Rezida Maratovna Galimova
Co-founder of the Center, neurosurgeon,
Doctor of Medical Sciences

The world’s first female neurosurgeon skilled in MRgFUS
One of the creators of the first non-invasive neurosurgery center in Russia using MRI-guided focused ultrasound. Treatment of tremor, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia. Doctor of Medical Sciences. MBA (John Hopkins University)
Email: rezida@galimova.com
Phone +7 (967) 740-60-99
Operating hours:
Mon — Fri 8:00 — 18:00
Sat — Sun Not working
Lunch 13:45 — 14:15
V.S. Buzaev International Medical Centre Buzaeva ®
Position: neurosurgeon
Organization address: 450059, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa, Richard Sorge St., 17/4
Bashkir State Medical University
Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery and Medical Rehabilitation with the IDPO course.
Organization address: 450008, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa, Lenin St., 3
Education
- 2018-2020 Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School, MBA, Healthcare Administration
- 2018 Management and Strategy Institute Six Sigma Black Belt Professional
- 2018 Arizona State University, Cronkite Global Initiatives, Project Development and Entrepreneurship
- 2018 Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Public Health Policy and Management
- 2018 Institute of Healthcare Improvement Leadership and Organizing for Change
- 2017 Riverwood Associates Lean Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Professional
- 2015 Bashkir State Medical University, Healthcare Organization and Public Health
- 2002-2004 Bashkir State Medical University, residency, neurosurgeon
- 2001-2002 Bashkir State Medical University, internship, pediatric surgeon
- 1995-2001 Bashkir State Medical University, Pediatric Faculty, Pediatrician
Work Experience
- 2011 — 2018 Deputy Chief Physician for Surgery, Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ufa
- 2006 — 2011 Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ufa
Awards and Grants
- 2018 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Award for training in management and healthcare organization at Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
- 2013 Awarded a grant J. Kiffin Penry Foundation for training in stimulation treatment of refractory epilepsy
- 2009 Awarded a grant by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons for an internship in pediatric neurosurgery at the hospital Montefiore, 111 East 210 Street, Bronx, New York 10467 USA. Cranioplasty, surgical treatment of epilepsy
- 2009 Winner of the All-Russian competition organized by the Princess Diana of Wales Foundation for an internship at the hospital Great Ormond Street Children, London, WC1N 3JH.
- 2008 Awarded a grant from the American-Austrian Foundation for an internship at the hospital Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Specialization – General Neurosurgery
- 2008 The research was recognized as the best at the competition for young scientists held by the European Association of Pediatric Neurosurgeons at the 21st Annual Congress ( ESPN) в Montreux, Switzerland.
- 2007 Awarded a grant to participate with a presentation at the 35th Annual Congress of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery ISPN), Liverpool, UK. September 9-13, 2007.
Publications
| Title of the work, its type | Work Format | Output data | Volume in p.l. or c | Co-authors | |
| Artificial intelligence: Neural network model as the multidisciplinary team member in clinical decision support to avoid medical mistakes (research article) | Pech. | Chronic diseases and translational medicine. – 2016. – Vol. 2, N 03. – P. 166-172. Sc | 7/1,75 | Buzaev I.V., Plechev V.V., Nikolaeva I.E. | |
| TCTAP A-048 Neural Network Model as the Multidisciplinary Team Member in Clinical Decision Support to Avoid Medical Mistakes (aLYNX concept) (conference paper abstracts) | Pech. | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. – 2017. – Vol. 69, N 16S. – P. S25-S26. Ws | 2/0,5 | Buzaev, I.V., Plechev, V.V., Nikolaeva I.E. | |
| Artificial intelligence—Developments in medicine in the last two years (conference paper abstracts) | Pech. | Chronic diseases and translational medicine. – 2019. – Vol. 5, N 1. – P. 64. Sc | 1/0,2 | Buzaev I.V., Kireev A., Yuldybaev L.K., Shaykhulova A.F. | |
| Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Oncology and Radiology | Pech. | Creative Surgery and Oncology. – 2018. – Vol. 8, No. 3. – P. 208-215. VAK | 7/1,75 | I.V. Buzaev, V.V. Plechev, R.M. Galimova [and others. ] | |
| Therapy Using MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Tremor-Dominant Parkinson’s Disease (Research Article) | Pech. | Neurological Readings in Perm. – Perm, 2020. – P. 61-68. | 8/2,66 | Golchenko E.A., Karakulova Y.V. | |
| Therapy of Movement Disorders Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound. Recommendations for Neurologists on Patient Selection (Research Article) | Pech. | Bulletin of the National Society for the Study of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. – 2020. – No. 1. – pp. 9-15. | 7/1,75 | Illarioshkin S.N., Buzaev I.V., Kachemaeva O.V. | |
| Opportunities of the International Telemedicine Operating Team in Non-Invasive Neurosurgery (Conference Abstracts) | El. | Current Issues in Functional and Ultrasound Diagnostics: Materials V All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference (October 29-30, 2021, Moscow). – M., 2021 | 1/1 | – | |
| Treatment of Movement Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor with MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound (Conference Abstracts) | Pech. | VIII Annual Conference of Neurosurgeons of the Northwestern Federal District (23–25 September 2021, Saint Petersburg). – SPb., 2021. | 1/0,142 | Krekotin D.K., Kachemaeva O.V., Sidorova Y.A., Akhmadeeva G.N., Buzaev I.V., Safin Sh.M., a total of 7 people | |
| Treatment of Movement Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor with MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound (Conference Abstracts) | Pech. | IX All-Russian Congress of Neurosurgeons. – Moscow, 2021. | 1/0,142 | Krekotin D.K., Kachemaeva O.V., Sidorova Y.A., Akhmadeeva G.N., Buzaev I.V., Safin Sh.M., a total of 7 people | |
| First in history MRgFUS treatment procedures remote start and successful treatment of PD patients due to COVID-19 epidemic (conference abstracts) | El. | Movement Disorders Society Virtual Congress. – 2021. (https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/first-in-history-mrgfus-treatment-procedures-remote-start-and-successful-treatment-of-pd-patients-due-to-covid-19-epidemic/) Ws, Sc | 1,0,166 | Kachemaeva O., Akhmadeeva G., Sidorova YU., Krekotin D., Buzaev I. | |
| Anxiety and depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease selected for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy (conference abstracts) | Pech. | Movement Disorders. – 2021. – Vol. 36, Suppl. 1. – S. 420. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.28794. Ws, Sc | 1/0,125 | Kachemaeva O., Krekotin D., Sidorova Y., Buzaev I., Saveliev A., Mukhamadeeva N. and others, a total of 8 people | |
| The study of genetic factors in motor levodopa-induced complications development in Russian patients with Parkinson’s disease (abstracts of congress presentations) | Печ. | Movement disorders. – 2021. – Vol. 36. – P. S304-S304. Ws, Sc | 1/0,025 | Akhmadeeva G., Khidiyatova I., Gilyazova I., Tayupova G., Umutbaev S., Baitimerov A., only 7 people | |
| First in history MRgFUS treatment procedures remote start and successful treatment of PD patients due to COVID-19 epidemic (theses of congress reports) | Pech. | Movement Disorders. – 2021. – Vol. 36, Suppl. 1. – P. S.542 https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.28794. Ws, Sc | 1/0,166 | Kachemaeva O., Akhmadeeva G., Sidorova YU., Krekotin D., Buzaev I., only 6 people | |
| Anxiety and depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease selected for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy (conference abstracts) | El. | Movement Disorders Society Virtual Congress – 2021. Ws, Sc | 1/0,125 | Kachemaeva O., Krekotin D., Sidorova Y., Buzaev I., Saveliev A., Mukhamadeeva N. and others, a total of 8 people | |
| Evaluation of Follow-Up MRI After Non-Invasive Thalamotomy Using MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound | El. | Digital Diagnostics – 2021. – № 2 (S1). – S. 18-9. HAC, Sc. | 1/0,18 | Krekotin D.K. | |
| Two-Year Experience of the First Russian Center for Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders with MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound (Conference Abstracts) | Pech. | Conference of Neurosurgeons of the Volga Federal District (June 30 – July 1, 2022, Cheboksary). – Cheboksary, 2022. | 1/0,33 | Safin Sh.M., Buzaev I.V. | |
| MRI-guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of movement disorders: 2-year Russian experience (conference abstracts) | Pech. | Neuroforum–2022 and V National Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. – Moscow, 2022. | 1/1 | – | |
| Bilateral Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Medication-Resistant Essential Tremor Treatment (theses of congress reports) | Pech. | International Congress of Movement disorders Society (September 15-18, 2022, Madrid, Spain). – Madrid, Spain, 2022. | 1/0,166 | Kachemaeva O., Krekotin D., Sidorova Y., Mukhamadeeva N., Akhmadeeva G., only 6 people | |
| Transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in Lance-Adams syndrome (abstracts of congress presentations) | Pech. | International Congress of Movement disorders Society (September 15-18, 2022, Madrid, Spain). – Madrid, Spain, 2022. – Abstr. 281. | 1/0,142 | Sidorova YU., Akhmadeeva G., Kachemaeva O., Krekotin D., Buzaev I., Muhamadeeva N. and others, a total of 7 people | |
| The study of genetic factors in motor levodopa-induced complications development in Russian patients with Parkinson’s disease (abstracts of congress presentations) | Pech. | International Congress of Movement disorders Society (September 15-18, 2022, Madrid, Spain). – Madrid, Spain, 2022. | Akhmadeeva G., Khidiyatova I., Gilyazova I., Umutbaev S., Baitimerov A., Kachemaeva O. and others, a total of 8 people | ||
| Two-Year Experience of the First Russian Center for Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders with MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound (Conference Abstracts) | Pech. | Conference of Neurosurgeons of the Volga Federal District (June 30 – July 1, 2022, Cheboksary). – Cheboksary, 2022. | 1/0,33 | Safin Sh.M., Buzaev I.V. | |
| MRI-guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of movement disorders: 2-year Russian experience (conference abstracts) | Pech. | Neuroforum–2022 and V National Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (June 23–24, 2022, Moscow).- M., 2022 | 1/1 | – | |
| Serum Biomarkers in Brain Injury (Research Article) | Pech. | № 1753 from the list of peer-reviewed research publications as of (21.12.2022) Nervous Diseases. – 2022. – No. 1. – P. 3-11 | 9/1,285 | Mukhamadeeva N.R., Kachemaeva O.V., Buzaev I.V., Yusupova I.I., Zagidullin Sh.Z., Zagidullin N.Sh. et al., a total of 7 people | |
| The first experience in Russia of treating patients with essential tremor using MRI-guided focused ultrasound (research article) | Pech. | № 191 from the list of peer-reviewed research publications as of (21.12.2022) Annals of Clinical and Experimental Neurology. – 2022. – Vol. 16, No. 2. – P. 5–14. | 10/0,909 | Nabiullina D.I., Illarioshkin S.N., Safin Sh.M., Sidorova Yu.A., Akhmadeeva G.N., Mukhamadeeva N.R., et al., a total of 11 people | |
| Transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in Lance-Adams syndrome (conference abstracts) | Pech. | Movement disorders. – 2022. – Vol. 37, suppl. 1. Ws, Sc | 1/0,142 | Sidorova Y.U., Akhmadeeva G., Kachemaeva O., Krekotin D., Buzaev I., Muhamadeeva N. and others, a total of 7 people | |
| Bilateral Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Medication-Resistant Essential Tremor Treatment (conference abstracts) | Pech. | Movement disorders. – 2022. – Vol. 37, suppl. 1. Ws, Sc | 1/0,166 | Kachemaeva O., Krekotin D., Sidorova Y., Mukhamadeeva N., Akhmadeeva G., only 6 people | |
| Treatment of the akinetic-rigid form of Parkinson’s disease, complicated by the development of fluctuations and dyskinesias, using the destruction method with focused ultrasound | Pech. | № 1753 from the list of peer-reviewed research publications as of (01.02.2022) Nervous Diseases -2022. – No. 4. – pp. 26-30. HAC | 5/1,285 | Akhmadeeva G.N., Nabiullina D.I., Illarioshkin S.N., Safin Sh.M., Sidorova Y.A. | |
| Experience with Staged and Simultaneous Bilateral Thalamotomy Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Essential Tremor | Pech. | № 1055 from the list of peer-reviewed research publications as of (01/26/2023) Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry named after S.S. Korsakov. – 2023. – Vol. 123, No. 7. – pp. 65‑73. Sc, WAC | 9/1,166 | Nabiullina D.I., Illarioshkin S.N., Safin Sh.M., Sidorova Yu.A., Akhmadeeva G.N., Buzaev I.V. | |
| Reoperation Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound in Patients with Essential Tremor | Печ. | № 1778 from the list of peer-reviewed scientific publications as of (01.02.2022) Nervous Diseases. – 2023. – No. 2. – P. 59-63. HAC | 5/1,166 | Nabiullina D.I., Illarioshkin S.N., Safin Sh.M., Sidorova Y.A., Akhmadeeva G.N., Buzaev I.V. | |
| Magnetic resonance imaging‐guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy launch with remote telemedicine international proctorship | Pech. | Chronic Dis Transl Med. 2023; 1-11. doi:10.1002/cdt3.92 Ws, Sc | 11/1,219 | Buzaev I.V.,Illarioshkin S.N., Safin S.M., Zagidullin N.S. |
Completed Projects
• Online Portal for Resuscitation and Consultation Assistance of RB
• Online Patient Hospitalization Portal
• RDKB App for Smartphones
• The “Kangaroo” Method for Caring for Premature Newborns
• Preoperative Psychological Support Program for Patients
• Donor Breast Milk Bank
• Charity City Marathon with the Goal of Acquisition
Compounding machine
Skills
Deputy Chief Physician for Surgery, Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ufa
• Organization of the Hospital’s Treatment and Diagnostic Process in
surgical departments, resuscitation and intensive care,
neonatal intensive care and resuscitation, operating room
block, emergency room, trauma center, central
sterilization department
• Strategic Financial Planning for Acquisition
consumables, medical equipment
• Implementation of Modern Standards for Treatment and Diagnosis Based on
evidence-based medicine
• Management of 237 medical specialists (heads
departments, surgeons, pediatricians, anesthesiologists-resuscitators)
• Development and Implementation of a 24/7 Online Service Portal
emergency care for children of the Republic of Bashkortostan, which allowed
reduce infant mortality from 7.4 in 2015 to 6.6 in 2017
• Development and implementation of an online hospitalization portal, which allowed
reduce the waiting time for hospital admission from 78 days in 2015
year up to 10 days in 2016
• Development and implementation of a smartphone application with the aim of
patient flow separation and increased accessibility of medical
help
• Implementation of Infection Control Using Software for
monitoring of HAIs developed by WHO
• Implementation of Risk Management and Lean Principles
healthcare into the organization of department operations
• Implementation of Kangaroo Care – Method of Early Rehabilitation for Premature Infants
newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit
• Opening of the second donor breast milk bank in Russia, what
allowed to reduce the development of nonspecific ulcerative colitis in
premature newborns and other perinatal complications
• Development and Implementation of a Preoperative Psychological Program
support for surgical patients with accompaniment
Parents to the operating room.
• Statistical analysis of work results, preparation
analytical reports for the Ministry of Health
• Recruitment, working with interns and clinical residents.
• Organization of conferences, training seminars, charitable events
events
Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital,
Ufa.






