Fomina Svetlana Petrovna

Doctor information: Fomina Svetlana Petrovna

Education:

O. O. Bogomolets National Medical University.

Membership in associations, attending of professional events:

• member of International Society of Nephrology, member of the board of Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists and Specialists in Renal Transplantation, member of the board of Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists, co-founder of All-Ukrainian Orphan's Metabolic Academy
• participates four or five conferences annually, also as an organizing committee member (2–3 conferences)
• continuously attends courses of advanced training

Scientific work:

• as of December 2019, has 230 published works (5 of them – in 2018–2019), including 5 patents of invention and 11 utility model patents, 2 authorship certificates (2013), 4 guidelines, a co-author of Nephrology instructional guide (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013), a co-author of the Theory and Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine monograph (2017, the authorship certificate is received in 2020)
• has an academic status of the senior research scientist
• doctoral degree in medicine

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• Microbial inflammatory and immune complex kidney diseases, congenital nephrogenesis anomalies, polycystic kidney disease, chronic kidney disease.
• I prefer prevention of renal diseases: initial (prevention of occurrence), secondary (slowdown or elimination), tertiary (prevention of advancing and developing of complications).

Common complaints:

• Glomerulonephritis (various clinical options).
• Glomerulopathy.
• Pyelonephritis.
• Congenital urinary system malformations.
• Hypoplasia and cystic kidney disease (including polycystic kidney disease).
• Interstitial nephritis.
• Hereditary nephritis.
• Chronic kidney disease.
• Crystalluria.
• Arterial hypertension syndrome.
• Urinary incontinence.
• Neurogenic bladder, etc.

Area of professional interests

“Pediatric nephrology is impossible without urology, genetics, gastroenterology, microbiology, cardiology, endocrinology and other areas of medical science known today.”

Trends in nephrology

“Implementation of genetic screening, multidisciplinarity, etc. However, “In the last 50 years, no new therapies have been approved... The traditional methods of directing the care ... by histological classification ... may soon yield customizing therapies based on our expanding understanding of molecular targets.” [Gibson 2015: Back to the future: therapies for idiopathic nephrotic syndrome]».

Specifics of working with patients

“Unpredictability as for the disease prognosis, in many cases – disconnection of patient’s complaints, present external characteristics and laboratory data (visual erroneous compensation or, in contrast, aggravation).”

Doctor’s advice

“Don’t be hasty in conclusions and generalization, there is a way out of every difficult situation (more than one, as a rule). Don’t compare yourself or your child with anybody: every person has his or her own way in this life (including in the illness). Never give up. Set up positive expectations and look for good signs in any circumstances. Give credence to your children, trust them, learn from them, give them advice, but don’t live instead of them.”

About work

“My principle is “do as you would be done by”, that works also for my patients. I have weaknesses: professional perfectionism and limited operative memory.”

About health

“I support my health condition with walking.”