Victoriia V. Gorachuk, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department.

Graduated from Odessa Medical Institute named after M. I. Pyrogov, Pediatric Faculty in 1982. She has been working in Public Management since 1994. Deputy Head Physician for clinical work in the Central District  Hospital of  Odessa Region (1994-2001); Head of the Unit, Chief Specialist in organization of medical care for mothers and children in Dniprovsk District State Management of Kyiv (2001-2008); Senior Lecturer of  the Department of Public Health  Management in Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (since April, 2008); Associate Professor of  the Department of Public Health  Management in NMAPE (since April, 2011).

Defended PhD thesis entitled “Scientific Substantiation of the Professional Rehabilitation System for Pediatricians in Polyclinic Institutions” in 2009.

Area of expertize: social medicine as a basis for health care management; public health laws in Ukraine; statistics in health care; information technology support for management and health care quality management.

Author of “Health Care Quality Management in a Health Institution” monograph (2012), co-author of 2 methodological recommendations, 39 scientific works (including 15 without co-authors), a participant of 13 scientific forums.

She is currently working on her doctoral thesis on “Medical and Social Substantiation of the Model of Health Care Quality Management System."