Doctor information: Voinovska Iryna Volodymyrivna
Work experience: 30 years
Category: Higher
Education:
- Bogomolets Kiev National Medical University, Department of pediatrics
Areas of professional development:
- courses on thematic improvement and pre-certification courses;
- participation in neurological conferences, including international ones, dedicated to the children treatment under one year with hypoxic lesions of the central nervous system, epilepsy, convulsions, minimal brain dysfunction, headaches. ‘’
- publications in the periodical magazines ‘Mother and her child’, ‘My child’, ‘Mother and me.’
- lecturing at school for mothers;
- participations in local TV programs.
Priority areas in clinical practice:
- diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of child's nervous system;
- children's rehabilitation after the disease;
- medical supervision of young children.
- ‘It is vital to love children. I like working with them very much. I love kids most of all – I immediately want to kiss them and take care of. State of your mind and mood is very important in neurologist work. Children feel it and gladly contact you.’
- ‘My typical patients are parents with children of the first year of life with hypoxic lesions of the central nervous system and various syndromes. To prevent these diseases, a woman must be more attentive to her health during pregnancy, and an obstetrician must competently take delivery. That's the whole prevention. I would also like to warn young mothers from early returning to work after childbirth. Children feel the lack of mother`s attention very well. Until your baby is a year old, it is extremely important for a mother to be near her child.’
Hobbies, favorite movies, books:
- ‘I like going to the cinema with my child. My husband and I have recently liked skiing and biking very much. We try to rest actively every free minute!’
Doctor's advice:
- ‘If small children often get nervous, suffer from sleep disorders, you should consult a neurologist.’
‘Older children disturbing symptoms may include the following behavioral responses: behavioral disorders, headaches, breath-holding spell which make children fall almost losing consciousness, sleep disorders and neuroses of various localization.’
