Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Oksana Sulaieva, the doctor of medical sciences, professor, Head of the department of Pathology and forensic medicine at Kyiv Medical University.

Oksana Sulaieva graduated from Donetsk National Medical University with honors in 1997 and got PhD degree in 2001. In 2016 she obtained a professorship. During the period from 2016 to 2022, Oksana Sulaieva was elected and operated as General Secretary at ORPHEUS  (The Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System). Besides, professor Sulaieva was a member of the Research Board at the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (2018-2020). From 2020 to 2024 Oksana Sulaieva studied at Loyola University Chicago and obtained the degree of Master of Art in Bioethics and Health Policy (2022), and a Doctor of Bioethics (2024). Since 2017 р. prof. Sulaieva has been working at the Medical Laboratory CSD combining diagnostic activities with scientific projects in pathology, diabetology and biomaterial research. In 2024 Oksana Sulaieva started working as a Head of the Department of Pathology in Kyiv Medical University.

The scientific interests of professor Oksana Sulaieva include the investigation inf the filed of cancer genomics and immunooncology, as well as translational studies in biomaterial research. Oksana Sulaieva is author and coauthor of numerous publications, her h-index is 10 (Scopus). Now, Oksana Sulaieva is a member of USCAP, ASCP, ESMO, AMP and ISBER, and also was elected and work at the position of Chair of Ukrainian association of Research Biobanks.

Department Staff

Today, the department employs 4 doctors of science, 5 candidates of science, 1 senior lecturer, 13 assistants

Full-time lecturers

• Sulaeva Oksana Mykolayivna – head of the department, professor, doctor of medical sciences, teaches the educational component “Histology, cytology and embryology”
• Marchenko Iryna Oleksandrivna – senior lecturer, head of the department, teaches the educational component “Histology, cytology and embryology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
• Solomka Svitlana Lvivna – candidate of medical sciences, associate professor, teaches the educational component “Pathophysiology” for Ukrainian-speaking and English-speaking students
• Tymchenko Iryna Mykolayivna – candidate of medical sciences, associate professor, teaches the educational component “Pathophysiology” for Ukrainian-speaking students

Part-time teachers

• • Mykhailichenko Borys Valentynovych – doctor of medical sciences, professor, teaches the educational component “Forensic medicine”, for English-speaking students
  • Bondar Stanislav Stepanovych – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, teaches the educational component “Forensic Medicine”, for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Pletenetska Alina Oleksandrivna – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor teaches the educational component for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Seleznev Oleksiy Oleksandrivna – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Dosenko Viktor Yevgenovich – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, teaches the educational component “Pathophysiology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Pashevin Denis Oleksandrivna – Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, teaches the educational component “Pathophysiology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Angeliuk Viktoria Dmytrivna – Assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathophysiology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Dremlyuga Valeria Vasylivna – Assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathophysiology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Sukhanova Yana Anatoliivna – Assistant, teaches the educational component “Histology, Cytology and Embryology”, “Pathomorphology” for English-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Zaretsky Mykhailo Borisovich – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Zhuravlya Anatoliivna Zhuravlyova – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Lapsar Hanna Serhiivna – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Slisarenko Marina Vitaliivna – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Koshyk Olena Oleksandrivna – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Stepura Anatoliy Volodymyrovych – assistant, teaches the educational component “Histology, Cytology and Embryology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Tumanovska Lesya Volodymyrivna – assistant, teaches the educational component “Histology, cytology and embryology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Ol. Stanislavovich Ostrovsky – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Ol. Serhiyovych Balimchuk – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students
  • Kirylenko Ruslan Oleksandrovych – assistant, teaches the educational component “Pathomorphology” for Ukrainian-speaking students

The educational process at the department is conducted in Ukrainian and English for students of medical, dental, pharmaceutical and international faculties.

List of academic disciplines taught at the department:

• Pathomorphology
• Histology
• Pathophysiology
• Forensic medicine

The educational process at the department is conducted in Ukrainian and English for applicants for higher education of the second educational level, medical, dental faculties and the international faculty. Internship is conducted in the specialty “Pathomorphology”.

• Disciplines taught at the department:
• Pathomorphology
• Pathophysiology
• Histology, cytology and embryology
• Forensic medicine

The teachers of the department are authors and co-authors of 5 textbooks and 2 teaching aids, 3 monographs including:

1. Barinov E. F., O. M. Sulaeva, O. R. Nikolayenko and others; edited by O. F. Barinov, Yu. B. Chayko.Histology, cytology and embryology: in 3 books. — Book 3. Part 2. Special histology and embryology of internal organs: a textbook (Higher Education University IV year)
2. Lutsyk O.D., Chaykovsky Yu.B. Histology, cytology, embryology: a textbook for students of higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine / Vinnytsia: Nova Kniga, 2020. 496 p.
3. Marushko Yu.V. Gichka S.G., Moshchych P.S. et al. – Ukrainian-Latin-Russian terminology from the course of children’s diseases – 2003.
4. Marushko Yu.V., Pisotska S.A., Gichka S.G., Boyko N.S., Gaevska A.V. – Pediatric Hematology: a teaching and methodological manual – 2005.
5. Chaban T.I., Gichka S.G., Tkachyshyna N.Yu., Gorban V.O., Marushko Y.V., Gishchak T.V. – Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension – 2003.
6. Anatomy and physiology/ in 2 volumes /Under the scientific editorship of Gichka S.G., Kozlova A.G., Talka V.I. -Kiev: Publishing House “Olympic Literature”, 2007. — 1223 p.); — Atlas (Tissue-preserving high-frequency electrowelding surgery (Atlas) /Edited by B. E. Paton and O. N. Ivanova.- Kyiv: “Scientific Thought” NAS of Ukraine”, 2009. — 198 p.);

monographs:

1. Thromboembolic complications in obstetrics and gynecology / Ventskovsky B. M. Senchuk A. Ya., Garnik T. P., Gichka S. G. et al. — Kiev: “MAKKOM”, 2003. — 359 p.
2. Patho-(morpho-)genetic patterns of the course of influenza A/H1N1: domestic experience / Tereshchenko V. P., Gichka S. G., Degtyareva L. V. et al. / Kazakov V. M., Shlopov V. G. Influenza A/H1N1 / California / 04/09. — Donetsk: “Kashtan”, 2010. — 419 p.
3. Tuffakha Muin, Gichka Sergey, Gusky Hans. Immunohistochemical diagnostics of tumors. — Kyiv. OOO “Intermed”. — 2013. — 223 p.

The department staff published a methodological manual “Workbook on pathophysiology in two languages. The scientific and pedagogical staff of the department developed a number of methodological recommendations for students in the following educational components: pathomorphology, histology, pathophysiology.

The textbook “Clinical histology” is being prepared for publication.

The department prepares students for certification: EDKI (Stage 1, Integrated test exam STEP 1);

The directions of scientific work of the department are: pathomorphology and pathomorphosis of modern infectious diseases, pathomorphology of cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, pathomorphology of diseases of the female reproductive system;

The employees of the department have published a number of scientific works, in particular:

1. Effects of spike proteins on angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), Bejoy, J., Williams, C.I., Cole, H.J., …Gychka, S.G., Suzuki, Y.J., Archives of Biochemistry and BiophysicsThis link is disabled., 2023, 748, 109769
2. gp120 Envelope Glycoproteins of HIV-1 Group M Subtype A and Subtype B Differentially Affect Gene Expression in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells, Suh, A.J., Suzuki, D.I., Gychka, S.G., Brelidze, T.I., Suzuki, Y.J., International Journal of Molecular SciencesThis link is disabled., 2023, 24(4), 3536
3. Placental vascular remodeling in pregnant women with COVID-19, Gychka, S.G., Brelidze, T.I., Kuchyn, I.L., …Chermak, I.I., Suzuki, Y.J., PLoS ONEThis link is disabled., 2022, 17(7 July), e0268591
4. Missed Tuberculosis Diagnoses: Analysis of Pediatric Autopsy Data From General Hospitals in Lviv, Ukraine, Kuzyk, P.V., Padilla, R., Rybak, N.R., …Petrenko, V., Gychka, S.G., Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases SocietyThis link is disabled., 2022, 11(6), pp. 300–302

The history of the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine began on May 5, 1992. To organize the educational process, three departments were created:

• Pathological Anatomy
• Histology, Cytology and Embryology
• Forensic Medicine

In 2006, the departments were merged.

History of the Department of Pathological Anatomy:

On October 31, 1992, Petro Ivanovich Chervyak was appointed the first head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy

From 1994 to 2005, the department was headed by Serhiy Grigorovich Gichka

The history of the Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology began in 1992 under the leadership of Hryhoriy Borisovich Kostynsky

From 1999-2000, the department was headed by Andriy Konstantinovich Kolomiytsev

From 2001-2003 the department is headed by Kostynskyi Grigoriy Borisovich

since 2004 the department is headed by Neumerzhytskyi Oleksandr Leonidovich

History of the Department of Forensic Medicine:

The Department of Forensic Medicine was established in 1992.

since 1992 the department was headed by Lisovyi Anatoliy Semenovich

since 2011 the head of the department was Shevchuk Vadim Avramovich

since 2019 the head of the educational component is Bondar Stanislav Stepanovych.

In 2006 the departments were merged and renamed the Department of “Pathological Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine”, which was headed by Gichka Serhiy Grigorovich.

In 2023 the reorganization of the department took place. The department has added the educational component “Pathophysiology” and renamed it the Department of “Pathology and Forensic Medicine”. Since August 2024, the position of head of the department has been held by Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Sulaeva Oksana Mykolaivna.