EDUCATION

Professor, 1993.

DSc, Medicine (Surgery), Lviv State Medical University, Ukraine, 1991.

DSc thesis: Surgical Methods of Preventing Dumping Syndrome Depending on Indices of Regional Circulation of Gastric Mucosa and Vegetative Hormonal Homeokinesis.

PhD, Medicine (Surgery), Semashko Moscow Stomatological Institute, USSR, 1985.

PhD thesis: Geriatric Aspects of Peptic Ulcer Surgery.

MD (General Medicine), University Diploma with Honours, Ternopil Medical Institute, USSR, 1974.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

• surgical treatment of patients with surgical pathology of abdominal organs.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Head of the Ternopil Surgeons Association;
• Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal "Hospital Surgery. L.A. Kovalchuk”;
• Head of the National Medical Society of Ternopil;
• Winner of the contest "Man of the Year 2007";
• Award of the Minister of Health of Ukraine "For significant achievements in professional activity and years of conscientious work" (2010);
• Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2012);
• Gratitude of the Prime Minister of Ukraine (2017);
• Medal of the World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Societies "For Work and Valour in Medicine" (2018);
• Badge of a regional charitable King Daniel Foundation (2018);
• Biennially State scholarship of the President of Ukraine (2018).