Students compete in second international Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia

May 6, 2019

The second International Student Olympiad in Neurosurgery for the prize of the Governor of, Russia took place in the first week of April at the. The competition was attended by 46 people from cities within Russia as well as from, Kazakhstan. Wikinews attended the event, and talked to some of those involved.

This was the second consecutive student Olympiad in. Six of the country's eight were reportedly scheduled to send contestants. The winners are awarded free tuition at the academic department of Neurosurgery at (First MSMU), also called Sechenov University.

Madina Bizheva, in her fourth year at, won this second Olympiad. The other two places at Sechenov University were awarded to Oleg Titov, fifth year at the First MSMU, and Irina Borovikova, fifth year at. Bizheva said:

This year, the jury decided two participants in addition to the official winners performed at such a high level and Albert Sufianov provided them with his personal grant for residency training at First MSMU. These were Ivan Shelyagin and Valentina Sidorenko from.