All-Russian Student Forum “Minimally invasive technologies in pediatric surgery. From theory to practice” dedicated to the memory of Professor A.V. Geraskin

The Training Center for Innovative Medical Technologies was opened at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University in 2011 with the active participation of Professor A.V. Geraskin. On the following year, the All-Russian Student Forum “Minimally Invasive Technologies in Pediatric Surgery” was conducted. If eight teams from six universities took part in the first forum, there were 30 teams from 16 universities in Russia in the tenth anniversary forum in 2021. The forum held intellectual and practical competitions, which included performing tasks on simulators in a simulation operating room. Forum participants become successful pediatric surgeons, who are continuers of the traditions of our profession.