Report on the 9th All-Russian Congress of the Scientific Medical Society of Anatomists, Histologists, and Embryologists of Russia (May 28–30, 2025, Orenburg)

The 9th All-Russian Congress of the Scientific Medical Society of Anatomists, Histologists, and Embryologists of Russia with international participation, titled Fundamental and Applied Morphology in the 21st Century, was held on May 28–30, 2025, at Orenburg State Medical University (OrSMU). The congress was dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor I.I. Kagan (OrSMU), and the 100th anniversary of Academician M.R. Sapin (Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences), also an Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. This major scientific event brought together over 700 in-person participants: morphologists, educators, postgraduate students, medical students, and healthcare professionals from more than 60 cities across Russia, as well as from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Germany, Malaysia, and other countries. For the first time, delegates from the newly integrated territories—the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics—also took part. Over the three days of the congress, five public lectures were delivered, approximately 200 oral presentations were given, and more than 700 scientific abstracts were submitted for publication. In his presidential report, Academician D.B. Nikityuk (Russian Academy of Sciences), President of the Society, analyzed the current state of the organization, scientific achievements of all 64 regional branches, and addressed matters of international cooperation, publishing activity, organizational and educational development. Strategic directions and future perspectives for the Society were outlined and discussed. The congress featured three plenary and over 20 sectional sessions, addressing both scientific problems and issues of teaching morphological sciences, as well as topics in variant, age-related, constitutional, and regional morphology. Discussions also included the prospects of using artificial intelligence in anatomical research and education, and other current issues in anatomy, histology, embryology, and clinical anatomy. During the congress, the Young Scientist Oral Presentation Competition (13 presentations) and a poster session with 60 presenters were successfully held. In the final session, the governing bodies of the Society were elected, including the Executive Board and the Presidium for 2025–2030, and the congress resolution was adopted.