Kovalchuk Olena Serhiivna

Work experience: 14 years

Category: Higher

Education:

• Pirogov Vinnytsia National Medical University, specialty "General Medicine";
• Internship and residency in Otolaryngology at the Department of ENT Diseases of M.I. Pirogov Vinnytsia National Medical University;
• Chernihiv Institute of Information, Business and Law, Master's degree in Public Administration and Management.

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

• TI "Plastic Surgery of the Face" on the basis of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Combustiology of the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;
• TU "Functional Endoscopic Rhinosurgery" at the Otolaryngology Clinic of the Main Military Clinical Hospital.

Areas of professional development:

• work experience as an emergency otolaryngologist in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Otolaryngology of the city hospital, worked as a head and senior resident of the otolaryngology department of the polyclinic, as well as a member of the team of maxillofacial surgeons at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Modern Dental Technologies of the Institute of Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National Medical University;
• constantly improves his knowledge and skills, actively studies new medical innovations.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• consultative reception of patients with ENT pathology;
• video endoscopic examination of ENT organs;
• impedance measurement;
• interpretation of audiograms;
• diagnostics and treatment of chronic tonsillitis, sinusitis, sphenoiditis, frontal sinusitis, acute and chronic auditory nerve neuritis (hearing loss), sinusitis, polypoid rhinosinusitis and consequences of mine-blast injuries of the hearing organ;
• Surgical treatment of the nasal and respiratory tract: restoration of nasal breathing by minimally invasive methods (endoscopic vasotomy, endoscopic radiofrequency disintegration of the lower nasal concha), septoplasty, tonsillectomy, functional endoscopic rhinosinus surgery (FESS), uvulopalatoplasty (snoring treatment), tracheostomy direct laryngoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, rigid esophagoscopy, closure of eardrum perforations, removal of atheroma and keloid scars of ENT organs, injuries due to mine and gunshot wounds of ENT organs, nasal bone fractures, abscess, hematoma of the nasal septum and otogematoma.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• surgery for maxillofacial trauma.

Doctor's advice:

• "Avoid self-medication as it can harm your health. See a doctor as soon as you have signs of illness - this significantly reduces the risk of complications. Take care of your health, undergo regular medical examinations and do not delay your visit to a specialist."