Expert opinion: Comments of MISiS scientists on future professions in medicine

Outstanding specialists with unquestionable experience in scientific fields shared with readers Geektimes their short comments on the prospects of various professions in the field of medicine.

IT medic

Specialist with a good knowledge of IT, creates a database of physiological data and manages them, creates software for medical and diagnostic equipment.


Mazhuga Alexander Georgievich
Doctor of Chemical Sciences
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Profession will be in demand, but in the future years.
Progress in the field of modern medical chemistry and pharmacology ensures the creation of new classes of drugs for the treatment of pathologies of various etiologies.
Education baseline general practitioner does not allow to adequately assess the compatibility of drugs and the possible effects associated with their use. The task of the IT physician is to develop an information "cloud" that will be automated to assess the risks of taking medications.
Another area is the maintenance of diagnostic systems, the development of methodologies for evaluating research results and recommendations for therapy, this is the task of the future IT medicine.

Bioethics

Specialist in regulatory and ethical aspects of the activities of medical, diagnostic and bioengineering centers in which transplantology and genetic modeling are carried out.

Extremely important direction, the intensification of research in the field of application of cellular technologies, stem-cell-based platforms requires the development and support of experts in the field of bioethics. I would not call it a separate profession. It requires a regulatory framework.

Medical Robot Operator

Specialist in programming diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical robots.

It is imperative and in demand.

Genetic counselor

Conducts primary and planned genetic analysis in diagnostic centers, processes data from diagnostic devices, gives a conclusion and recommendations on further treatment regimens (detection of hereditary diseases, tumor markers, etc.)

It will be very popular. Already, there are centers where there are not enough specialists. This is the profession of a geneticist.

Medical Equipment Architect

A specialist in engineering and computer graphics, materials science, materials, machinery parts, electrical engineering, possesses spatial thinking, understands human anatomy and physiology, understands the biocompatibility of materials and devices, is an expert in medical and technical security.


Prokoshkin Sergey Dmitrievich
Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Researcher at MISiS
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The profession is certainly promising. A promising final product is an implant, a tool or an element of a medical technology device that should provide functionality that is unattainable when using traditional materials and technologies.

The absolute requirement for it is a combination of biomechanical and biochemical compatibility with tissues and body fluids, as well as with the functional behavior of organs being replaced or repaired. The medical architect must have the knowledge and skills to meet this perspective.

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