Head of the Department, D.Med.Sc., Professor 

After graduating from Lviv State Medical Institute O.Zharinov studied as clinical and research fellow at the Cardiology Research Centre in Moscow where he defended his Ph.D. In 1992-1996 – Assistant of the Internal Medicine Department, Lviv State Medical Institute. In 1996 he defended the D.Med.Sc. work on arrhythmogenic influence of left ventricular dysfunction. Since 1997 р. – Docent, since 2001 – Professor of Cardiology and Functional Diagnostics Department of National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. Since 2014 – Head of the Department of Functional Diagnostics.

Supervisor of one D.Med.Sc. and 19 Cand.Med.Sc. / Ph.D. fellows. Deputy editor-in-chief, “Ukrainian Heart Journal”, Head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. Author and editor of the national textbook «Functional Diagnostics» (two editions), monographies and textbooks «Ventricular arrhythmias», «Holter and fragment ECG monitoring», «Ambulatory ECG monitoring », «Exercise tests in cardiology», «Atrial fibrillation», «Аrterial hypertension and cardiovascular risk», «Fundamentals of electrocardiography» (four editions), «Practicum in electrocardiography» (two editions), «Electrocardiography for family physician», «Clinical arrhythmology», in total – more than 700 publications. Initiator and moderator of many CME activities in cardiology and functional diagnostics, including large annual conferences “Functional Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases” and “Days of Arrhythmology in Kyiv”. Prof. O.Zharinov has a higher qualification category in cardiology and functional diagnostics.