Valeriy I. Bugro, MD, PhD (since 1995), Associate Professor (since 2002), Honored Worker of Health Care of Ukraine (since 2010).

Graduated from O. O. Bogomolets Kyiv Medical Institute, Medical Faculty (1981). Took clinical residency at the Department of Social Hygiene and Public Health Organization of O. O. Bogomolets Kyiv Medical Institute (1986-1988) and postgraduate course at the Department of Public Health Management of Kyiv State Institute for Physicians Advanced Training (1988-1991). After the postgraduate course he was Assistant Professor (1991-1997), Senior Lecturer (1997-2000), and since 2000 he has been Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health Management.

In 1995 he defended PhD thesis entitled “Scientific Substantiation of Ways for Developing Day Patient Departments at the City Policlinics and their Management”; a scholar of Full Professor B. P. Kryshtopa.

Author of 47 scientific works. Area of expertize: organization and management of health care system.

Participated in preparing the syllabus and conducting “Scientific Fundamentals of Public Health  Management” thematic advanced training for rectors and vice-rectors for scientific work in medical higher educational institutions of Ukraine, directors and deputy directors of research institutions, heads of Health Care Regional State Managements, The Red Cross Society leaders,  heads of Medical and Prophylactic, Pharmaceutical Faculty and their reserve.

Participated in Health Care Management scientific conference in Philadelphia (USA, 2001). Underwent training courses for instructional teachers on health care finance and management (January – June, 2005; NMAPE). Training in EPOS Health Consultants international project “Support to Secondary Healthcare Reform in Ukraine” (from January of 2008 to December of 2009; NMAPE) and USAID project “To Health Together” by Harvard School of Public Health, Essentials of Teaching with Case Studies (September, 2008; NMAPE).

Participated in developing the syllabus for masters course for medical institutions administrators specialized in Public Health Management and educational standard of postgraduate course in this specialty jointly with the international project “Support to Secondary Healthcare Reform in Ukraine” as part of working group.

Author of the second module of educational methodological guideline on a postgraduate training program for medical institutions administrators specialized in Public Health Management within EU Project “Support to Secondary Healthcare Reform in Ukraine”.

He is currently working on his doctoral thesis “Medical and Social Substantiation for In-Patient Care Management Optimization” on specialty 14.02.03 – Social Medicine. The theme of dissertation was approved by the Academic Board of NMAPE on January 23, 2013.

Organizational and Public Work: Deputy Dean and a member of the Academic Board of Medical and Prophylactic, Pharmaceutical Faculty (since 1999); Head of the Department of Public Health Management (since 2002); Scientific Secretary of the Board D 26.613.07 at NMAPE (since2003).

Clinical work: physician of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit in Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 4 since 1981 (working concurrently since 1991).

Awards: the Diploma of the President of Ukraine (2003), the Gratitude of Kyiv City Mayer (2003), the Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (2008), the Honorary Diploma of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine (2008).