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Olga BogomoletsUkrainian politician and statesman, dermatologist
Date of Birth: 22.03.1966
Country:  Ukraine |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Professional Career
- Currently: Professor at Odessa State Medical University
- Political and Social Activities
- Coordinator of the Euromaidan Medical Service
- Provided medical assistance to injured protesters
- Intervened to protect the rights of medical personnel and victims
- Honors and Recognition:
Early Life and Education
Olga Bogomolets was born on March 22, 1966, in Kyiv, Ukraine, to a family of renowned medical professionals. Her mother was a professor of pathology, and her father was a doctor of medicine and head of clinical pathophysiology.
Bogomolets graduated with honors from Kyiv Medical Institute in 1989 with a degree in medicine. She completed a clinical residency at the Ukrainian State Institute for Advanced Medical Studies from 1989 to 1991. In 1993-1994, she studied environmental dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania and the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology in the United States.
Professional Career
Medical Experience:1989-1991: Clinical resident and dermatologist at the Kyiv City Skin and Venereal Disease Dispensary
1991-1995: Senior research fellow at the Radiation Pathology Laboratory, Ministry of Health of Ukraine
1992-1994: Consultant dermatologist at the "Register" agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant zone
1995-2000: Head of the Histopathology Department at the Kyiv Regional Skin and Venereal Disease Dispensary
1997-2014: Founder and chief physician of the Kyiv Institute of Dermatology and Cosmetology
2000-2002: Dermatologist at the Kyiv City Skin and Venereal Disease Dispensary
2004-2005: Personal physician to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
Since 2007: Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Kyiv National Medical University
Currently: Professor at Odessa State Medical University
Scientific Activities:Author of over 70 scientific works and 14 patents in dermatology
Member of the European Association of Laser Dermatology and the American Academy of Dermatology
Coordinator of the European Association of Laser Dermatology in Eastern Europe
Political and Social Activities
Euromaidan Movement:Active participant in organizing medical support for the Euromaidan protests in 2013-2014
Coordinator of the Euromaidan Medical Service
Author of the "Maidan Medical Guidebook"Established the first mobile medical aid point on Maidan
Called on medical students to join the protests and established a medical hotline
Provided medical assistance to injured protesters
Coordinated the establishment of field hospitals and mobile medical teams
Intervened to protect the rights of medical personnel and victims
Political Career:Elected to the Ukrainian Parliament in 2014
Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Issues
Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Humanitarian Issues
Candidate for President of Ukraine in 2014 and 2019
Family and Legacy
Bogomolets is married to Ihor Kyryliuk, an attorney. They have five children: Andrey, Kateryna, Anna, Sofia, and Oleksandr.
The Bogomolets medical dynasty is one of the oldest in Ukraine, dating back to the late 19th century. Bogomolets is a descendant of the ancient Lithuanian-Russian Oliferovich-Bogomolets family.
Honors and Recognition:
Recipient of the Lech Walesa AwardRecognized as a moral leader of the Euromaidan medical team
Included in Ukraine's Top 100 Influential Women
