Ivanchuk Karolina Sergiivna

Education:

• 2007–2013 — Kharkiv National Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, specialty “General Medicine”;
• 2013–2015 — internship in orthopedics and traumatology;
• 2014–2021 — PhD program, Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine

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

• member of the Ukrainian Association of Orthopedic Traumatologists;
• member of the international SICOT association;
• participation in AO Trauma events: Principles of Fracture Management, Approaches and Osteosynthesis (Graz, Austria), Masters Course (pelvic and acetabular fractures) (Graz, Austria);
• participation in international and national courses and congresses: Course on Musculoskeletal Pathology (Bologna, Italy), Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian Orthopedic Conference (Krakow), EHS Congress (Lille, France), IX Winter School of Traumatology (2025) — complex issues of orthopedic-traumatologic practice, upper limb surgery.

Scientific activity:

• Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine;
• specialization in bone tissue regeneration, treatment of post-traumatic deformities, optimization of osteosynthesis methods, and safe orthopedic interventions;
• author and co-author of scientific publications in orthopedics and traumatology, including: “Bone regeneration after implantation of cements based on metastable tricalcium phosphate” (Orthopaedics, Traumatology & Prosthetics, 2023), “Study of stress-strain state of the pelvis–endoprosthesis system with biodegradable cements” (Bulletin of Problems in Medicine and Biology, 2023), “Radiometric study of bone optical density after defect filling with cements” (Trauma, 2022), “Study of strength of femoral bone after filling defects with bone cement” (World of Medicine and Biology, 2022).

Areas of professional development:

• continuous professional development and participation in international educational programs;
• improvement of treatment methods for hand injuries and pathologies;
• working with English-language scientific sources to apply current clinical recommendations.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• conservative and surgical treatment of hand injuries and diseases;
• treatment of fractures, dislocations, and sequelae of injuries of the upper and lower limbs;
• diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis using modern methods: therapeutic blocks, PRP therapy, intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections, injection denervation of hip and knee joints under ultrasound guidance, use of stromal-vascular fraction;
• biopsy of limb tumors.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• plastic surgery.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “My hobbies are drawing and writing and publishing poetry.”