Department of Neurology
MEDICAL AND ADVISORY WORK
The Neurological service of Kyiv is a powerful link in the specialized care system. The number of patients who sought neurological medical treatment was 141,074 in 2021, of which the number of primary cases was 29,959. The total incidence in the city is 58,899 per 10,000 population, of which the primary incidence – 12,508; 29.77% were covered by dispensation; mortality rate is 4.91. Compared to the previous years the number of calls for assistance in Kyiv has decreased which means the incidence, respectively, decreased, and only the incidence of cerebrovascular diseases has increased for 3% and now stands at the level of 106,888 cases. Which is 75.8% of all the patients of which 2,094 registered cases were of primary stroke. The number of the registered cases of a multiple sclerosis was 1,700 last year (primary – 54); of epilepsy – 2040.
952 neurological beds were deployed in the city, 16.042 patients received medical treatment during a year; 778 patients received medical treatment on the beds for the war veterans; 1113 patients on 105 rehabilitation beds – 1113; 250 patients on 50 geriatric beds.
A total of 483 neurologists work in Kyiv. 245 neurologists have a highest qualification category; 68 neurologists are both involved in a medical personnel training and work in the research institutes and apparatus of administration.
It has to be noted that several teams of neurology departments of higher educational institutions are active in Kyiv, among which the Department of Neurology at Bogomolets National Medical University makes a great scientific and practical contribution to the development of health care. Such professors, doctors of medicine work at the Department of Neurology as: Prokopiv M.M., Sokolova L.I., Cherenko T.M., Melnyk V.S.; associate professors, doctors of medicine: Turchyna N.S.; associate professors, candidates of medical sciences: Ilyash T.I., Rogoza S.V., Krylova V.Y., Dovbonos T.A., Symonenko G.G., Melnyk T.M., Panteleyenko L.V., Antonenko K.V. In addition to them such assistants, candidates of medical sciences as: Trepet G.S., Geletiuk Y.L., Hudsenko G.V., Muravska L.M.; assistants Sholomon S.M., Potapova K.P. Also part-time and hourly employees: candidates of medical sciences Radzikhovska N.S.; ., assistants Mykhailichenko N.V., Lashchenko O.S., Kuzmina-Kutishenko T.Y., Saminin Y.H., Efremova A.M., Gavrilyuk Y.A., assistants Lashchenko O.S., Saminin Y.G., Sholomon S.M., Mykhailichenko M.O., Potapova K.P. are working on theses; graduate students Marchenko M.V., Okuneva S.М.
The Department of Neurology makes a great contribution to the clinical and advisory work both in the city of Kyiv and Ukraine and covers work of eight clinical bases, as listed below:
- Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital (neurology and cerebrovascular pathology departments);
- Kyiv City Clinical Hospital №4 (two neurology departments and city center for demyelinating diseases);
- Kyiv City Clinical Hospital №3 (neurology department);
- Kyiv City Clinical Hospital №6 (neurology department);
- Kyiv City Children’s Clinical Hospital №4 (two neurology departments and city center for demyelinating diseases);
- The Main Medical Centre of MIA of Ukraine (neurology department);
- Central Clinic of MIA of Ukraine (neurology department);
- University Hospital (neurology department).
Responsible for the clinical work is prof. Prokopiv M.M.
Responsible for the work at clinical bases are: assoc. prof. Symonenko G.G., assoc. prof. Krylova V.Y., assoc. prof. Turchyna N.C., assoc. prof. Dovbonos T.A., assoc. prof. Svystilnyk V.O., asst. Hudsenko G.V.
Employees of the Department of Neurology conduct extensive diagnostic-consultative and clinical work at their medical bases. Professors and associate professors consult both urgent and planned patients as well as patients who are in intensive care units; in addition, they participate in consiliums in various hospital departments, medical commissions, pathology-anatomical conferences, conduct outpatient reception of patients on referrals. Assistants of the department supervise patients and carry out planned and urgent consultations. Doctors of the department have consulted and given medical treatment to 6058 patients since the start of the year. The current medical treatment load level was somewhat lower due to the fact that KCCH №4, Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital, KCKH №3 and partly KCKH № 6 were the main hospitals to fight COVID-19. At the same time the experts of the Department of Neurology were involved in providing medical assistance to infected patients: they worked in repurposed departments, continuously providing advisory work at all the clinical bases.
Patients undergoing treatment were examined in neurological departments with the help of the Bogomolets National Medical University’s equipment (transcranial doppler “Multigon-500”, EEG-85, “Neurosoft” computer complex for the EMG, VP, ERG and OAE “Neuro MVP-4” study).
Innovations in the clinical, diagnostic and preventive work in the treatment process are created and implemented by the experts of the Department. 7 innovations were submitted and implemented during the last 5 years (L.I. Sokolova, O.A. Myalovitska, M.G. Matyushko, M.M. Prokopiv, G.S. Trepet, K.V. Antonenko, T.O. Kobys, Yu.V. Khizhnyak), 2 utility model patents were issued in 2020 (L.I. Sokolova, O.A. Myalovitska, N.S.Radzikhovska; T.M. Cherenko, Yu.L. Geletiuk) just to mention few. A large number of international and regional clinical studies on the evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of a number of medical drugs are being conducted at the Department.
Specialists of the Department joined the work duty at Ukrainian station of Emergency Medical Service at Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Professors Sokolova L.I., Prokopiv M.M., Cherenko T.M., Melnyk V.S. and assoc. prof. Melnyk T.M. take part in several working groups at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and the DOZ of the KMDA. Prof. Prokopiv M.M. is a consultant of the Main Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
All neurologists of the Department continuously increase the level of knowledge by actively participating in numerous professional development events: they have undergone training and studied neurology abroad (Dallas, Florida (USA), London, Liverpool (UK), Krems (Austria); took part in an international and All-Ukrainian trainings, went to professional schools, visited master classes, courses and lectures, TU, did an internships, participated in different educational projects, received grants etc.
Prof. Sokolova L.I., Melnyk V.S., Cherenko T.M., Prokopiv M.M., assoc. prof. Antonenko K.V. , Turchyna N.S., Panteleenko L.V., Rogoza S.V., Krylova V.Y., Symonenko G.G., Svystilnyk V.O. have been repeatedly given speech and had their works published in a large number of printed collections by foreign and domestic medical conferences, symposia, congresses (San Francisco, Chicago (USA), Liverpool (UK), Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto (Japan), Berlin (Germany), Madrid (Spain ), Toronto, Vancouver (Canada), Milan (Italy), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Almaty (Kazakhstan). Prof. Prokopiv received a commendation from the Rector of the Tashkent Medical Academy, A.K. Shadmanov, for the mentoring work among the doctors of the republic.
Prof. Melnyk V.S., Prokopiv M.M., Sokolova L.I., assistant. Trepet G.S., Kuzmina-Kutishenko T.Yu. have appeared numerous times on radio and television regarding topical issues in the field of neurology (cerebrovascular diseases, multiple sclerosis, neurological complications of COVID-19, doctor’s advice, etc.), participated in round tables, press conferences.
