Birthdate

29.02.1972

Organization

Republican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Health Ministry of the Republic of Belarus

Position

Director

Research specialization

Research area

Microbiology

Research specialization

Antimicrobial drug resistance, rational antibiotic therapy, microbiological and epidemiological monitoring for septic and nosocomial infections

Career

12.2011-up till now – Director of the Republican Research & Practical Center for Epidemiology & Microbiology of Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus.
2005-2011 - Assistant professor of Dept. Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology at the Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus.
1999-2003 - senior lecturer of Dept. Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology at the Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus.
1999 – Thesis under the title: "Biological properties and the role of gram-negative bacteria in etiology of purulent-septic infections", Degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences.
1995-1998 – postgraduate course in Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Research Institute for Epidemiology & Microbiology.
1989-1995 – medical student, Belarusian State Medical University, Sanitary and Hygiene Faculty.

Scientific activities

Projects

Participant of scientific project: "Microbiological monitoring of resistance to antibiotics of bacteria in the Republic of Belarus" in the frame of the State Scientific-Technical Programmes "Infectious Diseases" (1996-2000) and “Infectious Diseases and Medical Biotechnology” (2001-2010).

Publications

1. Ermakova, T.S., Gorbunov, V.A., Titov L.P. (2011). [Species composition and antimicrobial resistance of septic infections agents]. Zdravookhranenie (Minsk), 10, 16-25. [In Russian].
2. Titov, L.P., Ermakova, T.S., Gorbunov, V.A. Lebedev, F.A. (2011). Antimicrobial resistance of the clinically significant microorganisms (Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp.) monitoring. In: Accomplishments of Medical Science in Belarus (Minsk), 16, 35-36. Available online: http://www.med.by/dmn/ [In Russian, summary in English].
3. Titov, L., Ermakova, T., Gorbunov, V., Lebedev, F., Kazakov, I., Glazkova, S. (2011). Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in the Republic of Belarus: results of National Surveillance System (2008-2010). In: Proc. 21st Eur. Congr. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. / 27th Int. Congr. Chemother. (21st ECCMID/27th ICC), 7-10 May, 2011, Milan, Italy. Available online: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03558.x/pdf.
4. Gorbunov, V.A., Titov, L.P. Ermakova, T.S. (2010). [Using the basic antibiotic classes in Belarus health care in 2007-2009]. Zdravookhranenie (Minsk), 10, 13-17. [In Russian].
5. Gorbunov, V.A., Ermakova, T.S. Titov, L.P. (2010). [Analysis of health care institutions activity in monitoring on antimicrobial resistance of nosocomial microorganisms in 2003-2009]. In: [collection of scientific papers “Current Problems of Human Infectious Pathology” (Minsk)], 4, 365-370. [In Russian].
6. Titov, L.P., Ermakova, T.S., Gorbunov, V.A. (2009). [Monitoring for nosocomial infections, their etiological structure, and antibiotic resistance]. Zdravookhranenie (Minsk), 10, 63-66. [In Russian].
7. Titov, L.P., Ermakova, T.S., Slizen, V.V., Gorbunov, V.A. (2009). Microbiological monitoring of resistance of nosocomial pathogens to antimicrobials in Republic of Belarus. In: Proc. 12-th Int. Seminar of Science Advisory Committee (SAC Sеminar) “Combating Global Infections”, Listvyanka-Irkutsk, Russia, 50.
8. Titov, L.P., Ermakova, T.S., Gorbunov, V.A., Slizen, V.V. (2009). Antimicrobial drug resistance profiles of staphylococcus, enterobacteria, nonfermenting gram-negative bacterium in hospitals of Belarus in 2009. In: Accomplishments of Medical Science in Belarus (Minsk), 14, 46-47. Available online: http://www.med.by/dmn/ [In Russian, summary in English].
9. Gorbunov, V.A., Titov, Krylov, I.A. (2007). [Resistance to antibiotic of E. coli and P. aeruginosa strains, isolated from patients with purulent-septic infections in hospitals of the Republic of Belarus]. Recept (Minsk), 1, 133-137. [In Russian].
10. Gorbunov, V.A., Titov, L.P., Ermakova, T.S. (2007). [Multicenter study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial strains antibiotic resistance in the Republic of Belarus]. Zdravookhranenie (Minsk), 1, 28-31. [In Russian].
11. Gorbunov, V.A., Titov, L.P. (2007). [Pseudomonas infection (epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention)]. [Military Medicine] Voennaya Meditsina (Minsk), 1, 91-96. [In Russian].

Patents

Contact data

Dr. Vladimir A. Gorbunov
Director
Republican Research & Practical Center for Epidemiology & Microbiology
220114, Minsk, Filimonova Str. 23
tel.: +375-172 67 30 50
fax: +375-172 67 30 93
e-mail: gorbunov@belriem.by
http://www.belriem.by