Prof. Rashid Tikhilov

Professor, MD, PhD, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Vice-President of the Russian Association of Traumatologists and Orthopedists. Director of the Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics since 2003. Under his leadership the centre built a complete system of hip surgery — from joint-preserving procedures to revision arthroplasty in severe deformities — and pioneered patient-specific implants based on 3D printing, alongside biofilm research for the prevention of periprosthetic infection. Founder of the Russian joint arthroplasty registry. In 2013 he was the sole delegate from Russia at the International Consensus Meeting on periprosthetic joint infection in Philadelphia and edited the Russian editions of its proceedings. An active surgeon performing around 450 operations a year. Author of more than 700 publications and 56 patents; editor-in-chief of the journal Traumatology and Orthopedics of Russia.