Rakovska Liudmyla Oleksandrivna

Candidate of Medical Sciences, highest-category physician

Highest-category pediatrician.

Member of the Association of Pediatricians of Ukraine.

Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Pediatrics.

Education:

• 1981-1983 — Kharkiv Medical College No. 1;
• 1987-1993 — Kharkiv Medical Institute, Faculty of Pediatrics;
• 1993–1995 — Internship in pediatrics at City Children's Hospital No. 16 and Merefa Central District Hospital;
• 1999-2002 — Postgraduate studies at Kharkiv Medical University;
• 2004 — Specialization in pediatric anesthesiology;
• 2011 — Specialization in pediatric oncology;
• 2005 — Specialization in health care organization and management.

Professional experience:

• 1983-1987 — nurse at Kharkiv Children's Clinic No. 1;
• 1995–1999 — district physician at the Joint Hospital in the urban-type settlement of Vysoikyi;
• 2003 — defended her Candidate of Sciences dissertation:
• 2003-2004 — anesthesiologist in the intensive care unit at City Children's Hospital No. 16;
• 2004-2012 — deputy chief physician for medical services at City Children's Hospital No. 16;
• 2012-2014 — assistant professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (teaching pediatrics in English);
• 2014-2017 — associate professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University;
• 2017 — founder and head of the HELP for kids children's medical center within the Unilik clinic.

Author of more than 50 publications, including three popular science books; co-author of the textbook “Pediatric Oncology”; author of numerous scientific and methodological publications for students and physicians, and articles in specialized medical journals, including international ones.

2003 — Ukrainian patent “Method for predicting the chronification of glomerulonephritis in children”.

Where she sees patients: Unilik Medical Center.