Department of therapy, infectious disease and dermatology of postgraduate education

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Olena Gubska, MD, PhD, Doctoral dissertation in the field of Gastroenterology, Professor of Medicine, Head of the Department

Web of Science ResearcherID – AAF-1611-2019

SCOPUS Author ID – 57202053164

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-2903

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Professor Gubska Olena (Teaching professor) – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology of Postgraduate Education of the O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University. Doctor of the highest category in the specialties “Internal medicine” and “Gastroenterology”; specialization of dietician.

In 2004, she was awarded an honorary certificate of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine “For a significant contribution to the health care of Ukraine.” Has a second degree in the specialty “Practical Psychology.”

Since August 2015, she has been working as the Head of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology of Postgraduate Education at NMU.

She graduated from the National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomolets in 1993 with a diploma with honors in the specialty “Medicine.” In the same year, she started working as a junior researcher fellow at the Department of Faculty Therapy of NMU, enrolled in a master’s program, which she graduated in 1995, completing her first scientific work.

In 1995, she worked at the Department of Internal Medicine No. 1 as an assistant.

In 1998, she obtained a PhD for the thesis “Clinical and experimental use of Normaze in patients with chronic diffuse liver pathology”.

In 2003, she worked as an associate professor of the department.

The academic title of associate professor was awarded in 2005.

She obtained a Doctor of Medicine degree for the dissertation “Celiac Disease: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment”.

From 2011 to 2015, she worked as a professor at the Department of Internal Medicine No. 1 at O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University.

She received the academic title of professor in 2014.

During that time, she performed pedagogical work – worked with students of 4-6 years of the medical faculties of O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University. Scientific and pedagogical experience – 27 years.

During the headship of the department, received training and performed scientific research by 5 master’s degrees holders and 1 clinical resident.

Currently, Professor Gubska is the scientific supervisor of 2 theses for the title of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of medicine (PhD), which were successfully defended in 2021 and 2 theses for the title of PhD, which are currently in progress.

Since 2003, she has been responsible for the scientific work at the Internal Medicine Department.

From 2009 to 2013, she was a member of the specialized academic council on March 26, 2009 at O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University. Since 2014, she has been acting as the responsible secretary of the “Ukrainian Association of Therapists”

Gubska O. is the founder, scientific consultant and Vice-President of the “Ukrainian Association of Celiac Diseases.”

Founder and president of the “Ukrainian Association of Functional Medicine.”

She is a member of the AGA (American Gastroenterological Association) and ISSCD (International Society of Study of Celiac Disease).

She is the moderator of Ukrainian scientific and practical conferences, including those with international participation. Founder and moderator of the club of informal medical meetings “Therapeutic Evenings.”

She was a prize-winner of international competitions for scientific works, received grants from the World Gastroenterological Association.

She is the author of more than 180 printed scientific works, including foreign ones, 4 monographs, 15 educational and methodical works, 6 methodological recommendations, 3 patents. Over the past 10 years, he has 81 publications, of which 4 are monographs and 5 are indexed in Scopus/WebOfScience publications; 2 poster presentations, including 1 at a WGO-sponsored congress, and a large number of conference presentations, including 80 in the last 5 years alone.

Scientific editor of the English-language textbook “Internal Medicine in 2 books. Book 1. Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems” (N.M. Seredyuk, I.P. Vakaliuk, R.I. Yatsyshyn et al.). Scientific editor of the translation of the “Gastroenterology” section of the textbook “Medicine according to Davidson. Principles and practice. In 3 volumes” (Medytsina publishing house, 2020-2021).

Member of editorial boards of specialized magazines: “Gastroenterology” (Gastroenterology); “Psychosomatic medicine and general practice”; regular reviewer of the “Ukrainian Scientific and Medical Youth Journal.”

She is a permanent member of the specialized academic council of DF 26.003.008 (specialty “Therapy”).

She is a successful scientist and professor. She teaches internal medicine, gastroenterology, endoscopy and clinical allergology to interns and cadets.

She is actively engaged in scientific and educational activities on the Internet in various directions, reporting and popularizing the most modern scientific achievements.

The main directions of scientific research:

# Celiac disease and gluten-dependent diseases.

Gubska O. is the founder, scientific consultant and Vice-President of the “Ukrainian Association of Celiac Diseases.”

Author of first investigation in adult population of celiac disease – prevalence, clinical features in Ukraine (http://194.44.11.130/aref/20091229002436) and co-author of monography “Celiac disease – most common intestinal disease” (2009)

Currently, two studies are being carried out to obtain scientific degrees of PhD:

1) Denesyuk O. the PhD dissertation topic is “Assessment of adherence to a gluten-free diet in patients with celiac disease based on the results of classic serological biomarkers and indicators of gluten immunogenic peptides (the PhD dissertation)”

2) Kustryo T. the PhD dissertation topic is “Optimizing the prevention and treatment of generalized periodontal diseases associated with gluten intolerance” (http://194.44.11.130/aref/0821U102977)

# Disorders along the gut-brain axis.

Currently, two studies are being carried out to obtain scientific degrees of PhD:

1) Bozhytska O. – postgraduate student of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermato-Venereology Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National Medical University. The topic of the dissertation is «Studying the effectiveness of the biosuggestive therapy method in solders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with disorders of intestinal-brain interaction (functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome) caused by wartime distress»

2) Maftychuk B. – postgraduate student of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermato-Venereology Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National Medical University. The topic of the dissertation is «Studying the effectiveness of the biosuggestive therapy method in the civilian population of Ukraine with disorders of intestinal-brain interaction (functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome) caused by wartime distress»

# Intestinal microbiome and related diseases.

1) Kuzminets A. – the PhD dissertation topic is “The diagnostic capabilities of non-invasive biomarkers in the drug-related intestinal lesions in patients with osteoarthritis”.  ( http://194.44.11.130/aref/0821U100161)

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Ihor Zaitsev, MD, PhD, Professor

Researcher ID: AAE-1884-2019

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Graduated from Donetsk Medical University in 1986. After graduation, he completed clinical training in Infectious Diseases (1989-1991) at Donetsk Medical University. Since 1991, he worked as an assistant at the Infectious Diseases Department at Donetsk Medical University, since 1994 – as an assistant professor, since 2000 – as the head of the Infectious Diseases Department. In December 2014, he started working as a Professor at the Bogomolets National Medical University.

In 1991, he obtained a PhD degree with the thesis “Liquorodynamic changes and their management in patients with meningitis”. In 2002, he earned an MD degree with the thesis “Clinical symptoms, pathogenesis and management of intracranial hypertension in patients with meningitis.”

He is an author of more than 250 scientific works. Pedagogical experience – 31 years, he has been working as a doctor for 34 years.

In 1994 he took part in the eradication of a cholera outbreak in Crimea.

 
Nataliia Grechkivska, MD, PhD, Professor

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Graduated with honors from the Bogomolets Kyiv Medical Institute in 1990.1990-1992 – training in clinical residency in the specialty: “Internal and occupational diseases”. Postgraduate study in the specialty: “Occupational diseases”. She awarded the scientific degree of candidate of medical sciences in 2000. She has academic title of Associate Professor of the Department of Occupational Health, Psychophysiology and Medical Ecology with 2014.

From 1997 to 2012 she worked as an assistant at the Department of Occupational Health and Occupational Diseases of the Bogomolets NMU. From 2012 to 2019 she was an associate professor at the Department of Occupational Health, Psychophysiology and Medical Ecology of the Shupyk National Academy of Postgraduate Education. Since 2019, she started working at the Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Dermatology Postgraduate Edication, was responsible for teaching at this Department.

She is the author of more than 50 publications.

Since 2010, she has been the Chief Expert in the field of occupational pathology in Kyiv and heads the Medical Expert Committee on Occupational Pathology of the City Center of Occupational Pathology in Kyiv.

Since 2018, she is the Head of the “Ukrainian Association of Occupational Therapists and Doctors of Occupational Medicine”.

 

 
Anatolii Taran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

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He graduated from Kyiv Medical Institute in 1969. In the same year, he entered a clinical residency in nephrology at the Department of Therapeutic Nephrology of the KNDI of Urology, after which he worked as a junior researcher at the KNDI of Medical Problems of Physical Education, and from July 1972, a nephrologist in the Department of Hemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation, in Therapeutic Nephrology of Kyiv Research Institute of Urology. In 1976-78, he worked in the intensive care unit of the city clinical hospital No. 14.

He defended his candidate’s thesis in 1978, in November of the same year he was enrolled as an assistant at the Department of Hospital Therapy No. 2 of the Kyiv Medical Institute.

In 1988, he was seconded to the Republic of Angola as a consultant physician. He worked until 1992 in university hospitals as the head of therapy, intensive care, and resuscitation departments; led a team of doctors on emergency care duty.

In 1992, he returned to work as an assistant at the Department of Internal Medicine No. 3 at O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University. In 1993-2015, he was an associate professor of the same department at the Central Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

For 30 years, he taught interns in the specialties of emergency doctor and therapist, consults in specialized departments (cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology), in surgery, intensive care, provides advisory assistance in other medical institutions of Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine.

  1. I. Taran is an expert of the Department of Health Protection of the KMDA.

Has a higher qualification category in the specialty “Internal Medicine”.

A.I. Taran is the author of 105 scientific works. He was awarded the certificate of honor of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (2010) and the award of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for assistance to the bodies of internal affairs (2009), has the thanks of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (2014).

The total teaching experience is 45 years.

Since August 2015, he has been an associate professor of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermato-Venereology of Postgraduate Education at Bogomolets National Medical University.

 

 
Valentyna Kiriienko, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

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Graduated from Donetsk Medical University in 1997. After completing an internship in Infectious Diseases in 1998, she started working as an Infectious Diseases specialist at Central Regional Hospital in Terebovlya, Ternopil Oblast. In 2001-2014 she worked as an assistant, since 2014 – as an assistant professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases at Donetsk Medical University.

In 2012 she obtained PhD.

She is the author of 58 published articles, co-author of 5 textbooks for students, two textbooks for medical interns.

In 2011-2014 she worked as a consultant in the Infectious Diseases Department in Central City Clinical Hospital #1 in Donetsk and Donetsk regional center of Emergency Medicine.

Since January 2015, she has been working as a consultant in the Infectious Diseases Department in Kramatorsk.

She has been working as a doctor for 22 years, pedagogical experience – 19 years.

 
Artem Panin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7429-9234

Graduated from Lugansk State Medical University in 2002 with a degree in medicine.

Work experience: From August 2002 to June 2003, he took an internship in the specialty “Therapy” at the Department of Therapy and Cardiology at the Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy. 2003 – 2011 he worked as a Rheumatologist Kyiv Clinical Hospital on Railway Transport # 2; 2011 – 2015 – as a Rheumatologist and Immunologist at Consulting and Diagnostic Center of the Kryvyi Rih City Polyclinic № 5, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council.2015 – October 2016 –he worked as an Assistant at the Department of General Practice (Family Medicine), Bogomolets National Medical University and a rheumatologist at the Department of cardiology and rheumatology of the consultative polyclinic of the Alexander Clinical Hospital in Kyiv; in 2011 – 2015 – as a chief specialist therapist and chief freelance specialist in clinical immunology of the POP Executive Committee of the Kryvyi Rih City Council. Іn 2010 he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences on the topic “Intracardiac hemodynamics and reserve capabilities of the microcirculatory bed in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: association with clinical manifestations and effectiveness of treatment”. He published more than 20 scientific works, including one monograph “Joint Syndrome in Family Doctor’s Practice” (in co-authorship), guidelines for doctors “Modern methods of laboratory diagnostics in rheumatology”. Не is responsible for teaching work at the Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Dermatology Postgraduate Education.

 
 alexeeva Viktoriia Alekseieva, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

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In 2005, she graduated from the National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomolets, majoring in “medical affairs”. In 2007, she completed an internship in the specialty “general practice – family medicine” at the Department of Internal Medicine No. 2 of the O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University. In 2007-2008, she specialized in “Internal Medicine”, “cardiology”, in 2010 – in “nephrology”.

In 2007-2008, she worked as a therapist in the reception department of Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 3. In 2008-2016, she worked as the head of the reception department of the Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 3.

From 2008 to 2010, she worked part-time as a cardiologist in the cardiology department, and from 2010 to 2012 as a nephrologist.

In 2009-2015, she studied at the graduate school of the State University “Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine» and completed her dissertation “The influence of quercetin on the progression of chronic kidney disease”. In 2015, in the specialized academic council of the State University “Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, she defended her candidate’s thesis in the specialty “nephrology”, on September 29, 2015, she was awarded the scientific degree of candidate of medical sciences.

Since August 2016, she has been an assistant at the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases, and Dermatovenerology of Postgraduate Education of O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University, and since September 2021, she is an associate professor. From 2020 to 2022, she worked as the head of the department of efferent (extracorporeal) treatment methods at the Kyiv City Center of Nephrology and Dialysis.

She performs the duties of the head of the department for educational and methodological work (continuous and postgraduate medical education).

She has 17 years of medical experience. Has a higher medical qualification category in the specialty “Internal Medicine”, specialization in the specialty “Nephrology”. She has published 27 scientific works, among them: 10 articles, 1 utility model patent, 17 report abstracts, 1 information sheet on innovations in the health care system “Method of treating patients with chronic kidney disease of stages II-IV”. She gave scientific reports at scientific and practical conferences and congresses with international participation. Attends seminars, exhibitions, and medical conferences.

 
Olena Dudko, Assistant Professor

Scientist profile:

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In 2002 graduated from the medical faculty of the Zaporizhia State Medical University with a specialty in ” medical practice”. In 2003, she completed an internship in the specialty “Therapy” at the Zaporizhia State Medical University. From 2009 to 2011, she studied at a clinical residency in the specialty “Therapy” at the Zaporizhia State Medical University. In 2011, she completed specialization courses in specialty “Pulmonology”, and in 2020 confirmed the certificate. She worked as a therapist in the Internal Medicine Department of the research and educational medical center “University Clinic” of Zaporizhzhya State Medical University from 2013 to January 2023, then was the Head of the same Department. In 2023, completed specialization courses in the specialty “Dietology”.

Since September 1, 2023, she has become a graduate student of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases, and Dermatology of the O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University.

She is the author of 26 published mono- and co-authorship works, among them – 8 articles and 18 theses.

Since 2016, she has obtained a higher qualification category in the “Internal Medicine” specialty.

Experience in the specialty “Internal Medicine” – 21 years.

Since February 2023, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology of Postgraduate Education at the O.O. Bogomolets National University.

Irina Olegivna Lavrenchuk

MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, graduated from Bogomolets National Medical University in 2010.
In 2016 she completed her clinical residency at the Department of Therapeutics, Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenereology of postgraduate education. He works as a cardiologist at the Central Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Member of the European Heart Failure Association. Since August 2016, she started working at the Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Dermatology, responsible for teaching at this Department.

 
kuzminets Andrii Kuzminets, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor

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He graduated from the Bogomolets National Medical University specializing in General Medicine in 2012. In 2014, he completed his internship, and in 2016 – clinical residency at the Department of Internal Medicine #2. In 2016-2020, he was a PhD student at the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National Medical University. In January 2021, he defended his dissertation for the title of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in medicine on the topic “The diagnostic capabilities of non-invasive biomarkers in drug-induced intestinal lesions in patients with osteoarthritis”. Since July 2020 he works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Therapy, Diseases and Dermatology Postgraduate Education at the Bogomolets National Medical University.

 

 
Oleg Denesiuk, PhD student

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-8531

In 2018, he graduated from Bogomolets State Medical University with a specialty in “Pediatrics”. In 2020, he completed his internship in General Practice-Family Medicine. Since September 2020, he has been a postgraduate student at the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology of the Bogomolets National Medical University. He completed a specialisation in gastroenterology. PhD-paper topic: “Evaluation of gluten-free diet adherence in celiac disease patients based on the results of classical serological biomarkers and indicators of immunogenic gluten peptides”.

 

Bozhedar Maftychuk, PhD student

Graduated from Bogomolets National Medical University in 2021. In 2023, he finished his internship. From September 2023 – postgraduate student of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatology Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National Medical University.

 

Olga Bozhytska, PhD student.

Web of Science Researcher ID: JLM-9717-2023

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Graduated from Bogomolets National Medical University in 2011. From 2011 to 2014 studied at the Ukrainian Military Medical Academy at the Faculty of Preparation of military doctors. From September 2023 – postgraduate student of the Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermato-Venereology Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National Medical University. The topic of the dissertation is «Studying the effectiveness of the biosuggestive therapy method in solders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with disorders of intestinal-brain interaction (functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome) caused by wartime distress».