Honorary Professors

LUKASZ SZARPAK

Lukasz Szarpak (associate professor, candidate of sciences, MBA) is an inventor, and a member of the group of developers of the RespiSave ventilator. Member of domestic and foreign research groups. The fields of scientific interest are emergency medicine, anesthesiology, intensive care, and cardiology. Scientific achievements include more than 500 articles, including 47 papers on COVID-19. Scientific supervisor of 6 completed doctoral dissertations and 8 current doctoral programs. Member of scientific boards in Polish and foreign journals, including journals with an impact factor such as Medicine (Baltimore) or BMC Anesthesiology. Editor-in-Сhief of the magazine “Medicine of Catastrophes and Emergency Situations” and deputy Editor-in-Сhief of the magazine “Progress in Medicine”. Participant of international scientific conferences Member of many scientific societies, including the Polish Society of Disaster Medicine (president of the board), Polish Cardiology Society, Polish Resuscitation Council, Polish Society of Emergency Medicine, Polish Society of Medical Modeling, Difficult Airway Society (DAS), European ERC resuscitation council), Society for Airway Management (SAM), European Society for Simulation (SESAM).

ANATOLY HOZHENKO

Anatoly Ivanovich Gozhenko was born on February 13, 1948, in the city of Starobilsk, Luhansk region.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, director of the “Ukrainian Research Institute of Transport Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, president of the Scientific Union of Pathophysiologists of Ukraine, founding president of the Association of Medical Science of Ukraine.

Great scientific experience of O. I. Hozhenka. allowed him at the III National Congress of Pathophysiologists of Ukraine (Odesa, 2000) to propose a new section of pathological physiology – clinical pathophysiology, for the first time in Ukraine.

Author of more than 1,600 scientific works, including 54 monographs, and 8 textbooks.

Scientific Activity

In 1976, he defended his candidate’s thesis: “Some Features of Kidney Activity and Energy Metabolism in the Dynamics of Experimental Nephritis” 14.00.16 – “Pathological Physiology” – Chernivtsi. In 1987 – his doctoral thesis: “Energy Supply of the Main Renal Functions and Processes in Normal and in case of Kidney Damage” 14.00.16 – “Pathological Physiology” – Kyiv.

A.I. Gozhenko made a significant contribution to the study of the mechanisms of formation of acute renal failure, renal genesis, the role of prostaglandins, the renin-angiotensin system, and nitric oxide in their development.

Anatoly Ivanovych proposed a modern theory of the disease. He is the author of a number of diagnostic methods, in particular a fundamentally new method of determining the functional renal reserve.

For the first time deciphered the mechanisms of reduction of glomerular filtration in the acute period of kidney damage. Determined the primary nature of damage to proximal tubules in the genesis of reduced glomerular filtration and the formation of acute renal failure. He was one of the first to study non-immunological mechanisms of kidney disease progression.

Under his leadership, a number of studies on the pathophysiology of diabetes, oncological diseases, and cardiovascular pathology were performed.

Professor Gozhenko Anatoly Ivanovych is the founder of the international scientific school “Clinical and Experimental Pathophysiology”, which has more than 150 students and followers. Many of his students lead scientific teams in Ukraine, Poland, the USA, and Canada.

Anatoly Ivanovych is the author of:

• “Theory of disease”. Monograph/Odesa: Phoenix, 2018.
• “Functional renal reserve, physiology, pathophysiology, and diagnostics”. Monograph/Kyiv, 2019.
• “Functional-metabolic continuum: physiology and pathology”. Monograph/Poltava, 2020.
• “Energy supply of the main renal functions and processes in normal and damaged kidneys” (1987).
• “Kidney pathophysiology” [in co-authorship] – Study Guide/Odesa: Phoenix, 2020.
• and others.

Anatoly Ivanovich Gozhenko is the author of 80 inventions.

Published 107 articles cited in the “Scopus” and “Web of Science” databases. The Hirsch index is 24.

Under the leadership of Professor A.I. Gozhenka, 33 doctors and 76 candidates of medical sciences prepared and defended their degrees.

Awards

• Honored Worker of Science and Technology – Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 903 of June 2, 1998;
• Excellence in health care of the Republic of Kazakhstan – order of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 718 of December 4, 2007;
• V.V. V.V. Pidvysotskyi Medal(2010);
• A. D. Speranskyi Medal (2010). A. D. Speranskyi (2008);
• Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (2008);
• Honorary professor of the Bukovyna State Medical University;
• Honorary professor of Ternopil State Medical University named after I. Ya. Gorbachevskii.

RUSLAN VASTYANOV

Ruslan Serhiyovych Vastyanov – is an Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, doctor of medical sciences, professor, representative, and follower of the school of neuro pathophysiologists, founded by an outstanding domestic pathophysiologist, head of the World Society of Pathophysiologists, academician H.M. Kryzhanovsky.

The circle of scientific interests of Professor R.S. Vastyanova – neuropathophysiology, clinical pathophysiology, neuropharmacology, neurology. R.S. Vastyanov is a qualified scientist, has the technique of performing physiological, neuropathophysiological, and neuropharmacological experiments, and is fluent in English: for several years he worked in neurophysiological laboratories in Austria, the Netherlands, and Italy.

Education:

• 2019 – elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Technological Sciences of Ukraine (specialty – technologies in medicine)
• 2017-2018 – Institute of Economics and Business Education of Uman State Pedagogical University named after Pavlo Tychyna. Qualification – head of an educational institution (specialty – 073 Management)
• 2015 – received the academic title of professor of the Department of Physiology
• 2014 – received the scientific degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences, specialty 03.14.04 – pathological physiology. Title of the dissertation “Pathophysiological mechanisms of epileptic activity in chronic epilepsy”
• 2000 – received the academic title of associate professor of the Department of Normal Physiology
• 1993 – received the scientific degree of candidate of medical sciences in the specialty 03.14.04 – pathological physiology. Dissertation title “Use of Neurotropin in Complex Treatment of Epilepsy”
• 1984-1992 – Odesa Medical Institute named after E. Pirogov (specialty – medical affairs)
• 1985-1986 – Odesa state 2-year foreign language courses (department – ​​English language)
• 1974-1984 – secondary comprehensive school No. 90, Odesa.

Honors:

• Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2021);
• Laureate of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for Young Scientists (1998);
• First prize and Diploma of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for scientific work (1996).