Prof. Alexey Boyko gained his MD and PhD from the Russian State Medical University, Moscow. He has been a Professor of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at this university since 1997. Additionally, he was the Chief Neurologist at the Department of Health Care of the Government of Moscow from 2001 to 2015, Director of the Moscow multiple sclerosis (MS) Center from 2004 to 2014, and has been Director of the MS Clinical and Research Center at Neuroclinica Hospital, Usupov’s Hospital since 2015.

Prof. Boyko is also a member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Society of Neurologists, co-ordinator of the Medical Consulting Boards of Moscow and All-Russian MS Societies, and President of the Russian Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (RUCTRIMS).

He has published 12 books of his own, 12 chapters in other books, and more than 700 original publications. He is a co-editor of three medical journals. His main interests are the epidemiology and genetics of MS, immunopathogenesis, and clinical trials in MS.