Chngryan Gayane Vachikivna

• Cardiologist, PhD in Medical Sciences, Assistant at the Department of Family Medicine. Chngryan Gayane Vachikivna is a PhD in Medical Sciences, Assistant at the Department of Family Medicine of the Faculty of Postgraduate Education at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University. She is a first-category cardiologist certified by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, a member of the European Society of Cardiology, the Ukrainian Society of Cardiology, and the Association of Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine.

• 1995–2001 – Higher medical education at the Faculty of Medicine, Danylo Halytsky Lviv State Medical University, specialty “General Medicine.”
• 2001–2005 – Clinical residency in Cardiology at the Department of Family Medicine, Danylo Halytsky LNMU, based at the Infarction Unit of the Lviv Emergency Hospital.
• Since 2007 – Assistant at the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Postgraduate Education, Danylo Halytsky LNMU.
• 2009 – Specialist certificate in “General Practice – Family Medicine.”
• 2015 – Successfully defended her PhD thesis: “Myocardial hibernation in acute forms of coronary artery disease: clinical features, ultrastructural manifestations, diagnostics, and treatment.”
• 2016 – Specialist certificate in “Functional Diagnostics.”
• 2019 – Specialist certificate in “Rheumatology.”

• Co-investigator of the fundamental study “Characteristics of the mechanisms and clinical course of acute and chronic forms of coronary artery disease depending on risk factors”, as well as two Ministry of Health–funded projects: “Myocardial hibernation in arterial hypertension and acute myocardial infarction as a predictor of cardiomyocyte apoptosis, left ventricular dysfunction, and heart failure.” and “Impact of acute myocardial infarction, arterial hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus on myocardial ultrastructural remodeling and heart failure development.”
• Has significant achievements in cellular cardiology.
• She has experience conducting clinical trials of medicinal products and has participated as a sub-investigator in three randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled studies.

• Co-author of 117 published works, including international publications. Speaker at national and international congresses and conferences, including: World Congress on Heart Failure (2002, Washington, USA), Hypertension Congress (2014, Athens, Greece, European Society of Cardiology Congress (2017, Paris, France) She is a regular speaker at the Ukrainian Congress of Cardiologists. Co-author of a Ukrainian patent. Member of the Association of Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine and co-organizer of the Union of Armenian Doctors of Ukraine.

• Participant in numerous scientific-practical conferences, training courses, workshops, seminars, and master classes, including: Lviv International Practical Course on Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, “Evidence-Based Medicine in Internal Medicine Practice”, “Implantable Devices: Indications and Patient Management”, “Arterial Hypertension – Red Mark: Course for Private Medicine Physicians”, “Advanced Diagnostics and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases”, “Basics of Cardiac Rehabilitation”, “Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment of Patients with Cerebrovascular Pathology and Pain Management”, “Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Training Course”, “Modern Practice and New Horizons in Family Medicine”, “Familial Hypercholesterolemia: From Classical Concepts to Real Practice in Ukraine”, “Basic Life Support (BLS), simulation training in emergency ultrasound.”

• Completed advanced training for educators in General Practice – Family Medicine: 2009 – “Higher Medical Education and the Bologna Process,” Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, 2020 – “New Educational Technologies,” Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv.
• "In my practice, I rely not only on clinical guidelines but also apply an individualized approach to every patient, considering genetic predisposition, risk factors, occupational hazards, dietary habits, and lifestyle. I always strive to find the most convenient medication regimen to improve patient adherence, as treatment outcomes largely depend on it."
• Combines clinical work with teaching at the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Postgraduate Education, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, and performs clinical duties at the Infarction Unit of the Lviv Emergency Hospital.