Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine | |
Region: | Moscow |
Country: | Russia |
Coordinates: | 55.7733°N 37.6353°W |
Funding: | Government |
Network: | Health Department of the Government of Moscow |
Emergency: | Yes |
Helipad: | Yes |
Founded: | 1810 |
The Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine (Russian: Институт скорой помощи имени Склифосовского), known more commonly as the Sklifosovsky Institute or by the nickname Sklif, is an emergency medicine research hospital in the Meshchansky District of Moscow, Russia.[1] Named for the Russian surgeon and physiologist N. V. Sklifosovsky, it is located on the Garden Ring circular ring road around the centre of Moscow.
It was one of the first in Russia and is the largest multidisciplinary scientific and practical center in the capital.[2] It specialises in emergency medical care, emergency surgery, resuscitation, combined and burn trauma, emergency cardiology and acute poisoning.[3]
The Sklifosovsky Institute played a major part in Moscow's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
The hospital was the setting of the long-running Russian TV medical drama Sklifosovsky.