Ruslan Bilal graduated from the Pediatric faculty of the Karaganda State Medical Institute in 1995. In 1995-96 he was attending internship in pediatric surgery in Children’s Clinic Hospital of Karaganda Region. After the successful completion of the internship, from 1996 to 2006, he was working as a pediatric surgeon in the emergency and elective surgical services of the Children’s Clinic Hospital of Karaganda Region. In 2006, Ruslan completed a 4-month training course in neonatal surgery at the «Soroca» Ben Gurion University clinic in Beer-Sheva, Israel. From August 2007, he was working as a doctor in the Neonatal surgery department of the National Scientific Center for Maternity and Childhood, located in Astana. In 2010, Mr. Bilal completed his Ph.D with the topic of «Early diagnosis and treatment of Hirschsprung’s disease in children». In 2013, he was awarded the “Bolashak” International Scholarship of the President of Kazakhstan, and between 2013-14 studied at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, United Kingdom. From 2015, Ruslan worked as a Senior neonatal surgeon at the Department of General Pediatric Surgery and Transplantology of the National Scientific Center for Maternity and Childhood. Since August of 2018, he is working at the Department of Medicine of the Nazarbayev University.

Education
MD degree at the Karaganda State Medical University, Pediatric Faculty (1995)
Internship “Pediatric surgery” (1995-1996)
«Neonatal Surgery» Courses – Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel (2006)
Ph.D in National Research Center of Maternity and Childhood, Astana, Kazakhstan (2010)
Fellowship in Neonatal Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom (October 2013-March 2014)

Experience
1. Emergency hospital, Pediatric surgery department, Karaganda, Kazakhstan (1995-2006)
2. National Research Center of Maternity and Childhood, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantology, Astana, Kazakhstan (2007-2018).
3. 2018- currently – Nazarbayev University School of Medicine, Instructor, Department of Medicine

Teaching experience
2004-2007 Teaching assistant, Karaganda State Medical University, Pediatric surgery Department, Kazakhstan

Research experience
PhD thesis: “Early diagnosis and treatment of Hirschsprung’s disease in children”.