Endocrinologist, Professor of the Endocrinology Department

Kikhtyak Olesia Pavlivna

Biography
  • Olesia Pavlivna Kikhtiak is a Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Endocrinology at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, and a physician of the highest qualification category.
  • In 1990, she graduated from Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
  • In 2002, she defended her PhD thesis, and in 2011 her doctoral dissertation.
  • She is an active member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the Ukrainian Diabetes Association, the Association of Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine (within the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) and the International Hormone Society (IHS)), the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and the Endocrinology Innovations Club.
She participated in:
  • the 15th International Thyroid Congress (Orlando, USA);
  • the 49th International Conference of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (Barcelona, Spain);
  • the 13th Congress of the World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations (Lviv, Ukraine);
  • the 2nd Congress of Vascular Surgeons and Angiologists of Ukraine (Lviv, Ukraine);
  • the European-Ukrainian School “Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation” (Lutsk, Ukraine);
  • the endocrinologists’ speaker forum for regions of Europe, Canada, Asia, and Africa (Antalya, Turkey);
  • the International Endo-Bridge (Istanbul, Turkey);
  • the International Summit “Hidden Masks of Diabetes” (Dubai, UAE); and many others.
  • She is the author and co-author of more than 150 scientific publications, including 3 monographs and 8 scientific-practical editions (textbooks and manuals), some of which were published in English.