The article describes the history of the creation of the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution from a problem laboratory to the present day, namely, functioning as a national medical research center. The final figures for medical and scientific work, educational activities are presented. The Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution as an NMRC closely interacts with medical institutions of the assigned territories. cooperates closely with medical institutions in the assigned territories. Active benchmarking, continuous monitoring of ophthalmic care, analytical, organizational, methodological work, development of telemedicine. Each year, the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution performs more than 320 thousand operations and more than 1.5 million consultations. Over 35 years, about 25 million consultations and more than 7.5 million operations have been performed and more than 8 million patients have been treated. The share of the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution in the volume of ophthalmic surgical care provided in Russia is 37%. More than 15 thousand children undergo surgery in the centers for children of the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution every year. 35 years: 400 thousand foreign patients from 120 countries. A surge in online conferences. 2019: about four thousand conference participants. 2020: more than ten thousand. Institute of Continuing Professional Education with well-equipped WETLAB simulation operating rooms. Every year, 150 residents and postgraduates; training cycles – 600 ophthalmologists. Key words: history of the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, national medical research center, benchmarking, Institute of Continuing Professional Education, WETLAB, medical tourism, socially significant diseases, children's center, mobile ophthalmological complexes
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