Department Staff

Abay Musayevich Shepetov

Head of the Department of Nephrology, D.M.S, Associate Professor, Nephrologist (Adult and Pediatric) of the Highest Category, Nephrology Care Coordinator, Almaty Public Health Department.

Email: shepetov.a@kaznmu.kz

Member of the Kazakhstan Dialysis Society (KDS)

Russian Dialysis Society (RDO)

Member of ERA from 05.02.2013г

Education: After completing eight years of school in 1980, he entered the Shymkent Medical School (sanitary and paramedic faculty) and graduated in 1984.

From 1984 to 1986, he served in the Soviet Army and in a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan.

Abay Musayevich Shepetov graduated from the Faculty of General Medicine at the Almaty State Medical Institute in 1992.

Work and research experience: He began his career as a medical intern in the Department of Surgical Diseases at the A.N. Syzganov Scientific Center of Surgery.

After completing his internship, from 1993 to 1999, he worked as a research fellow in the Department of Transplantology and Artificial Organs at the A.N. Syzganov Scientific Center of Surgery.

In 1998, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic: “Prevention and treatment of vascular complications before and after kidney transplantation”, specializing in 14.00.27 – surgery.

From 1999 to 2007, he headed the pediatric hemodialysis department at the Aksai Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital.

From 2007 to 2010, he was a doctoral student in the Department of Pediatric Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.

In 2010, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Pathogenetic rationale for the treatment of mineral and bone disorders in children with end-stage renal failure,” specializing in pediatrics (14.00.09).

From 2010 to 2011, he headed the hemodialysis department at Sunkar Medical Company.

2012–2013: Director of the State Public Utility “Zarya Vostoka Center for Primary Health Care” at the Almaty Healthcare Institution.

Since 2013, he has been an assistant professor, in 2014, an associate professor of the nephrology module, in 2016, he has been the head of the nephrology module, and since 2018, he has been the head of the nephrology department at the S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.

He is actively involved in the study of the diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. He has over 100 scientific publications in scientific journals in Kazakhstan and abroad. He has co-authored two monographs, one textbook, and five methodological recommendations. He holds nine invention certificates.

Department Staff

Kairat Abdullauly Kabulbayev

Professor of the Department of Nephrology, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Chairman of the Kazakh Association of Nephrologists, member of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), the European Renal Association (ERA), and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).

E-mail: kabulbaev.k@kaznmu.kz

Education:

1990-1996 – Aktobe State Medical Institute, Faculty of Pediatrics, with honors.

1997-2000 – Postgraduate study and defense of a PhD dissertation on renal anemia in children with chronic renal failure (Supervisors: Professor A.B. Kanatbaeva, Professor K.A. Mazhibaev)

1999 – DAAD fellowship at the Kidney Center of the University of Heidelberg, Germany (Supervisor: Professor E. Ritz).

2000-2002 – Internship (assistant physician) in the Department of Nephrology, Immunology, and Transplantology at the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland (Supervisor: Professor (J. Steiger).

2003-2004 – Scholarship recipient of the German Society of Nephrology. Internship in the Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology at the University Hospital of Göttingen, Germany.

2007-2010 – Doctoral studies and defense of a doctoral dissertation on transplant nephropathy (Supervisors: S.A. Dikanbaeva, A.B. Kanatbaeva).

2007-2010 – Doctoral studies and defense of doctoral dissertation on issues of transplant nephropathy (Supervisors: S.A. Dikanbaeva, A.B. Kanatbaeva).

2018-2019 – Clinical Nephropathology Course Program of ISN, Harvard Medical School.

2019-2020 – Advanced Clinical Nephropathology Course Program of ISN, Harvard Medical School

2022-2023 – CME Course “Advances in Glomerular Diseases”

2023 – Nephrology Refresher and Continuing Education Course (BRCU), Chicago, USA

Short-term courses: Renal Transplant Preceptorship, Charité-Clinic, Berlin, Germany (2011), Kidney Transplantation, Rabin Medical Center, Israel (2017), Medical Statistics (2022), GCP Certification Training (2023), American Congress of Nephrology (Kidney Week, 2024), Modern Technologies in the Educational Process (2025).

Work, research, and teaching experience:

1997-2002 – KazNMU, Department of Children’s Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine

2003-2004 – NMC, Astana, Department of Internal Medicine, Senior Researcher

Since 2009 – KazNMU, Department of Nephrology

Research interests: glomerular diseases, chronic kidney disease, and transplantation.

Co-author (with Prof. A.B. Kanatbaeva) of the textbook “Nephrology” in Kazakh and Russian, author of over 85 publications and guidelines, 6 copyright certificates, and compiler and reviewer of clinical protocols on kidney diseases. Hirsch index: 3 (2025).

Scientific advisor for doctoral theses (A.M. Balmukhanova, L.N. Nursultanova), which successfully defended and earned PhD degrees.

Ambassador of the International Society of Nephrology (2009-2016) – visiting professor to the Kyrgyz Republic (2014), Tajikistan (2017, 2018), academic mobility to Karaganda Medical University, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy (2023).

Chairman of the Kazakh Association of Nephrologists. Organizer and moderator of Clinical and Pathological Conferences for nephrologists and pathologists of Kazakhstan (monthly, online), regular participant in the School of Nephrology (since 2005).

Nagima Musabekovna Mustapayeva

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Pediatric Nephrologist of the Highest Category

e-mail: mustapayeva,n@kaznmu.kz

Education: Almaty State Medical Institute, Faculty of Pediatrics, specializing in pediatrics (1989-1995);

In 2000, she defended her PhD dissertation on the topic: “The functional reserve of renal function in the treatment of renal insufficiency.”

After completing her internship, she worked in the nephrourology department of the Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery (2000-2002).

From 2002 to 2006, she worked as an assistant in the Department of Pediatric Diseases with a course in endocrinology at the Aksai Children’s Clinical Hospital and the Scientific Center for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery.

In 2006, she completed advanced training in pediatrics at the Soroka University Medical Center (Be’er Sheva, Israel).

From 2007 to 2018, she was a resident physician in the Nephrology Department of the National Scientific Center for Medical Children’s Diseases (Astana).

In 2017, she completed a course on “Kidney Transplantation in Children with Extrarenal Pathology” at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Organ and Tissue Transplantation (9th City Clinical Hospital, Minsk, Republic of Belarus).

From 2018 to 2021, she worked as an Acting Associate Professor in the Department of Nephrology at S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, based at Children’s City Clinical Hospital No. 2.

From the 2021 to 2022 academic years, she worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Disciplines at the Higher School of Medicine at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, based at Children’s City Clinical Hospital No. 2.

From the 2021-2022 academic years, I worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Disciplines at the Higher School of Medicine of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, based at Children’s City Clinical Hospital No. 2.

Since the 2022 academic year, I have been an Acting Associate Professor in the Department of Nephrology at the S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.

Experience: consulting patients with various renal pathologies.

I have over 30 publications in scientific journals in Kazakhstan, near and far abroad, including one monograph and three copyright certificates for conducting practical classes

Nigmatullina Nazym Bakytbekovna

Associate Professor in the Department of Nephrology at S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, a PhD candidate, and a physician of the highest category.

In 1998, she graduated from the Faculty of Pediatrics at S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh State Medical University. She worked as a resident physician in the nephrology department at the Aksai Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital, as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Diseases in the Faculty of General Medicine with a course in endocrinology at S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, and as a nephrologist in the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation at the National Scientific Center for Maternal and Child Health of the University Medical Center Corporate Foundation. Currently, since 2021, he is an Associate Professor of the Department of Nephrology.

Abieyva Zhadyra Saktagankyzy

Assistant Professor, Head of Academic Affairs, Nephrologist

e-mail: abiyeva.zh@kaznmu.kz

Education:

Primary: Higher medical education

S. Zh. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Faculty of General Medicine, 2009-2014. Bachelor of Medicine with honors. GPA: 3.79/4.00.

S. Zh. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Faculty of Postgraduate Education, 2014-2016. Internship in Internal Medicine with honors. GPA: 3.82/4.00

S. Zh. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Faculty of Postgraduate Education, 2016-2018. Residency in Nephrology, including pediatrics, GPA: 3.85/4.00

From September 2018 to the present – ​​Kazakh National Medical University named after S. Zh. Asfendiyarov – position of assistant professor, head of the academic department of the Department of Nephrology.

Elmira Bolysbekovna Alimzhanova

KazNMU named after S.Zh. Asfendiyarov, Department of Nephrology, Assistant Professor, Nephrologist

e-mail: alimzhanova.e@kaznmu.kz

In 2009, she graduated from the S. Zh. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University with a degree in General Medicine.

In 2010, she completed an internship in Internal Medicine. After graduating, she worked as a general practitioner at City Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Almaty.

From 2010 to 2012, she completed a residency in Nephrology, including pediatrics, at S.Zh. Asfendiyarov KazNMU.

From 2012 to the present, she has worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Nephrology at S.Zh. Asfendiyarov KazNMU.

From 2012 to 2015, she studied at the Kh.S. Nasybullina School of Pedagogical Excellence at the S.Zh. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.

In 2014, she worked at the A.N. Syzganov Research Institute of Surgery as a nephrologist in the Department of Extracorporeal Detoxification, Hemodialysis, and Kidney Transplantation.

Since 2017, she has worked as a nephrologist at the Central Clinical City Hospital in the Department of Extracorporeal Detoxification, Hemodialysis, and Nephrology.

In 2017, she worked as a nephrologist at City Clinical Hospital No. 29. Since 2021, she has been working at City Clinical Hospital No. 36 and continues to work in the Department of Nephrology as an assistant. She has received numerous advanced training courses in nephrology. In 2016, a Kazakh-language textbook, “Nephrology,” was published, edited by A.B. Kanatbaeva and K.A. Kabulbayev, of which she is a co-author. Joint articles on nephrology have also been published.

Since 2023, I have been working at the KGP at the PHV GP No. 5 as a nephrologist and continue to work in the Department of Nephrology as an assistant professor.

Shepetova Marzhan Kalmuratovna

Assistant professor of the department of nephrology, nephrologist of the 1st category.

e-mail: shepetova.m@kaznmu.kz

Education:

2008-2013: S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, specializing in General Medicine.

2013-2015: S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, specializing in Internal Medicine.

2017-2019: Residency at the Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, specializing in Nephrology, including pediatrics.

Work experience: 2011-2012, State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Protection, Children’s City Clinical Hospital, position: Nurse.

2018-September 2019, State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Protection, City Clinical Hospital No. 36, position: Day Hospital Physician.

2019-present: NAO KazNMU named after S.Zh. Asfendiyarov, Department of Nephrology, position: Assistant Professor.

Research: Actively researching the diagnosis and treatment of IgA nephropathy. Participated in the preparation of poster presentations for scientific conferences (Cystinosis, 2025). Also contributed to scientific articles (Physician’s Tactics for IgA Nephropathy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Potential for Targeted Therapy, 2025).

Nazym Talgatovna Dauletbaуeva

Assistant Professor in the Department of Nephrology, Nephrologist.

Email: dauletbayevanazym@gmail.com

Education: 2015-2017, General Practitioner at Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.

2017-2019, Residency at Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Adult and Pediatric Nephrology.

Work Experience

In 2019, after completing her residency, she worked as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Nephrology.

From 2020 to 2011, she was the Head of the Department of Nephrology.

From 2023 to the present, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nephrology.

In parallel with her academic work, she provides outpatient services at the KGP on the Right of Economic Management “GP 13” as a nephrologist and in the hemodialysis department at City Clinical Hospital No. 4.

She is a member of the Kazakh Association of Nephrologists (KAN), the Kazakhstan Dialysis Society, and the International Nephrology Association (ISN).

Gulnar Nurtasovna Chingayeva

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Nephrologist (Adult and Pediatric) of the Highest Category

e-mail: chingayeva.g@kaznmu.kz

Education: Karaganda State Medical Institute, specializing in pediatrics (1987-1993);

Clinical residency in nephrology (2002-2004).

In 2010, she defended her doctoral dissertation on “Viral hepatitis in children on program hemodialysis.”

January 1994 – After completing her internship, she worked as a nephrologist in the cardiology and nephrology department of Children’s City Hospital No. 1 (Ust-Kamenogorsk).

1998-2002 Due to hospital reorganization, she was transferred to the hematonephrology department of the East Kazakhstan Region Children’s Hospital

December 2004 to 2007, she worked as an assistant in the Department of Pediatric Diseases with a course in endocrinology at the Aksai Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital and the Scientific Center for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery.

Following advanced training in nephrology (adult and pediatric) at the Yehilov and Schneider Medical Centers (2006), she was transferred to the National Scientific Center for Medical Diagnosis (Astana), where she worked as a nephrologist in the dialysis department from 2007 to 2009.

2009 to 2020, she worked as an associate professor/professor in the nephrology module, then in the nephrology department at the S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (KazNMU) at the Regional Diagnostic Center, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, and the dialysis center.

2020 to 2023, she worked as an associate professor in the clinical disciplines department at the Higher School of Medicine at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University at the Regional Diagnostic Center.

Since 2023, she has been a professor in the nephrology department at the City Clinical Hospital.

Experience: consulting patients with various renal pathologies, reviewing nephrology case histories. I have over 100 publications in scientific journals in Kazakhstan, neighboring countries, and beyond. I have two monographs and eight copyright certificates for conducting practical classes.

Yespotayeva Arina Sakenovna

Assistant professor

Email: yespotayeva.a@kaznmu.kz

Academic degree: PhD candidate

Education:

Bachelor of Medicine – Astana Medical University, 2009-2014

Medical Doctor – Astana Medical University, 2014-2016 Internship

Nephrologist – Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, 2017-2019

Doctoral Studies – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 2019-2022, Almaty

Additional education and internships:

Short-term clinical fellowship in nephrology, supported by ERA-EDTA, at Royal Preston Hospital, UK, October 2018 – January 2019.

Research fellowship at Royal Preston Hospital, UK, March – April 2022.

Professional licenses and certifications:

Medical Doctor, Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, since 2016.

Nephrologist, Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, since 2019.

Awards and achievements:

Certificate of Honor, Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Astana Medical University, 2015.

Certificate of Honor, KazMSA, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2016.

One of the winners of free registration at the 54th ERA-EDTA Congress, Madrid, Spain, 2017.

Third place in the “Best Abstract of Young Nephrologists” category, Aktau, Kazakhstan, 2017.

Second place in the “Best Abstract of Young Nephrologists” category, Borovoe, Kazakhstan, 2018.

One of the winners of the ERA-EDTA grants to participate in the CME course on diabetes and obesity, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.

10/2015

07/2018 Certificate of Honor, Visiting Lecturer in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

09/2018-02/2019 Short-term Clinical Fellowship Grant from ERA-EDTA, Preston, UK

10/2018 One of the winners of the ERA-EDTA travel grants to participate in the conference “Making the Right Decision in Kidney Transplantation: Current Controversies on Clinical and Ethical Issues” held in Edinburgh (UK) on October 12, 2018.

June 2019: Outstanding Residency Graduate, Almaty, Kazakhstan

March 2020: Honorary Diploma, Visiting Lecturer in Turkestan, Kazakhstan

June 2021: Honorary Diploma, Diaverum LLP, Almaty, Kazakhstan

March 2022-April 2022: Research Fellowship Award at Royal Preston Hospital, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Administrative and educational responsibilities:

National Officer for Scientific Exchange (NORE) at IFMSA and director of the local committee at the Kazakhstan Medical Students Association, 2014-2016.

Member of the organizing committee of the National Conferences on Nephrology since 2016.

Member of the scientific committee, Republican Society of Nephrologists since 2020.

Professional memberships:

Society of Nephrologists, Dialysis, and Transplantologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 2016.

International Society of Nephrology (ISN) since 2016.

European Society for the Study of Kidney Diseases (ERA-EDTA) since 2017.

Presentations and Publications:

Oral Presentation – Vascular Access for Hemodialysis and Survival: Characteristics and Causal Relationships, Aktau, Kazakhstan, 2017.

Poster Presentation – Obesity and Chronic Kidney Disease, CME Course on Diabetes and Obesity, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.

Oral Presentation – Epidemiology of Viral Hepatitis in Hemodialysis Patients in Kazakhstan, 59th ERA-EDTA Congress, Paris, France, 2022

Place of Work:

September 2016 – October 2016 – General Practitioner at the Akmola District Hospital

October 2016 – September 2017 – Nephrologist at B.B. Nura LLP

September 2017 – July 2019 – Resident Nephrologist at the Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine

September 2019 – July 2022 – Doctoral Student at the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

October 2019-July 2020 – Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University

May 2019-August 2024 – Nephrologist, Diaverum Dialysis Clinic, Nefros Asia

May 2020-August 2024 – Medical Project Consultant, Diaverum

May 2024-present – ​​Nephrologist, Interna Clinic

September 2024-present – ​​Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University

Publications:

Ashimkhanova A, Syssoyev D, Gusmanov A, Yespotayeva A et al. Epidemiological Characteristics of Chronic Viral Hepatitis in Kazakhstan: Data from Unified Nationwide Electronic Healthcare System 2014–2019. Infect Drug Resist. 2022;15:3333-3346.

doi:10.2147/IDR.S363609

Arina Yespotayeva, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Dmitriy Syssoyev, Kairat Kabulbayev, Almagul Kurmanova, Kakharman Yesmembetov, Aiymkul Ashimkhanova, Aimun Ahmed, MO834: The Epidemiology of Hepatitis B And C Infection in Hemodialysis Patients in

Kazakhstan, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Volume 37, Issue Supplement_3, May 2022, gfac083.016, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfac083.016

Ashimkhanova, Aiymkul & Syssoyev, Dmitriy & Gusmanov, Arnur & Yesmembetov, Kakharman & Abbay, Anara & Yespotayeva, Arina & Sarría-Santamera, Antonio & Gaipov, Abduzhappar. (2022). PO-7 Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Chronic Viral Hepatitis in Kazakhstan: data from Unified Nationwide Electronic Healthcare System.4. Yespotayeva, Arina & Kabulbayev, Kairat & Gaipov, Abduzhappar & Amreyeva, Zauresh & Mursalova, Zhanar. (2020). P1489 HEPATITIS B AND C IN DIALYSIS UNITS IN ALMATY. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 35. 10.1093/ndt/gfaa142.P1489.

Amreyeva, Zauresh & Chingayeva, Gulnar & Shepetov, Abay & Kanatbayeva, Assiya & Yespotayeva, Arina. (2020). P1584FRAILTY IN MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 35. 10.1093/ndt/gfaa142.P1584.

Yespotayeva Arina & Kabulbayev, Kairat & Kanatbayeva, Assiya & Mashkunova, Olga & Turarova, Elvira & Berkinbayev, Salim & Botabekova, Aigerim. (2018). FP005RENAL PRESENTATION OF PRIMARY SJöGREN’S SYNDROME: HYPOKALEMIC PARALYSIS WITH TYPE 1 DISTAL RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 33. i51-i51. 10.1093/ndt/gfy104.FP005.

Arina Yespotayeva, Kairat Kabulbayev, Asiya Kanatbaeva, Zauresh Amreeva. OBESITY AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

(2017)http://diabesity.ecihucan.es/lisboa2017/Lisbon2017_CME_Course_PROGRAMME.pdf