Polishchuk Larysa Hryhorivna

Work experience: 25 years

Education:

• Bogomolets National Medical University

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• member of Association of Radiologists of Ukraine;
• attended national and international conferences and congresses on general and pediatric radiology.

Teaching and / or lecturing:

• is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Radiology of O. O. Bogomolets National Medical University;
• lecturer in the groups of the 1st and 2nd year interns.

Areas of professional development:

• graduated from Faculty of Paediatrics of O. O. Bogomolets National Medical University;
• completed the internship on X-ray diagnostics, specialized training courses and advanced training courses on ultrasound diagnostics and X-ray radiography in P. L. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;
• worked as a radiotherapist and ultrasound specialist in Children's Teaching Hospital No. 5, Children's Teaching Hospital No. 9, Medikom clinic;
• since 2008 through present – works in Dobrobut clinic.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• the following ultrasound examinations: of abdominal organs and retroperitoneal space, pleural cavities, thyroid, thymus, soft tissues;
• neurosonography;
• examinations of hip joints, mammary glands, scrotal organs and small pelvis organs;
• duplex scanning of neck and head vessels;
• X-ray radiography: X-ray examinations of thoracic and abdominal organs, bones and joints;
• contrast-enhanced methods: irrigography, follow-through, excretory urography, micturating cystography.
• Area of professional interests: extended lung ultrasound; diagnostics of life-threatening conditions; ultrasound differential diagnostics of pneumonia, pleural pathologies; X-ray diagnostics of distress syndrome; X-ray and CT diagnostics of pulmonary involvement caused by COVID-19.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• pediatrics;
• orthopedics;
• surgery;
• urology.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “I love playing sports, I am fond of table tennis and badminton. Of the films, my favorites are The English Patient and The Museum of Abandoned Secrets. I also like to read books, my favorite author is O. Zabuzhko.”

Doctor's advice:

• “I would recommend that people diagnose diseases in a timely manner.”