Vyval Mykola Bohdanovych

Education:

• 2007–2013: Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, specialty “General Medicine”;
• 2013–2016: Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, neurosurgery internship based at the Department of Neurosurgery of the Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital;
• 2013–2016: Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Master’s program

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

• 2018: poster presentation, World Congress & Exhibition on Vascular Surgery, London (United Kingdom);
• 2019: Workshop Pipeline Flex Embolization Device, Paris (France);
• 2020: EANS Basic Endovascular Course, Berlin (Germany);
• 2021: fellowship at the Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland);
• 2024: fellowship at the Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Balmis University Hospital, Alicante (Spain).

Scientific activity:

• 2016–2021: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD);
• author and co-author of more than 40 scientific publications, 16 of which are indexed in international scientometric databases (Scopus), Hirsch index (h-index): 4.

Areas of professional development:

• continuous education (Lifelong Learning): conferences, workshops, simulation and certification programs;
• international professional integration: fellowships abroad, participation in international scientific events, publications in peer-reviewed journals;
• participation in fundamental interdisciplinary research in collaboration with institutes (artificial intelligence, neurobiology, neuroengineering, nanotechnology);
• adherence to safety protocols and principles of evidence-based medicine.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• screening and diagnosis of asymptomatic brain lesions: identification of early changes to prevent complications;
• detection of incidental aneurysms: MRI/CT analysis: assessment of size, shape, location, and rupture risk. Choice between dynamic observation and treatment;
• diagnosis of critical carotid artery stenosis, assessment of the feasibility of endovascular stenting, taking into account individual risks and health status;
• assessment of vertebral artery pathology in patients with symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency;
• cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders, including intracranial hypertension and hypotension, conditions with pulsatile noise in the head;
• comprehensive patient management: from initial consultation to post-procedural follow-up.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• application of machine learning in medicine for the analysis of medical images (CT, MRI, X-ray) for early and accurate disease diagnosis;
• development of predictive models that help assess risks and optimize individualized treatment strategies;
• processing of medical information based on graph theory, which allows viewing text as a structured network of relationships and creating practical clinical solutions.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “In my free time, I prefer literature and films by Federico Fellini.”

Doctor's advice:

• “A doctor will not relieve fatigue after a night shift and will not protect against burnout or bureaucracy. But he helps transform pain into a diagnosis, fear into understanding, and uncertainty into a clear action plan. Plan ‘A’ is your life and your strength. A doctor is your ally in its implementation, using professional tools. Surgery is only one of them, sometimes the most optimal, within the overall strategy that we choose together.”