Rykov Oleksii Arkadiiovych

Work experience: 27 years

Category: Higher

Education:

• Bogomolets National Medical University

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• member of the European Academy of Pediatrics;
• member of the Board of the Ukrainian Academy of Pediatrics;
• head of the Central Ukrainian subdivision of the Ukrainian Academy of Pediatrics;
• active participant in many Ukrainian and foreign conferences;
• completed courses on gastrointestinal diseases;
• completed courses on hereditary diseases.

Scientific activity:

• worked as a researcher at the Institute of Nephrology of Ukraine;
• lectures for colleagues;
• has many scientific and popular science publications;
• experience of appearing on television.

Teaching and / or lecturing:

• assistant of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Dobrobut Academy.

Areas of professional development:

• chief Medical Officer of the children's clinics of the Dobrobut Medical Network;
• completed internships in America and in healthcare in France;
• actively applies foreign experience in practice;
• english-speaking patients.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• the entire spectrum of pediatrics;
• complex cases in pediatric practice;
• developmental pediatrics;
• diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract;
• skin diseases (atopic dermatitis);
• childhood infections;
• respiratory tract diseases.
• “There are very positive global trends in the field of pediatrics. First, genetics is developing. As a result, there are many opportunities to correct genetic disorders. Secondly, a number of factors have been discovered that need to be taken into account in childhood for the sake of the child's future positive condition. From an early age, correction of nutrition and lifestyle in general begins. Third, many pediatric myths have been revised.”
• “I have a negative attitude to the fact that parents read various symptoms on the Internet and make their own diagnoses. I always draw their attention to what kind of Internet can be trusted and what kind cannot. There are sites where you can get professional, adequate advice, and there are all kinds of forums where the information is unverified. Any statement must have a solid evidence base. Sometimes it is difficult to find a common language with parents, but never with children. Children are always grateful.”

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• “I am interested in almost all related fields of pediatrics. A pediatrician is a generalist and, like it or not, you have to understand everything: functional research methods, pediatric neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, and cardiology.”

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “Spending time with my family is a hobby, because, unfortunately, I don't have time for anything else. And traveling. I love to travel. I've been everywhere! It's easier to say where I haven't been. But I still like it best at home.”

Doctor's advice:

• “You have to treat what needs to be treated and not treat what doesn't need to be treated! Do not look for diseases where there are none. This is the main advice. After all, children are initially healthy, but their parents make them sick.”