Giulnara Ziyatdinova is a physician with a multidisciplinary medical background, a Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD equivalent), a physician of the highest qualification category, and a qualified osteopath whose professional osteopathy education was completed in France.

She was born in Valga, Estonia, and considers Turkmenistan her historical homeland, where key stages of her personal and professional development took place. Giulnara began her medical education at the Turkmen State Medical Institute, studying there from 1992 to 1996. Following relocation, she continued her studies in Saint Petersburg and graduated with honors from Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University with a degree in General Medicine. There she also completed her internship in obstetrics and gynecology, followed by postgraduate training in obstetrics and gynecology and urology.

Her scientific research focused on “Characteristics of Bladder Dysfunction in Perimenopausal Women.” After successfully defending her dissertation, she was awarded the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences. Dr. Ziyatdinova is a physician of the highest qualification category, combining extensive clinical experience with a strong scientific and analytical approach to patient health.

For more than 18 years, she worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist at Maternity Hospital No. 1 in Saint Petersburg. Alongside her clinical practice, she completed professional retraining in osteopathy at the V. L. Andrianov Institute of Osteopathic Medicine (2012–2016, Saint Petersburg). In 2016 she graduated from the Institut Supérieur d’Ostéopathie Paris (France) with the professional Diplôme d’Ostéopathe. Her training in Paris covered osteopathy, manual methods for the musculoskeletal system and a comprehensive approach to the body’s functional state. Since 2016, she has regularly undertaken postgraduate training and advanced osteopathic education in France and Austria.

From 2016 to 2022, Dr. Ziyatdinova practiced as an osteopathic physician at the “Breath of Life” Osteopathic Medicine Center in Saint Petersburg. Between 2018 and 2022, she also served as a lecturer at the V. L. Andrianov Institute of Osteopathic Medicine, sharing her clinical experience and expertise with future specialists. Since 2023, she has been running a private osteopathic practice in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

In her work, Dr. Ziyatdinova treats patients of all ages: from newborns and children to adults and elderly patients. Her main areas of practice include pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, and geriatrics. She values measurable results, professional expertise, and open communication, aiming for patients not only to feel better but also to clearly understand what is happening in their bodies.

Her professional credo is: “If you want to understand that everything is fine with you and your children, you’re in the right place. Health is a renewable resource.” In her clinical work, she relies on care, kindness, and genuine openness, creating an atmosphere of trust and safety.

Among her most meaningful personal and professional achievements are the birth of her son, successful defense of her PhD dissertation, teaching at an osteopathic institute, establishing a successful medical practice in Europe, and achieving high treatment effectiveness often from the very first session. Dr. Ziyatdinova is also a co-author of the educational manual “Osteopathy in Obstetrics and Gynecology.”

Outside of her professional life, she finds inspiration in hiking, meditation, prana yoga, and scientific tourism, sources of balance that she considers an essential part of a conscious and healthy lifestyle.