaya nauka. 2012;(1):34-7.
8. Mazurov VI, Ilyushina LV, Lila AM, et al. The use of infliximab in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. Vestnik Severo-Zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo meditsinskogo universiteta im. I.I. Mechnikova. 2012;4(3):99-107.
9. Boldueva SA, Bykova EG, Lila AM, et al. Prognostic value of inflammation markers in blood of patients with myocardial infarction. Rossiiskie meditsinskie vesti. 2012;17(3):34-43.
10.  Boitsova MG, Karlova NA, Lila AM. The development of a system of tutoring as part of the educational process at the Department of radiation diagnostics and radiation therapy. Luchevaya diagnostika i terapiya. 2012;(3):136-40.
11.  Khurtsilava OG, Lila AM, Volokh MA, et al. The result of experimental hemifacial allotransplantation. Annaly plasticheskoi, rekonstruktivnoi i esteticheskoi khirurgii. 2012;(3):14-7.
12.  Raimuev KV, Fomin NF, Lila AM. Printsipy i anatomo-topograficheskie obosnovaniya vnutrisustavnoi in"ektsionnoi terapii zabolevanii krupnykh sustavov. Uchebnoe posobie [Principles and anatomical and topographical substantiation of intra-articular injection therapy of diseases of large joints. Textbook]. Saint-Petersburg: izdatel'stvo SZGMU im. I.I.Mechnikova; 2012. 43 p.
13. Lila AM, Buterus ES. Some indicators of bone metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Profilakticheskaya i klinicheskaya meditsina. 2013;(4):35-9.
14. Martynova LV, Lila AM, Lapin SV, et al. Effect of antibodies to infliximab on the frequency of infusion reactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Klinicheskaya bol'nitsa.  2013;(1):95.
15.  Ripachev VV, Trofimov EA, Zhugrova ES, Lila AM. Clinical features of lymphadenopathy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Klinicheskaya bol'nitsa. 2013;(1):125-6.
16. Nasonov E, Davidson JE, Lila A, et al. The prevalence and incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) in selected cities from three commonwealth of independent states countries (the russian federation, ukraine and kazakhstan). Lupus. 2014 Feb;23(2):213-9. doi: 10.1177/0961203313512881. Epub 2013 Nov 19.
17.  Silin AV, Satygo EA, Semeleva EI, Lila AM. Electromyographic examination of masticatory muscles in patients with osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint. Stomatologiya. 2014;(3):31-4.
18. Silin AV, Lila AM. Complex treatment of muscular-articular dysfunction of temporomandibular joints in patients with dentoalveolar anomalies. Institut stomatologii. 2014;(42):29.
19. Lila AM, Trofimov EA, Lila VA. Systemic lupus erythematosus: Specific features of its course and therapy options. Sovremennaya revmatologiya = Modern Rheumatology Journal. 2015;9(3):43-7. doi: 10.14412/1996-7012-2015-3-43-47
20.  Nasonov E, Davidson JE, Lila A, et al. Standard medical care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) in large specialised centres: data from the russian federation, ukraine and republic of kazakhstan (essence). Lupus Sci Med. 2015 Feb 19;2(1):e000060. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2014-000060. eCollection 2015.
21. Lila AM, Martynova LV, Lila VA. Diacerein in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: results of a comparative study. Russkii meditsinskii zhurnal. 2016;24(2):70-7]
22. Aksenova SA, Abzaleva GR, Volokh MA, Lila AM. Comparison of immunogenicity of skin and muscle tissue on the model of facial allotransplantation of skin-muscle flap in the experiment. Voprosy rekonstruktivnoi i plasticheskoi khirurgii. 2016;19(3):36-40.
23.  Nasonov EL, Solov'ev SK, Lila AM. The clinical course and standard therapy of systemic lupus erythematosus in the Russian Federation. Sovremennaya revmatologiya = Modern Rheumatology Journal. 2016;10(2):12-6. doi: 10.14412/1996-7012-2016-2-12-16
24.  Lila AM. Symptom-modifying therapy of osteoarthritis. Remedium. 2016;(1-2):39-41.
25. Lila AM, Lopatin ZV. Creating of classes using simulation techniques. In: Kubyshkin VA, editor. Spetsialist meditsinskogo simulyatsioniogo obucheniya [Medical simulation training specialist]. Moscow: ROSOMED: 2016. P. 72-94.
26.  Lila AM, Lila VA. Social significance and economic consequences of rheumatic diseases. Gigiena i sanitariya. 2017;(4):387-92.
27. Oganov GV, Denisov IN, Lila AM, et al. Comorbid pathology in clinical practice (clinical guidelines). Kardiovaskulyarnaya terapiya i profilaktika. 2017;16(6):5-56.
28.  Nasonov EL, Lila AM, Galushko EA, Amirdzhanova VN. Strategy for development of rheumatology: from scientific achievements to practical healthcare. Nauchno-prakticheskaya revmatologiya = Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2017;55(4):339-43. doi: 10.14412/1995-4484-2017-339-343
29. Nasonov EL, Ivashkin VT, Lila AM, et al. Draft of national clinical guidelines (main provisions) of the Association of rheumatologists of Russia, the Russian gastroenterological Association, the Russian society for the study of pain " Rational use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs». Rossiiskii zhurnal gastroenterologii, gepatologii, koloproktologii. 2017;27(5):69-75.
30. Belyaeva IB, Lila AM, Mazurov VI, Raimuev KV. Algorithm of pharmacological treatment of knee osteoarthritis (ESCEO-2016 recommendations). Effektivnaya farmakoterapiya. 2017;(27):8-13.
31. Lila AM. Rational therapy of osteoarthritis - a way to reduce disability. Remedium. 2017;(3):43-6.
32. Lila AM, Gaponova TV. Reactive arthritis. In: Mazurov VI, Lesnyak OM, editors. Revmatologiya. Farmakoterapiya bez oshibok: rukovodstvo dlya vrachei [Rheumatology. Pharmacotherapy without errors: a guide for doctors]. Moscow: E-noto; 2017. P. 297-313.
33. Lila AM. Osteoarthritis. In: Mazurov VI, Lesnyak OM, editors. Revmatologiya. Farmakoterapiya bez oshibok: rukovodstvo dlya vrachei [Rheumatology. Pharmacotherapy without errors: a guide for doctors]. Moscow: E-noto; 2017. P 351-78.
34.  Lila AM. Sjogren's Disease. In: Mazurov VI, Lesnyak OM, editors. Revmatologiya. Farmakoterapiya bez oshibok: rukovodstvo dlya vrachei [Rheumatology. Pharmacotherapy without errors: a guide for doctors]. Moscow: E-noto; 2017. P 438-53.
35.  Denisov L, Mazurov V, Lila A, et al. Comparison of efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of infliximab biosimilar (bcd-055) and innovator infliximab. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017: Jun 76 (Suppl 2):560-1.
36.  Nasonov EL, Lila AM. Inhibition of interleukin 6 in immune inflammatory rheumatic diseases: achievements, prospects, and hopes. Nauchno-prakticheskaya revmatologiy = Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2017;55(6):590-9. doi: 10.14412/1995-4484-2017-590-599
37. Abdulganieva DI, Belyaeva IB, Lila AM, et al. Resolution of the council of experts on «The place of phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor in the combination treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis and active psoriatic arthritis». Nauchno-prakticheskaya revmatologiya = Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2017;55(3):332-4.
38. Lila AM, Gromova OA, Torshin IYu, et al. Molecular effects of chondroguard in osteoarthritis and herniated discs. Nevrologiya, neiropsikhiatriya, psikhosomatika = Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Psychosomatics. 2017;9(3):88-97. doi: 10.14412/2074-2711-2017-3-88-97
39. Karateev AE, Lila AM, Churyukanov MV, et al. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) selection algorithm based on the analysis of risk factors for drug-induced complications in real clinical practice: the results of the all-russian principle project (application of recommendations for nsaid use: a goal-oriented change of practice). Nauchno-prakticheskaya revmatologiya = Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2017;55(5):485-92. doi: 10.14412/1995-4484-2017-485-492
40. Karateev AE, Lila AM. Russian experience with injectable chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine sulfate: a review of clinical trials. Sovremennaya revmatologiya = Modern Rheumatology Journal. 2018;12(1):33-40. doi: 10.14412/1996-7012-2018-1-33-40
41. Lila AM. A healthy and nuclear family of a patient with inflammatory disease: topical issues and ways of their solution. What can modern medicine offer? Sovremennaya revmatologiya = Modern Rheumatology Journal. 2018;12(1):93-100. doi: 10.14412/1996-7012-2018-1-93-100
42. Karateev AE, Alekseeva LI, Lila AM, et al. Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a glycosaminoglycan-peptide complex in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis in patients with previous inefficiency of slow-release oral anti-inflammatory drugs (the multicenter open-label study primula: use of Rumalon® with initially small success in the treatment of osteoarthritis). Nauchno-prakticheskaya revmatologiya = Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2018;56(1):22-7. doi: 10.14412/1995-4484-2018-22-27
43. Karateev AE, Lila AM. Osteoarthritis: current clinical concept and some promising therapeutic approaches. Nauchno-prakticheskaya revmatologiya = Rheumatology Science and Practice. 2018;56(1):70-81.