Dmytrenko Kateryna Oleksandrivna

Education:

• Bogomolets National Medical University, specialty “General Medicine”;
• Postgraduate Institute of Bogomolets National Medical University: Department of Therapy, Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenereology, internship in “Internal Medicine”

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

• 2025: Organization and facilitation of peer groups in healthcare institutions (recertification);
• 2025: Thematic course “Management of patients with arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes. WHO PEN tool”;
• 2025: Blood system diseases — pregnancy planning, risk groups;
• 2025: NephroHub scientific and practical educational project “Urological portfolio of a family doctor”;
• 2025: Azov School of Family Medicine: comprehensive course for improving competencies of primary care specialists;
• 2025: PROGASTRO: inflammatory bowel diseases;
• 2025: DeFemina: stroke in women;
• 2024: Management of common mental disorders at the primary care level using mhGAP guidelines (Level 1–2);
• 2024: Scientific conference “Impact of health status and comorbidity on mental health”, “Updates in global pancreatology”;
• 2024: National Medical Congress AIM 2024. Advances in Internal Medicine;
• 2023: “Cardio-practicum: ECG in cardiology patients”;
• 2023: “DIA-practicum: clinical case analysis of diabetes patients”;
• 2023: School of Innovative Medicine “Inflammatory bowel diseases: new aspects of an old problem”;
• 2023: International Congress “Third Scientific Readings in memory of A.S. Svintsitskyi ‘Internal Medicine: Science and Practice’”.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• individual selection of preventive check-up programs considering age, gender, risk factors, and chronic diseases;
• planning of laboratory and instrumental diagnostics for early disease detection;
• dynamic health monitoring and adjustment of examination plans;
• early detection of chronic non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease);
• adult vaccination and immunization control;
• promotion of healthy lifestyle: smoking cessation, balanced nutrition, physical activity;
• pregnancy planning;
• management of patients with acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI): clinical examination, symptom assessment, symptomatic treatment, recommendations;
• management of pneumonia: early diagnosis, diagnostic planning, antibacterial therapy when needed, follow-up;
• diagnosis and treatment of anemia: laboratory evaluation, cause identification, treatment and monitoring;
• detection and correction of deficiencies (iron, vitamin D, vitamin B12, etc.);
• screening, diagnosis, and management of anxiety and depressive disorders using validated tools (GAD-7, PHQ-9).

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• ultrasound diagnostics;
• management of complex and atypical clinical cases;
• gastroenterology.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “I read books, draw, and meditate. I communicate with friends and society, gaining energy from live interaction.”

Doctor's advice:

• “Listen to your body, value its signals, and live in a way that your health becomes your ally, not a burden, in everyday life.”