Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Ivanofrankivsk National Medical University

Івано-Франківський національний медичний університет
Established	1945
Affiliation	Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Rector	Mykola ROZHKO
Students	4800
Address	Galytska 2, 76000 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Affiliations	W.H.O,PMDC,MCI,Medical and Dental Council of Europe,Asia,Africa and many more countries
Website	http://www.ivanofnmu.com.ua

Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University http://www.ivanofnmu.com.ua (Ukrainian: Івано-Франківський національний медичний університет)A-058354-04/16is an institute of higher medical education in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

The university is situated in Ivano city in the northwest of Ukraine and is a leading higher education establishment in the region, with a higher accreditation level. The university provides continuity of higher medical education: Junior Specialist – a Bachelor – a Medical Specialist – a Master – a post graduate. The university history started in 1945 and is listed in the WHO Directory of Medical Schools and in the US FAIMER International Medical Education Directory (IMED).

The university is one of the few Medical Universities in Ukraine to be designated as a “National Medical University” by the government of Ukraine.

About the university

IFNMU was established in 1945. It is located in Galytska 2, 76000 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. The university consists of 12 hospitals and clinics. It is one of the few universities designated as a "National Medical University" by the government of Ukraine. It is a member of the association of universities, European association of universities, World Health Organization, and other international organizations. Around 4000 foreign students attend from all over the world, including the US, Western Europe, Australia, Africa, India and parts of Asia. The university contains 48 departments. The IFNMU Library received the prize (2nd degree diploma) for "Library of the year 2009" in the All Ukrainian Contest.

Across all departments, the university is working to improve the methods used to educate and train new doctors. Medical students are trained by doctors and academics, including six honored scientists and two honored workers of higher education, as well as two Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine.

In recent years, many scientific developments and innovations in medical diagnostics made at the university have found practical use in public health. The university holds a number of patents for devices, including one that uses bioindicators to test for radioactive contamination in the environment.

The university provides medical care to patients throughout the city and wider region across 40 specialties, and also serves as a national database of anatomy.

A number of university faculty are members of national and international congresses and symposiums.

The Rector of the University, along with members of the council of the Ukrainian Medical Association, founded the magazine "Galician drug Gazette", which operates alongside the scientific journal "Archives of Clinical Medicine."

The university maintains professional contacts with the World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations, including the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, Lublin Medical Academy, and universities in Germany, Austria, and Poland.

Courses

Majors

• General Medicine (Doctor of Medicine degree) – 6 years course
• Dentistry (Doctor of Dentistry degree) - 5-year course
• Pediatrics (Doctor of Medicine degree) - 6-year course
• Pharmacy (Bachelor of Pharmacy degree) – 5-year course
• Nursing (RN) - 3 / 4-year course
• rosthodontics (MDS / Clinical Residency) - 2-year course

Educational and Qualification levels

• Educational and Qualification levels:
• Specialist (MD, MDD)
• Master of Medicine (Pharmacy)
• Ph.D

Postgraduate Training

• Internship
• Clinical Residentura
• Master and PhD courses
• Specialization and Post-Diploma Training for Doctors

Teaching Staff

The teaching staff is highly qualified and have experience working with foreign students. The university holds 443 teaching staff including 77 PhDs, 264 candidates for PhD, and 19 academics. Researchers in the university have made achievements in fields including cardiology, pediatrics, internal medicine, kidney physiology, and pathology. Many of the teachers and professors have made major contributions to the country in areas of research, achievements, and discoveries.

Rector

Significant contributions to the development of the university have been made by rectors:

• Professor Ivan Savitsky (1945-1947), graduated from the Odessa Medical Institute, the first rector of the first head of the regional health department and the first head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry..
• Associate Professor Alex Sushko Ovksentiyovych (1947-1948) - a graduate of Kiev Medical Institute, assistant professor of human anatomy.
• Associate Professor Yuri Antonov, G. (1949-1951) - a graduate of the Dnepropetrovsk Medical Institute, assistant professor of surgery hospital in the future - a professor, a famous scientist and surgeon.
• Professor Lavryk Semen Semenovich (1952-1953) - a graduate of Vinnitsa Medical Institute in the future - Rector of the Medical University.
• Academician Georgy Ovksentiyovych Babenko - (1954-1980) - a graduate of Donetsk Medical Institute, founder of the school of the biochemical, author of 350 scientific papers, 4 books ; trained 32 doctors and more than 170 candidates. Over 40 years - the supervisor of the laboratory " Trace elements in medicine ".
• Professor Anatoly L. Dekhtyar - graduated from Odessa Medical Institute, led the medical school from 1980 to 1987.

Teachers

Significant contributions to the development of the university have been made by scholars, such as:

• Professor Ara Harahash'yan Armenakovych - Armenian organizer and participant in the fight against endemic goiter in the Carpathian region.
• Professor Sergei Verkhratskiy Prokhorchuk - Head of Department of Hospital Surgery, famous scientific papers on the history of medicine and surgery ;
• Honored Scientist, winner of the Prize. V. Vorobiev, MD, Professor Efim Petrovich Melman, author of 250 scientific papers, 6 books, which produced 58 doctors and candidates of medical sciences, founder morphological School University;
• Known in Ukraine and abroad abdominal surgeon Professor Seniutovych Vasily Fedorovich and Nestor Seredyuk cardiologist Academician ;
• Professor Larissa Kovalchuk, who started at the university medical and genetic research;
• Honored Doctor of Ukraine, an experienced clinician, Professor Ljubomir Glushko
• Professor Mikhail Shevchuk, Stephen Genyk, Michael Vasylyuk Igor Vakalyuk .

Many graduates are now working in the university and other scientific centers in Ukraine:

• Professor Nikolai Kuzmich Furqan - honored scientist, Chair, former director of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Cardiology. MD Strazhesko .
• In the Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery is MD, Professor Michael Atamanyuk - the world famous heart surgeon .
• Professor Leonid D. Tondiy heads the department of physical therapy at the Kharkov Institute of Advanced Training of Physicians,
• Professor Vladimir Kopchak continues the tradition of Academician AA Shalimova in Ukrainian Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Surgery .
• Professor Nestor S. Verkhratskiy - Fellow of the Institute of Gerontology of Ukraine.

Today appeared galaxy young scientists such as Roman Yatsyshyn, Ivan Titov Vitaliy Herelyuk Natalia Virstyuk John bruises, Igor Shevchuk, Vadim Sulima, Z. Ozhohan Nikolai Ostrovsky and many others.

International Cooperation & Partners

The university has scientific and international cooperation with the following institutes: 

• Tajik State Medical University Abuali Ibn porch (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) 
• National Center for toxicological studies FDA (USA)
• Canadian Center for dental technology (Toronto, Canada) 
• Nikolai Testemitsanu State University of Medicine & Pharmacy (Chisinau, Moldova) 
• University degli Studi di Genova (Italy) 
• Ukrainian Alumni Association of French educational programs 
• International Federation of Medical Students Associations - Ukraine 
• Medical Radiological Research Center RAMS (Obninsk, Russian Federation)
• Izhevsk State Medical Academy (Izhevsk, Russian Federation) 
• Himli Dental Corporation (Lokport, Canada) 
• Hartinhton Farmasyutikal (Barcelona, Spain) 
• British Medical Association (London)
• University of Oradea (Oradea, Romania) 
• Ksinkon Technology College (Toronto, Canada) 
• Belarusian State Medical University (Minsk, Belarus) 
• St. Thomas Hospital (London, UK) 
• University of Rzeszow (Rzeszow, Poland) 
• Medical University (Sofia, Bulgaria) 

In addition, students and faculty regularly participate in international meets and symposiums in order to keep abreast of the latest scientific developments.

Links

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