Prof. Andrei A. Novik: 27th February, 1952 to 11th July, 2011

Prof. Andrei Novak died July 11, 2011, and will be remembered for his contributions to quality of life research. Andrei received his MD from the Military Medical Academy, Leningrad in 1975 and in 1982 he completed a residency program in the Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Military Medical Academy (St. Petersburg). It was in St. Petersburg where Andrei emerged as a physician and a scientist, and where he worked till 2003 when he joined the Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center in Moscow. On his move to Moscow he created the Department of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, and became the Russian leader in the field of new treatments in patients with autoimmune diseases, including autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. His clinical and research interests at that time were hematologic disorders; cancer; autoimmune diseases; stem cell transplantation. In 1996 Andrei became the Chief of the Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology. …