Liksunova Mariia Vitaliivna

Education:

• Bogomolets National Medical University, specialty “General Medicine”;
• Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, specialty “Neurology”

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

• member of the European Academy of Neurology;
• member of the American Academy of Neurology;
• member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society;
• member of the European Stroke Organization;
• participation in annual international conferences ESO, EAN, IHS, MDS on stroke, headache, movement disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases;
• participant of EAN Spring School (Vienna, 2025) — modern approaches in neurology and evidence-based medicine;
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health course “The Role of Real-World Evidence in Medicine”;
• school “Dystonia and pain syndromes. Botulinum toxin in neurology” (2023);
• annual participation in the international conference Advances in Neurology.

Scientific activity:

• PhD student at the Department of Neurology, Bogomolets National Medical University;
• speaker at the Advances in Neurology conference (2023–2025);
• participation in international scientific conferences with poster presentations (EAN, Helsinki, 2024, 2025).

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• stroke and cerebrovascular disease prevention;
• diagnosis and treatment of headache (migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache);
• management of patients with dizziness and vestibular disorders (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) with repositioning maneuvers, vestibular neuronitis, Meniere’s disease);
• treatment of back and spinal pain (vertebrogenic pain syndromes);
• diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia;
• management of Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders;
• care of patients with multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating CNS diseases (optic neuromyelitis, MOG-associated disorders);
• diagnosis of polyneuropathies and peripheral nervous system disorders;
• management of anxiety disorders and sleep disorders.

Doctor's advice:

• “Pay close attention to symptoms of the nervous system — headache, dizziness, numbness, or memory impairment. Do not delay visiting a neurologist if symptoms are recurrent or persistent. Prevention of vascular events (stroke) is based on controlling risk factors: blood pressure, sleep, stress, and lifestyle. Regular diagnostics help detect neurological diseases at early stages and effectively manage them.”