Dmitry Rogachev National Research Centre of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology, and Immunology

  • 30.11.2023
  • 10:00–11:00
  • 1, Ulitsa Samory Mashela, Building I – nuclear medicine building of the Dmitry Rogachev National Research Centre of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology, and Immunology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Enter from Ulitsa Samora Machel through the central entrance
  • Last day of registration for the tour: 11/28/2023
Tour description:

Presentation of the units of the innovative high-tech nuclear medicine building of the Dmitry Rogachev National Research Centre of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology, and Immunology, including:

1) Russia’s first paediatric oncology, head and neck surgery, and neurosurgery unit, which will perform 1,000–1,200 unique operations per year, including endoscopic high-tech interventions using navigation equipment and reconstructive plastic techniques for head and neck tumours in children (tour);

2) The nuclear medicine centre, which is unique for the children’s medical service and has a full cycle from the production of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals to diagnosis and treatment (tour);

3) The genetic engineering technologies laboratory, where biomedical cell products will be manufactured for the personalized therapy of oncohematological diseases, including CAR-T (video);

4) The first paediatric neuro-oncology unit in Russia, which handles comprehensive diagnostics of the second most common tumours in children with deep molecular profiling and treatment, including targeted therapy (video).

Tour route:

Meet in the hall of building I on the first floor, watch a video about the Dmitry Rogachev National Research Centre of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology, and Immunology and the nuclear medicine building, listen to a welcome address from the chief physician, visit the paediatric oncology, head and neck surgery, and neurosurgery unit, visit the unit’s ward, school/playroom, room for parents, nuclear medicine centre, and return to the hall on the first floor.

Participants must carry an ID.

Immunology is also one of the world’s largest paediatric centres for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in paediatric practice. The centre performs up to a quarter of all HSCTs in children in Russia – roughly 200 per year. It is the only centre in the country that has successfully introduced the medical technology of cellular immunotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in children based on the genetic modification of their own lymphocytes, or so-called CAR-T therapy.

The centre’s surgeons perform more than 2,500 operations per year, many of which are unique and help to not only entirely remove tumours, but also maintain a high quality of life for patients without incapacitating them.

The clinic operates based on the philosophy of a friendly attitude towards patients and their loved ones. The centre includes a hospital school, a clinical psychology unit, a boarding house for the follow-up care of children, and a rehabilitation centre.
The Dmitry Rogachev Centre is not only a clinic that saves the lives of thousands of young patients, it is also a world-class scientific centre. It develops and introduces the most modern innovative technologies in paediatric haematology, oncology, and immunology for all of Russia.

A new high-tech building opened in November. It includes a modern full-cycle nuclear medicine centre – from the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals to high-precision diagnostics and therapy.

It also has an ultra-modern genetic engineering technologies laboratory that will provide patients with biomedical cell products that are unique to Russia. This will make it possible to introduce innovative personalized methods of therapy and take domestic medicine to a fundamentally new level.
In addition, the new building is home to Russia’s first units for paediatric neuro-oncology and paediatric oncology, head and neck surgery and neurosurgery, a modern hybrid operating room, and an intensive care unit.

The nuclear medicine building has no analogues in paediatric oncology and haematology services in Russia. These innovations will help it remain unique in the coming decades.

Galina Novichkova, General Director, Dmitry Rogachev National Research Centre of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology, and Immunology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; Chief Visiting Paediatric Specialist; Oncologist and Haematologist, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; Doctor of Medical Sciences; Professor