Mykhailiuk Khrystyna Zenoviivna

Work experience: 15 years

Education:

• Ivano-Frankovsk State Medical University

Scientific activity:

• PhD (medicine), thesis: Improving the Diagnosis and Assessment of Clinical Progression of Autoimmune Hepatitis in Children;
• assistant at the pediatrics department of the A.A. Bogomolets National Medical University;
• author of scientific articles in periodical medical journals, presentations at the conferences.

Areas of professional development:

• member of the Association of Pediatric Gastroenterologists and Nutritionists;
• regularly takes part in scientific congresses, symposia, conferences and round tables;
• studies modern international clinical guidelines and protocols and uses them in daily clinical practice.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• children's hepatology;
• inflammatory bowel diseases;
• functional digestive disorders.
• Common complaints: hepatitis in children: virus nature (chronic viral hepatitis B, chronic viral hepatitis C), autoimmune hepatitis, toxic hepatitis; cirrhosis (viral, biliary and cryptogenic); liver fibrosis; metabolic liver diseases: Wilson-Konovalov disease, α1-antitrypsin deficiency; inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis; celiac disease, lactose intolerance; functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and biliary tract.
• “My patients are not easy for diagnosis, they require continuous observation, correction of treatment and monitoring of therapy effectiveness.”
• “A good doctor should continuously study and improve professionally. Treatment success depends on doctor’s intention to help a patient. A doctor should also be humane and friendly, love his patients, especially when it comes to children.”

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• ultrasound diagnosis;
• endoscopy.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “I love outdoor activities and traveling.”

Doctor's advice:

• “Follow the recommendations. If you have new symptoms or complaints, be sure to inform your doctor. Take care of yourself and timely seek medical help in a manner.”

Advantages of MM 'Dobrobut':

• “There are multiple diagnostic techniques and multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment”