Mikhail M. KOSTIK Graduated from the Pediatric Faculty of St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, 2000, MD General Pediatrician Diploma, Clinical Residency, the Department of Hospital Pediatrics of the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy (2000-2002) Fellowship in pediatric rheumatology at Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, Ph.D. International Fellowships – Fellowship (3 months) in pediatric rheumatology, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 2008-2009 – Fellowship (1 month) in pediatric rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, 2011 -Fellowship (6 months) in pediatric rheumatology, Gaslini Institute PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, 2012 -Observership (1 month) in pediatric rheumatology, NIH, Bethesda, USA, 2019 -Observership (1 week) in pediatric rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Turkey, 2020 WORK EXPERIENCE St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, – Assistant Professor (2003-2007), Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy – Assistant Professor (2007-2018), Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (former Academy) – The Head of Department of Hospital Pediatry (2018), Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University – Full Professor in Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology (2019 -now) – The Head of the Department of Hospital Pediatry (since 2026), Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University – The Chief Pediatric Rheumatologist of Saint-Petersburg, Russia – The Chief Pediatric Rheumatologist of the North-West Federal District of Russia – Editor in Chief of Current Rheumatology Reviews PUBLICATIONS more than 400 publications in total (predominantly in the Russian language) Review Editing for Pediatric Rheumatology, Frontiers in Pediatric, Frontiers in Medicine, Rheumatology International, Clinical Rheumatology, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, The Journal of Rheumatology, The Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, Journal of Clinical Medicine, etc. The Guest Editor in several journals, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Biomedicines, Life, Vaccines, Journal of Clinical and Translational Research Professional interests Pediatric Rheumatology, Pediatric Bone Metabolic Disease, Autoinflammatory diseases in children and adults Membership in professional associations 1. PAFLAR member 2. Member of a special interest group in pediatric rheumatology or APLAR 3. Member of the Russian Association for Rheumatology 4. Member of the Association of Pediatric Rheumatology of Russia 5. Member of PRINTO 6. Member of PRES 7. Member of the Unit of Pediatricians of Russia