XII PRIOROV ORTHOPEDIC FORUM
12 – 13 december 2025 / Moscow
dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the birth of N.N. Priorov
full-time format
ABOUT FORUM
Date and Venue: December 12-13, 2025 in the "Monarch" hotel, 31A, bldg.1, Leningradskiy prospekt, Moscow.
Event Format: classroom-based, there is no registration fee for participants.
The Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation dated 28.12.2024 № 756 approved the holding in December 2025 of the XII All-Russian Priorov Forum.

The Priorov Forum was approved to be held according to the Order of the Russian Ministry of Health No. 756 dated 28/12/2024. The 12th All-Russian Priorov Forum dedicated to the 140th Anniversary of N.N. Priorov's birthday is to be held on 12-13 December, 2025 in Moscow.
The annual Priorov Readings are an open platform for exchanging ideas, knowledge and experience, learning about the latest trends and discussing the most significant issues in the industry. The unique format, which combines a scientific and practical conference, an industry exhibition and a school for young scientists, promotes the open dialogue not only among specialists of all ages and skills, but also among representatives of commercial organizations.

Nowadays, this event has scaled up from a small scientific and practical conference into a forum with more than 1,000 leading traumatologists and orthopedists of the Russian Federation and near-abroad participate annually. We discuss the current issues of organizing and providing specialized trauma and orthopedic care, training medical staff, ways to improve the quality of medical care, implementation of high-tech medical care, standardization, expert and other issues to solve.
The Forum was included in the Plan of scientific and practical events of the Russian Ministry of Health by the order of the Russian Ministry of Health No. 756 dated 28/12/2024.

The Forum will represent a Conference of Young Scientists, the presentation of the "Power of Movement" Award and a thematic exhibition of medical and pharmaceutical companies demonstrating the latest achievements in traumatology and orthopedics.

The Forum topics
  • General Traumatology and Orthopedics
  • Polytrauma
  • Combat-Related Trauma
  • Hip Joint Surgery
  • Knee Joint Surgery
  • Shoulder and Elbow Joint Surgery
  • Surgery of the Hand
  • Foot and Ankle Joint Surgery
  • Issues of Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopic Surgery
  • Endoprosthesis replacement
  • Bone Pathology and Onco-orthopedics
  • Vertebrology
  • Regenerative Medicine Technologies in Traumatology and Orthopedics
  • Orthobiologics
  • Traumatological and Orthopedic Aspects of the Osteoporosis Issue
  • Traumatology and Orthopedics of Childhood
  • Complications in Traumatology and Orthopedics, including Implant-associated Infection
  • Rehabilitation for Injuries and Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System
  • Organization of Traumatological and Orthopedic Care and Issues of Personnel Training
Nikolay Nikolaevich Priorov
Nikolay Nikolaevich Priorov is a Soviet physician, one of the pioneers of Russian traumatology and orthopedics. He was considered as an organizer of science, healthcare and a talented teacher. The origin of the theory and practice of prosthetics is associated with the name of Priorov. He was one of the most prominent specialists in the field of the treatment of musculoskeletal system.

Nikolay Nikolaevich was born on May, 29, 1885 in the Arkhangelsk province. He studied in Tomsk University, graduating from the medical faculty in 1912. Nikolay Nikolaevich devoted his life and energy to organizing prosthetic and orthopedic care in our country. In 1918, he took part in the development of the regulation of the People's Commissariat of Social Security "On the supply of the disabled with prostheses." Nikolay Nikolaevich offered to create the special hospitals to treat the disabled and establish the factories for the production of prostheses.

In 1919, the courses to train technicians and instructors in prosthetic and orthopedic work were organized in Moscow.
In 1921, Priorov together with V. N. Rozanov created the Medical and Prosthetic Institute. Nikolay Nikolaevich had been heading institute until he died. In 1940, the Institute was renamed into the Central Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics. In the pre-war years, Priorov published a number of scientific works devoted to the organization of prosthetic and orthopedic work, current problems of theory and practice of prosthetics and prosthetic engineering.In 1941, his monograph "Amputation of Limbs and Prostheses" was published. It made a significant contribution to the development of domestic traumatology and orthopedics.

Nikolay Nikolaevich Priorov
Priorov was actively involved in teaching and social activities. He performed many operations in specialized hospitals, participated in consultations, and held meetings and conferences. Nikolay Nikolaevich wrote in one of his articles the following:

"In order to perform one's duty to the Motherland honestly, one must work three times more properly, better, with greater effect and fewer mistakes."

From 1945 to 1947, Priorov was the Deputy Minister of Health of the USSR and the Chairman of the Academic Council of the USSR Ministry of Health. In 1952, he was the chief traumatologist of the USSR Olympic team at the Olympic Games in Helsinki.
Priorov died on April 15, 1961 in Moscow. In 1971, the Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics was named after Nikolay Priorov.
In order to perform one's duty to the Motherland honestly, one must work three times more properly, better, with greater effect and fewer mistakes.
Venue
Monarch Hotel
31A Leningradsky Avenue, Building 1, Moscow 125284, RussiaHow to get there
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Organizers
  • Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
  • N.N. Priorov National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics, FSBI under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
  • Association of Orthopedists and Traumatologists of Russia, All-Russian Public Organization
  • Association of Surgeons-Vertebrologists
  • Russian Arthroscopic Soiety
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