Irina Khrustaleva graduated from the 1st Leningrad Medical Institute named after Academic Pavlov in 1982. She has state certificates in “oral surgery”, “surgery”. She holds a PHD degree, and is a professor at the department of plastic and aesthetic surgery of the St.Petersburg Medical Academy of the post-graduate education, an acting member of the Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (SPRAS), National Secretary of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.