Meeting of principal surgeons and chairmen of surgical societies of Russia has taken place in Moscow. The principal non-staff surgeon of Health Ministry of Tatarstan Republic, the head physician substituent of SAHI Kazan "Municipal Clinical Hospital № 7", professor A.Ju.Anisimov has taken the active part in the meeting. The meeting took place in Vishnevsky Surgery Institute. The main questions of existence and functioning of surgical service in Russia, particularly the activity of surgical service in 2012, implementation of actual educational initiatives, and also quality improving postgraduate formation of doctors-surgeons have been discussed during the meeting. Specialists also have paid much attention to the question of preparation of clinical references (reports) of guiding of patients on "Surgery".