Somov Ihor Yevheniiovych

Education:

• Luhansk State Medical University, specialty "General Medicine";
• Volyn branch of the Faculty of Postgraduate Education of the Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University, internship in surgery and specialization in endoscopy;
• Shupyk National University of Health of Ukraine, specialization in physical and rehabilitation medicine (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Sports Medicine) and specialization in family medicine

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

• member of the Ukrainian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine;
• member of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM);
• regular participation in seminars on orthopedic manual therapy (Ukraine, Poland, Austria);
• continuous professional development in modern pain management methods, in particular the School of Regional Anesthesia "Pain Management — from acute to chronic," Clinical Hospital "Feofaniya."

Teaching and / or lecturing:

• participation, translation, and organization of seminars and masterclasses by foreign instructors on physical therapy, orthopedic manual therapy, functional neurology, therapeutic exercises, and pain psychology.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• pain medicine (a comprehensive approach to pain control and improving patient comfort, which includes physical therapy, rehabilitation, and psychological support);
• algology (treatment of acute and chronic pain using modern medical methods).