A renowned cardiac surgeon from Kyiv will see patients in Mykolaiv free of charge

On Friday, November 6, residents of Mykolaiv and the region with cardiovascular diseases will be able to receive a free consultation with cardiac surgeon Volodymyr Popov from the Mykola Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery. The consultations will take place at the outpatient clinic of the Mykolaiv Regional Clinical Hospital.

Consultations will begin at 8:00 a.m. at 1 Kyivska Street. No appointment is needed: everyone will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis, and consultations will continue until the last patient has been examined.

In Mykolaiv region, the professor holds consultations once a month. For more information, call +38 (067) 402 24 39.

“Many people today need heart surgery. If a disease is detected in time and surgery is performed, a person’s life can be prolonged. After surgery, these patients will be able to lead almost completely normal lives and live for many years,” said Volodymyr Popov.

Volodymyr Popov is a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor, and Honored Doctor of Ukraine. Over the course of his career, he has progressed from working as a medical orderly to becoming a leading cardiac surgeon and head of a department.

Key milestones in his education and professional career:

• He has worked at the Amosov Institute since April 1978.
• In 1980, he graduated with honors from the Kyiv Medical Institute with a degree in general medicine.
• In 1988, he defended his candidate’s dissertation.
• Since March 2005, he has headed the department of surgical treatment of acquired heart defects, where complex operations are performed on patients with these conditions.
• In 2006, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the surgical correction of combined mitral and aortic heart defects.
• In 2017, he received the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology for his work on the surgical treatment of thoracic aortic diseases.

The doctor’s academic work includes nearly 450 publications, a monograph, and 35 Ukrainian invention patents. He is also a member of several Ukrainian and international professional medical associations.

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