Levada Iryna Mykolaivna

Education:

• M.Gorky Donetsk State Medical Institute

Scientific activity:

• doctor-therapist of the highest category;
• candidate of Medical Sciences;
• 67 scientific papers, two patents, co-authorship of monographs;
• assistant of the Department of Internal Medicine №3 National Medical University Bogomolets.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• general internal medicine;
• cardiology;
• rheumatology;
• nephrology;
• outpatient clinic consultations;
• inpatients’ treatment;
• home visits;
• recording and interpretation of ECG;
• interpretation of PFT;
• the need for a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of pathologies treated by specialists in the related areas of medicine;
• a considerable number of elderly patients with multiple comorbidities;
• participation in preparation of the patient for a surgery;
• providing medical advice for pregnant women;
• ‘With regard to the general trend of the chronic diseases’ early development in young patients, there is a need for more responsible approach and a comprehensive diagnosis for this age group. The introduction of new laboratory and instrumental diagnostics methods calls for cooperation with the specialized medical care centers. Dobrobut clinic provides an individual approach to each patient with a clear understanding of the necessity to choose in the process of cardiac patients’ treatment between adequate pharmacologic therapy or interventional methods of diagnosis and treatment.’
• ‘Patients come to a physician with various diseases, ranging from trivial ARVI to systemic connective tissue diseases. There are several remarkable cases from my practice. All of them are connected with the severely ill patients requiring a rapid and effective diagnosis. For example, a patient suffering Whipple's disease (there are only a few hundred patients with a similar diagnosis in the whole world).
• ‘I always try to explain the patients the purpose of each prescribed pill and the repeated examinations.’
• ‘Loving people + professionalism – here is a formula of a ‘good doctor.’
• ‘Being a doctor is a conscious life choice.’

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• dietetics;
• psychotherapy.