Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova is not a new person in the leadership of the Ministry of Health - since 2007 she has worked as Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Tatiana Golikova, being the only doctor among the Deputy Ministers. Therefore, formally, she shares responsibility for everything that happened to medicine during these difficult years for the industry. The first question that arose for everyone was whether she would pursue a "new policy" or continue the reforms that the medical community and patients were moaning about. In the days of Golikova, it was rumored that Veronika Igorevna did not participate in the adoption of "revolutionary" decisions that changed the healthcare landscape beyond recognition. If so, there is an opportunity to start from a blank sheet. I'd like to believe it very much. If not, well, then no.

Something in the created structure of the Government suggests that the second scenario is quite realistic. Tatyana Golikova in the position of Assistant to the President of the country may well influence the policy of the Ministry of Health. A new person in the government itself - Social Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, according to available information, also has his own view of the development of medicine and can strongly influence the decisions of the Minister.

It is not yet clear how Veronika Skvortsova will interact with public professional organizations. Everyone knows that in recent years the leadership of the department did not notice any of the independent experts, pursuing an aggressive policy aimed at marginalizing the professional community. Perhaps this is the only thing that the department, which has sunk into oblivion, did very well. On the other hand, it is impossible to do anything in healthcare without the support of specialists.

Now - an additional difficulty - two technological medical lines are increasingly colliding - the old, professional one, based on the idea of ​​a doctor - a classy specialist. Hence the conclusion: we need more good doctors, centers, specialties, expensive equipment. This path is actually a dead-end one, which ultimately leads to piecemeal medical care: such help from “high technologies cannot reach the masses, with their daily concerns and problems. But it is precisely about this path that the director and rector corps grieves. And until the last patron I will defend it.

The second way is the information and communication model - mass health care, including responsible self-treatment, the development of a paramedic service - specialists who combine the main work in the villages with the provision of first aid. Or working as numerous physician assistants. The scope of such assistance can be - with modern Internet technologies - significantly expanded. The paramedic in remote areas should become a kind of remote “hands” of the coordinating physician.

All this must be taken into account by the new minister, who, as doctors still hope, will have to create a concept for the development of the industry. What we have heard so far has been aimed at the privatization and commercialization of medicine. Will this destructive course continue? Dont clear.

Doctors have no illusions about the drainage of cash flows. Unfortunately, it is already obvious to everyone today that the huge funds raised within the framework of the “modernization” program due to the multiple increase in the tax on compulsory health insurance are not spent at all on real improvements in the availability of health care. Well, one cannot recognize as an improvement the new asphalt in hospital yards, the curb and paving slabs. Of course, no one objects to embellishment - aesthetics is a good thing. But! There is no money for medicines for children. There is not enough for anticancer drugs. With multi-shift, soon almost continuous work, the salaries of doctors are beggarly. Well, what does paving slabs have to do with it?

In general, to the question - who are you, Madame Skvortsova? - there is no definite answer yet. While there are immediate potentialities, the further development of events will depend on their implementation. Who will be the minister's deputies is an important question, since the deputies used to define the vector of development. In the last composition, the management regime was absolutely authoritarian, the deputies did not play a role and did not have a say. Therefore, it is necessary to see within 1-2 weeks how events will develop. How they sit down - right or wrong.

Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova is a Russian statesman who has held the post of Minister of Health of the Russian Federation since 2012. The politician is a highly qualified specialist in the field of neurology and neurophysiology. Received a doctorate in medical sciences.

Veronika Skvortsova was born in the family of Igor Arnoldovich Skvortsov, professor of the Second Moscow Medical Institute and the Russian State Medical University, Doctor of Medicine. Since later Veronica also became a medical worker, the woman became a doctor in the fifth generation. The fact is that her great-grandfathers were still engaged in medicine, and her great-grandmother became one of the first graduates of the medical faculty of the Higher Courses for Women.

At school, Veronika Skvortsova was an excellent student, therefore, along with a certificate of maturity in 1977, she received a gold medal. Then the girl becomes a student of the pediatric faculty of the Second Moscow Medical Institute. Already in the third year, the first scientific publications of the student appeared, so it was clear that Skvortsova would continue the family's success in the scientific field.

The novice doctor completed his clinical residency at the Department of Nervous Diseases of the Russian National Research Medical University named after. In the same place, Veronika Skvortsova graduated from graduate school in 1988 and defended her Ph.D. thesis.


Having worked for only a year as a senior laboratory assistant at the Department of Nervous Diseases, Skvortsova gained enough experience to head one of the first neuroresuscitation services in Russia at the First Moscow City Hospital.

In the early 90s, a woman defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic "Clinical and neurophysiological monitoring, metabolic therapy in the acute period of ischemic stroke", becomes a doctor of sciences and heads the department of nervous diseases that has become her own. A few years later, Veronica Igorevna was awarded the title of professor. At that time, Skvortsova was not yet 40 years old. During this period, the political biography of the physician began.

Politics

The successes of Veronika Skvortsova did not pass by high-ranking people. At that time, she worked as the Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, on whose initiative Skvortsova was appointed Deputy Minister in 2008. Veronika Igorevna supervised the development of laws "On the basics of health protection of citizens of the Russian Federation" and "On biomedical technologies", and also participated in the implementation of the national project "Health".


In 2012, he becomes the president of Russia again. The President removes Tatyana Golikova from the post of minister and divides the existing department into two separate parts. The Ministry of Health, which has become independent, has been headed by Veronika Skvortsova since May 21, 2012. The press received the appointment of Veronika Skvortsova with enthusiasm: a politician with a specialized education in such a serious position immediately received an advance of trust.

From the first day, the new minister began to carry out reforms in health care. An anti-tobacco law was approved, the principles and timing of medical examinations of workers were changed, and commercials were created to motivate people to go in for sports and lead a healthy lifestyle. Veronika Igorevna supported the initiative to re-certify the teaching staff of medical universities and change the curriculum for students.


The First Lady of Public Health has written four hundred articles and scientific papers on medical topics, patented seven medicinal drugs, acts as a scientific consultant for the oldest Russian medical publication "Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry named after S. S. Korsakov" and is the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the journal "Stroke".

At the same time, Veronika Skvortsova is far from only a theoretician. More than once the doctor had to apply the knowledge gained directly during a meeting of state authorities. Veronika Skvortsova at various times helped save the lives of employees of the Federal Security Service and the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. When one had a pre-stroke condition, and the second lost consciousness, the minister provided first aid to the victims.


Also on September 20, 2016 on board the flight "Moscow - New York" a doctor who lost consciousness. Noticing the signs of a stroke, Skvortsova managed to stabilize the woman's condition and bring her out of unconsciousness.

It should be added that the Minister of Health is opposed to abortion, which the politician has repeatedly stated in publications and television interviews. Veronika Igorevna supports the initiative of providing material support for young mothers, but at the same time stresses the importance of creating a "moral and ethical aura" in this matter.


Veronika Skvortsova is sure that already in adolescence, every girl should realize that an abortion is a murder. Nevertheless, Skvortsova does not consider it expedient to prohibit abortion by law, as it was at one time during the Soviet Union, since this would entail clandestine termination of pregnancy, which is dangerous for the health and even the life of women.

Veronika Skvortsova is one of the "100 most influential women in Russia" in the list of "Ogonyok" magazine, and is also called the most influential person among the subjects of the Russian pharmaceutical market.


In December 2016, the country's chief physician made an incredible statement. According to Veronika Igorevna, Russian doctors have come to the final stage of developing and testing a drug for cancer. Tests of the first Russian anti-cancer agent at that time had already entered the second stage. The new agent has shown a stable effect on the removal of metastatic melanomas.

The minister also reminded fellow citizens that Russia is among the leading countries in the creation of targeted drugs that fight specific manifestations of cancer. No less joyful news reported by the politician was the statistics summaries for 2016, which showed that the mortality rates, especially among children, from this disease have decreased several times.


In addition, the minister is working to establish feedback with the residents of the country. The official website of the Ministry, where you can write a complaint or appeal, has been operating since 2007, but at the same time, under the leadership of Veronika Igorevna, the pages of the Ministry in microblogs and social networks began to work. The Minister calls the accounts on these platforms important channels of information, and the very communication with the citizens who applied and the processing of complaints received is one of the main tasks of the Ministry.

Personal life

Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova is happily married to Givi Guramovich Nadareishvili, associate professor of the Department of Transport Gas Turbine Engines at MAMI University. Skvortsova's husband is also engaged in entrepreneurial activities in the field of management consulting and is the head of the Scientific and Technical Center of SMEs, which has become a leader in the Russian market for the creation of exhaust gas emission and neutralization systems.


A married couple cannot boast of a large family and an abundance of children. Veronika Skvortsova and her husband have their only son, Giorgi Nadareishvili, who was born in 1986. Georgy, like his mother before, graduated from high school with a gold medal, entered a medical university and today holds the position of assistant at the Department of Fundamental and Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University. Georgy Givievich became a doctor in the sixth generation.

Veronica Skvortsova now

In October 2017, Dr. Tedros, WHO Director-General, founded the WHO High-Level Independent Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases, and already in February 2018, the press reported that Veronica Skvortsova had become the co-chair of this commission.

This post to the minister was ensured by the country's leadership position in the prevention and control of related diseases. The main task of this meeting will be to prepare a report for a thematic meeting, which will be held by the UN General Assembly.


Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova

Nevertheless, despite the international recognition of the works of Veronica Skvortsova, rumors circulated in the Russian press about the planned resignation of the first lady of health care. Experts attribute these rumors to the fact that a number of complaints have accumulated about the work of the politician, and especially about the recent reform, which began the optimization of medical institutions. Both opinion leaders and average citizens complain that doctors are more and more in short supply every year, which is why the quality of both diagnostics and treatment is inevitably decreasing.

In addition, the sanctions scandal, which resulted in a ban on the import of a number of drugs into Russia, undermined faith in the minister's decisions. In April 2018, Veronika Igorevna promised that there would be no complete ban on the import of foreign medical supplies, at least until the moment when Russia launches its own production of similar drugs. But tension on this issue in the society remained.

March 18, 2018 took place, which was won by Vladimir Putin. Immediately after taking office, Putin again offered the post of prime minister to Dmitry Medvedev. On May 18, it was announced to reporters. Skvortsova, contrary to forecasts, retained the post of Minister of Health of the Russian Federation.

Awards

  • 2008 - Dame of the Order of Honor
  • 2016 - Dame of the Order of St. Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow, second degree
  • 2017 - laureate of the all-Russian public award "Shield and Rose"

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation was liquidated on March 9, 2004 as a result of the Decree of V.V. Putin No. 314, and instead of him, according to the same document, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation was created. Then the structure was again modernized into the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (2012), which has been carrying out all orders and work in the health care system since that moment.

What is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation?

The following institutions are subordinate to the Ministry of Health:

National Organization for Control of Consumer Rights Protection (otherwise - Rospotrebnadzor).

State organization for supervision of health care and social development of our country (otherwise - Roszdravnadzor).

State institution for labor and employment (otherwise - Rostrud).

Russian Medical Biological Agency (FMBA of Russia).

Controlled areas of activity of the Ministry

The Ministry of Health is, first of all, a public structure of the executive branch, which performs the tasks of observing the political activities of the state and legal regulation in such areas as:

  • health care and social development, labor sphere and protection of human rights, including the prevention of various diseases (infectious, viral and AIDS), providing assistance, checking the quality, effectiveness and safety of medicines, compliance with sanitary order;
  • social protection of citizens;
  • demographic policy;
  • other areas, according to existing legislation.

The Ministry of Health approves and verifies the activities of state services and institutions under its subordination, plus it controls the labor practices of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the Social Insurance Fund of Russia, and the State Fund for Compulsory Medical Insurance.

At the head of this colossal system is the Russian Minister of Health.

Head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

At the moment, the Minister of Health of Russia, the surname, name, whose patronymic, perhaps, is known to the entire mature population is Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova.

Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova is an official of the Russian Federation. She has held the post of Minister since 2012.

By education, the current Minister of Health of Russia is a neurologist and neurophysiologist. She has a membership in the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Skvortsova V.I. is a doctor of medical sciences and a professor.

Skvortsova grew up in a dynasty of doctors, she is a physician in the fifth generation! She graduated from school with excellent marks and received a gold medal. She studied at the Moscow Medical Institute (Faculty of Pediatrics), which she also graduated with honors. After completing residency and graduate school, she defended her thesis and got a job as a laboratory assistant at the department, where she climbed the career ladder to an associate professor. Then she received the title of Doctor of Science and Professor. In 1999, she made a direct contribution to the organization of the National Association for the Treatment of Stroke.

She was appointed Minister of Health on May 21, 2012.

The Minister of Health (the name of Skvortsova has recently been increasingly heard in the media) has written a little more than four hundred scientific papers. Skvortsova is also one of the members of the commission of the European Federation of Neurological Associations. Veronika Igorevna - Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Community of Neurologists and represents NABI in the International Organization for the Fight Against Stroke.

The Minister of Health was awarded 11th place in the list of "one hundred most influential women of Russia" in the publishing house "Ogonyok", an issue with such data was published in 2014.

Skvortsova is an ardent opponent of abortion. She considers this procedure to be murder. She herself is married and is the mother of a beautiful daughter.

In 2008, Veronika Igorevna was awarded the Order of Honor. She is also a laureate of the Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov Prize of the Russian Medical State University and the owner of the Moscow City Administration Prize for her contribution to medicine.

During her work in this position, she aroused sympathy for herself due to the fact that she actively began to fight the "secret affairs" of her predecessor. But later, according to the monitoring, it turned out that she may also be involved in some kind of fraud. This is evidenced by the fact that a huge amount of new equipment has been allocated to medical institutions, which is in vain in warehouses and is not sold in any way. Skvortsova simply avoids questions about such negligence.

Principal powers for which the Minister of Health is responsible

The Minister's powers are as follows:

Submit to the Government of the Russian Federation draft laws related to the medical structure;

Personally accept the necessary regulatory documents in areas of activity consistent with the Constitution and legislation of the Russian Federation;

Arrange the supply of medicines and technical medical equipment;

Analyze the functioning of the health care apparatus in the country;

Receive and correctly distribute material resources from the state budget;

Examine citizens' applications and take measures to resolve the issues raised;

Maintain state secrets;

Control subordinate structures;

Raise the level of professionalism of the Ministry's employees, organize training and internships for them;

Participate in promotions and events related to healthcare around the world, maintain relationships with colleagues from other countries in the Red Cross and other communities;

Register and archive the required documentation;

Perform other functions that are provided for by the Federal Law of the Russian Federation.

Orders of the Minister of Health of Russia are necessary to improve the work of medical institutions, improve the quality of service and protect the population.

Who is replacing Skvortsova Veronica Igorevna?

Today the Deputy Minister of Health of Russia is Tatyana Vladimirovna Yakovleva. A pediatrician by education, she climbed the career ladder from a simple nurse in a district polyclinic to the head physician of the Teikovo hospital, then to a deputy of the State Duma. Yakovleva is a Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, the author of 60 research papers and the owner of 6 scientific patents. Yakovleva has awards from the head of the country: medals, order and gratitude.

Yakovleva Tatyana Vladimirovna was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Health on May 18, 2012.

The predecessor of Skvortsova V.I.

Golikova Tatyana Alekseevna held the post of Minister of Health and Social Development of Russia from 2007 to 2012, until the moment of splitting this department into two, which were subsequently headed by her deputies V.I. Skvortsova. and Tolipin M.A.

The former Minister of Health of Russia is considered the most charming and feminine official in our country.

The founders of the healthcare system of the Russian Federation

The predecessor of such an important state branch of the development of executive power was the Public Health Administration of the Russian State, which since 1916 was headed by Georgy Ermolaevich Rein. A year after he was dismissed from his post, the Assembly of People's Commissars for Healthcare of the RSFSR was formed, the head of which in 1918 was Nikolai Aleksandrovich Semashko. The committee existed until 1946, 7 more leaders were replaced after Semashko.

Then this structure will be transformed into the Ministry of Health of the RSFSR, headed by the Minister of the Medical Industry of the USSR, Andrei Fedorovich Tretyakov.

Then the institution is differentiated into the Ministry of Health and Social Security of the RSFSR, then back with the previous name and powers, and after the renaming of the RSFSR to the Russian Federation (by the decision of the Supreme Council) - the Ministry of Social Protection of the Population of the Russian Federation.

In 1994, the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of the Russian Federation was already organized. And the first Minister of Health of Russia is Nechaev Eduard Aleksandrovich.

To date, this structure has already undergone 4 reforms, which are focused on improving medical structures and improving the quality of services for the population.

Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna- Minister of Health of the Russian Federation. Originally from a family of doctors, a neurologist. She has made a dizzying and fast career in the medical and political fields. Today she is one of the most successful and influential women in Russia.

Childhood and adolescence of Skvortsova Veronica Igorevna

Veronica Skvortsova was born on November 1, 1960 in a family of doctors in Moscow. Fifth generation physician. Her great-grandfather was a professor at the St. Petersburg Medical Academy, and her great-grandmother graduated from medical courses for women. On their basis, a university was subsequently formed, which became the basis of the Second Moscow State Medical Institute (MOLGMI).
Since childhood, Veronika Skvortsova has shown aptitude for the exact sciences. In 1977 she graduated from the Moscow special school of mathematical orientation.

In 1978, a graduate with a gold medal was admitted to MOLGMI without any problems, where her father taught - Igor Skvortsov... She studied at the Department of Pediatrics, from where she graduated with honors in 1983.
In addition to the exact sciences, Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna was fond of music. Among her favorite composers is Sergei Rachmaninov. She graduated from a music school, piano. But she chose medicine as her main activity.

The beginning of the medical career of Veronika Skvortsova

Veronika Skvortsova began her scientific activities as a student. She was carried away by questions of the structure of the brain, in particular the work of the neurosurgeon Wilder G. Penfield on the functioning of the cerebral cortex.
While studying at MOLGMI, Veronika Skvortsova published her first research papers. She was closely engaged in scientific activities at the Department of Nervous Diseases under the supervision of Academician E.I. Gusev.
In the future, the biography of the future Minister of Health developed rapidly:
from 1983 to 1985 Veronika Skvortsova studied in clinical residency at the Department of Neurological Diseases;
in 1988 she received the title of candidate of sciences;
in the same 1988 she became a senior laboratory assistant at her own department, and then - an assistant;
in 1989, Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna headed the neuroreanimation service at the First City Hospital in the capital, continuing to work at the institute;
in 1993, Veronika Skvortsova defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic "Clinical and neurophysiological monitoring, metabolic therapy in the acute period of ischemic stroke";
in 1995, Veronika Skvortsova receives an associate professor's degree;
in 1997, she became the head of the newly opened Department of Fundamental and Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery;
in 1999 he was awarded the title of professor.
After receiving her professorship, Veronika Skvortsova, together with her colleagues, initiated the creation of the National Association for the Fight against Stroke. The media called her the youngest female scientist with the highest degree.
As executive director of the World Federation of Neurological Societies, Skvortsova becomes a leading expert in stroke management. In 2000, Veronika Skvortsova presented a concept for counteracting pathologies of the vascular system. Subsequently, her ideas were included in the national program "Health", the direction is to increase the level of medical care.

In 2004, Veronika Skvortsova became a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2005, she headed the Research Institute of the Russian State Medical University.
The dizzying career advancement caused discontent among Skvortsova's colleagues. Recognizing her merits, they rightly noted that such success would not have been possible without extensive family ties.

In addition, her program to combat vascular diseases, introduced during the management of the research institute, was criticized. One of the preventive measures was a scan of the brain on a tomograph. The future politician was accused of cutting the funds allocated for the purchase of expensive equipment.

Skvortsova's political career

The main political activity of Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna began in 2008, when she was appointed Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of Russia... Then the post of minister was headed by an "effective manager".

Veronika Skvortsova actively defended Golikova's medical reforms. It is known that she personally supervised two laws - "On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation" and "On biomedical technologies".
As Deputy Minister of Health, Veronika Skvortsova also promoted programs to create multi-level cardiovascular care and the construction of vascular disease centers in the regions.
On November 17, 2008, Veronika Skvortsova is awarded the Order of Honor for courage and dedication in helping the victims of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict.

After the election of the President of Russia in 2012, he again becomes the head of state. He removes from office Tatiana Golikova and reorganizes the department. The former former Ministry of Health and Social Development is divided into 2 separate structures - the Ministry of Health, as well as the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.

Putin with Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova

Becomes the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. And on the post of Minister of Health of Russia on May 21, 2012, Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova was appointed. Under her leadership, there were 3 subordinate organizations:
Federal Biomedical Agency;
- Rosobrnadzor;
- Federal Fund of Compulsory Medical Insurance.
The appointment of Skvortsova was received with enthusiasm by the public and the press. At the helm, at last, there was a person with a specialized education, which the previous minister did not have.

Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna confirmed the qualifications of a doctor and the availability of professional skills with her own eyes. In 2013, she rescued an official who became ill before a meeting in the presidential administration. She also provided emergency treatment to a Federal Security Service officer who fainted in the middle of her report.
And in 2016, Veronika Skvortsova provided emergency assistance to a passenger on a Moscow-New York plane. Following the same flight, the minister noticed signs of an ischemic attack of the brain. She and her assistants brought the woman out of unconsciousness and stabilized her condition.

Soon after being appointed head of the Ministry of Health, Veronika Skvortsova began to carry out numerous reforms. Among them:
- fight against diseases of the heart and blood vessels;
- anti-tobacco law;
- changes in the standards of preventive examinations;
- motivation of the population to a healthy lifestyle;
- updating the curriculum of medical educational institutions and re-certification of teachers working in them.

However, Veronika Skvortsova soon lost public confidence. The press accused the new minister of cutting funds through the new programs. She was also criticized for her remoteness from the people and ignorance in the practice of the medical service, which ordinary citizens face on a daily basis.
To ease tensions, the minister opened a feedback form and a hotline on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Health, through which anyone can report problems with free medical care, the provision of medicines and preferential provisions.

Personal life

Skvortsova Veronika Igorevna is married to Givi Nadareishvili. In marriage, they had one son - George.
Veronika Skvortsova met her husband during her student years. In their last year, in 1983, they officially got married. Givi Nadareishvili holds the position of General Director of the Scientific and Technical Center for Modernization of Serial Production, and is an associate professor at the University of Mechanical Engineering.
Georgy followed in the footsteps of his mother, graduated from the Russian National Research Medical University. N.I. Pirogov. Today the heir works as an assistant at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Veronika Skvortsova today

After the elections of the President of the Russian Federation in 2018, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin left Skvortsova as Minister of Health.
Today Veronika Skvortsova continues to implement health programs in the State Duma, most of which she has developed herself. The main areas she wants to improve are stroke prevention and compulsory vaccination of children.

Also Veronika Skvortsova advocates the introduction of sex education lessons in schools. She notes the importance of educating the public about protection against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
At the same time, Veronika Igorevna Skvortsova is opposed to termination of pregnancy. She believes that "abortion is murder." However, the woman does not approve of the ban on abortion at the national level. In her opinion, this will only increase the number of illegal doctors and clandestine operations, especially among the imperfect and poor. And this, in turn, will lead to an increase in the mortality of children and mothers.

The minister believes that the Soviet health care system was the best possible given the technical capabilities of the time. Veronika Skvortsova wants to combine modern knowledge, scientific and technological achievements with the positive features of the USSR - social equality, ensuring the right of every person to life and health protection, free medical care.

Skvortsova Veronica Igorevna has more than 400 scientific papers and 7 patents for medicines. She is:
- Member of the Scientific Commissions of the European Federation of Neurological Communities;
- Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Society of Neurologists;
- Vice President of the National Stroke Association;
- Member of the Executive Committee of the European Stroke Organization.

Veronika Skvortsova simultaneously holds the position of editor-in-chief of the Stroke magazine (Russian version - Stroke). She also advises the authors of the Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. S. S. Korsakov ".
Veronika Skvortsova is one of the hundred most influential women in the Russian Federation according to the Ogonyok magazine - she took 11th place in the 2014 ranking. And it is in first place in the list of the most influential people on the domestic pharmacological market.

In 1977 she graduated from secondary school No. 19 in Moscow with a gold medal and entered the pediatric faculty of the 2nd Moscow Order of Lenin at the State Medical Institute named after V.I. N.I. Pirogova (2nd MOLGMI). In 1983 she graduated from the 2nd MOLGMI with honors and entered the clinical residency at the Department of Nervous Diseases of the 2 MOLGMI. In 1985 she graduated from clinical residency and entered the full-time postgraduate study in the specialty "nervous diseases". After early graduation from graduate school and defending her Ph.D. thesis (1988), she worked as a senior laboratory assistant (1988 - 1989), assistant (1989 - 1995), associate professor (1995 - 1997) of the Department of Nervous Diseases of the Russian State Medical University (GOU VPO RSMU , earlier - 2nd MOLGMI). In 1993 she defended her doctoral dissertation "Clinical and neurophysiological monitoring, metabolic therapy in the acute period of ischemic stroke", in 1994 she was awarded the qualification of a neurologist of the highest category, in 1999 she was awarded the title of professor. Author of over 400 scientific papers.