Information about the doctor Volkova Olha Ivanivna
Work experience: 34 years
Category: Higher
Education:
- Bogomolets Kiev National Medical University
Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:
- Professional Memberships: Ukrainian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Cosmetologists, Euro-Asian association of dermatovenereologists.
Priority areas in clinical practice:
- skin diseases;
- removal of skin lesion;
- cryodestruction;
- electroscission;
- dermatoscopy.
- ‘A good doctor is a doctor who never follows the lead of misguided patients. The main thing people need to understand: it is easier to prevent a disease than to treat it.’
Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:
- gastroenterology;
- psychology.
Hobbies, favorite movies, books:
- ‘I devote my spare time to self-education and roses growing. I am fond of exotic travels as well.’
Doctor's advice:
- ‘It is important to learn to place greater confidence in the recommendations and the advice of a doctor rather than turn to ‘Dr. Google’ (it is a bad idea in dermatology). There was a case in my practice, when a patient, on the advice of a pharmacist, took ‘pills’ and ‘shots’. Having missed the timely diagnosis of syphilis, he infected his wife and children.’
Advantages of MM 'Dobrobut':
- ‘Work in Dobrobut gives a doctor an opportunity to use a wide range of laboratory and instrumental diagnosis and to get a faster advice of allied specialists.’
