Baykoshkarova Saltanat Berdenovna

8 april, 2024

A well-known and respected specialist in the field of reproductive medicine and a brilliant businessman in the field of biomedical business. Head of the first laboratory of in vitro fertilization in the Republic of Kazakhstan - Medical Center "Ecomed", Candidate of Biological Sciences, majoring in physiology. President of the Kazakhstan Association of Human Reproduction. Member of the National Commission for Women's Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, academician of the Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences of the Russian Federation. She was born on February 1, 1960 in the Talas district of the Dzhambul region, where she graduated from high school. While still a schoolgirl, she showed interest in the subjects of the biological cycle (human physiology and anatomy, zoology) and in 1978, having successfully overcome a high competition, she entered the Faculty of Biology of Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov. It is no coincidence that the choice of specialty fell on biology, the basis of all sciences about living nature. As you know, biology requires deep knowledge from the fields of chemistry, physics and mathematics, and foreign languages. Well-known teachers taught at Saltanat University: Avazbakieva Maginur Fatkullovna, Dyusembin Khabdrakhman Dyusembievich, Tashenov Kazis Tashenovich, Udolskaya Nadezhda Lvovna, Masenov Tolegen Masenovich, Shigaeva Maya Khazhetdinovna, Bersimbaev Rakhmetkazhi Iskendirovich, Rymzhanov Kaiyrbek Sakenovich, Mukhitdinov Nashtai Mukhitdinovich, Nurtazin Sabyr Temirgalievich and many others. Saltanat specialized in the Department of Human and Animal Physiology. Under the guidance of Professor K.S. Rymzhanova in 2004, she defended her PhD thesis on the topic “Physiological aspects of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer into the uterine cavity.” She received great assistance in this work from the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Biophysics under the guidance of Professor S.T. Tuleukhanova as a consultant and leading organization.  S.B. Baikoshkarova came up with the idea of ​​​​creating the first infertility treatment clinic in Kazakhstan - “Ecomed”. She introduced in vitro fertilization (IVF), or test-tube babies, to treat infertility. The first Kazakh test tube baby was born in the clinic on July 31, 1996. The Ecomed clinic was included in the World IVF Registry in France in 1995 as the first IVF laboratory in Kazakhstan. The clinic’s specialists have undergone and are undergoing internships in leading Russian and Russian-American infertility treatment centers, as well as in Germany, Italy, and Israel. In the establishment of the clinic, great assistance was provided by the head of the department of clinical embryology of the Russian Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor Boris Vladimirovich Leonov, who in 1986 received the first “test tube” child in the SSR. By the way, the first child in the world was born in 1978 in England in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Edwards. Also, the chief physician of the Central Bank of the Medical Center under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Professor B.S., directly assisted in the formation of the Kazakhstan clinic “Ecomed”. Kuralbaev and his colleagues. Under the auspices of the Ecomed clinic, the Kazakhstan Association of Human Reproduction was created. The clinic constantly provides consultations to infertile couples and their treatment in all situations that lead to non-pregnancy. In 2005, at the World Congress dedicated to the celebration of the birth of two million test tube babies in the world, Dr. Richard Edwards from Cambridge - the founder of IVF in the world - congratulated Saltanat Berdenovna and her team in London, noting the successful work of Ecomed. Currently, at the Ecomed Medical Center, thanks to Saltanat Berdenovna’s constant desire for improvement, all the most modern reproductive technologies that are used in the world have been introduced. Children conceived with the help of these technologies live in different parts of Kazakhstan, near and far abroad. S.B. Baikoshkarova is distinguished by enthusiasm, hard work, dedication and love for her chosen business. She never refuses women from distant villages with financial difficulties, meets them halfway, and, whenever possible, provides preferential assistance. Over the past 5 years, she has been a permanent presenter and consultant of the Khabar Agency television program “Birinshi baylyk - densaulyk”, dedicated to public health issues. Saltanat has a letter of gratitude from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. Nazarbayeva, was awarded the Almaty Zhuldyzy medal, and was included in the KINES book of Kazakhstan records in healthcare as the first specialist in the field of IVF and the organizer of the first IVF laboratory in Kazakhstan. Awarded the Honorary Badge “Kazakhstan Republics Densaulyk Saktau Isinin Uzdigine”, Gold Medal named after A.L. Chizhevsky, Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The life path and professional growth of Saltanat Baikoshkar Rova is the pride of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and undoubtedly serves as an example for young people to follow.

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