Volikov Ihor Oleksandrovych

Work experience: 29 years

Category: Higher

Education:

• Dnipropetrovs'k State Medical Academy;
• Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, specialization “Pediatric Anesthesiology”

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

• course “Specialized resuscitation measures” of the European Resuscitation Council (Krakow, Poland);
• thematic improvement cycle “Effective methods of treatment” (for anesthesiologists) at the Ukrainian Military Medical Academy;
• thematic improvement cycle “Clinical Electrocardiography” at the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;
• on-the-job training in the specialty “Pediatric Anesthesiology” at the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.

Scientific activity:

• candidate of Medical Sciences;
• co-author of 10 publications in professional journals, co-author of 2 declarative patents of Ukraine.

Teaching and / or lecturing:

• head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery at the Dobrobut Academy.

Areas of professional development:

• studies medical literature, in particular in the specialty;
• speaks English, consults patients from Germany, New Zealand, Australia, the USA, and France.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• intensive care of pulmonary and phthisiology patients;
• planned and urgent anesthesiology in abdominal surgery, gynecology, traumatology.
• The most common complaints are hypertension and hypertensive crises; strokes; pneumonia; viral infections; intestinal disorders; allergic reactions.
• “The emergence of new medical equipment and new anesthesia technologies. New knowledge of the body's physiology. The importance of an anesthesiologist as a specialist has objectively increased.”
• “A good doctor is one who maintains his professional level and collegial relations with other healthcare professionals. He or she should be attentive, responsible, and take care of their health.”
• “My patients are unstable in terms of their body functions, so I have to make decisions in a time-limited manner. It is also important to be able to work in a team and have leadership qualities.”
• “Patients and parents of young children need to be informed as comprehensively as possible; adequate patient relations are part of the treatment process, without which the success of recovery or improvement of the quality of life is impossible.”

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• cardiology
• therapy;
• effectiveology.

Doctor's advice:

• “Maintain a healthy lifestyle, keep fit (swimming, running), get rid of excess weight. Don't leave your heart and soul in the current hustle and bustle of every day.”

Advantages of MM 'Dobrobut':

• “Good opportunities for improvement in professional activities (high-quality medical equipment, effective treatment regimens, great competition among healthcare workers).”