Alexander V. Nersesov, MD, ScD, Professor of Medicine – S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Professor Nersesov is currently Head of the Department of Gastroenterology at the S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Invited professor of the Department of Propaedeutics, Gastroenterology, and dietetics at the North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, St Petersburg, Russia, Consultant for the Medical Center of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
He studied medicine at the Kazakh State Medical University and completed a residency in internal medicine. Then Dr Nersesov went on to specialize in gastroenterology and immunology receiving his academic degrees of Candidate in Medical Sciences (1992), Doctor in Medical Sciences (1999), and academic ranks of Associate Professor and Full Professor (2003). Throughout his career Professor Nersesov has held professional appointments from Research Fellow (1992), Senior Research Fellow (1995) in the sequel, and Head (2000) of the Clinical Department at the Research Center of Nutrition, Almaty, Kazakhstan to more recently Professor of Internal Medicine at the Kazakh State Medical Academy, Astana, Kazakhstan (2001-2008). Between 2001 and 2008 Professor Nersesov combined his academic career with state service at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the Director of Medical Care and Prevention and the Counsellor for the Minister. In 2009 he moved to Japan as a Visiting Fellow in Hepatology at the National Health Organization Nagasaki Medical Center. On returning to Kazakhstan, Professor Nersesov started working for the National Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine as a Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (20092-2012), Chair of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy (2012-2019), and then moved to S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (since 2019). Professor Nersesov has professional affiliations with several professional organizations including the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL). Since 2007 he is the President of the Kazakh Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL). Professor Nersesov’s main clinical and research interests are chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver disease, and liver cirrhosis complications. He is the author and co-author of 178 publications in local and international journals, provides clinical supervision, serves as a principal investigator in clinical trials, and is the main organizer of local and international conferences on gastroenterology and hepatology in Kazakhstan.