The Russian Federation State Prize in the field of Science and Technology for 2009 for "A Set of Scientific Works on the Development of Laser and Information Technologies in Medicine" (Presidential Decree N° 678, dated June 6th, 2010) was awarded jointly to Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, V. Ya. Panchenko; to Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Science, A.A. Potapov; and to Doctor of Medical Sciences, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of Herzen Cancer Research Institute V.I. Chissov.