Nesterenko (Shevtsova) Olha Fedorivna

Education:

• 2006–2012 — Luhansk State Medical University, internship in “Neonatology” (2012–2014);
• Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, specialization in “Pediatric Anesthesiology” (2014), “Anesthesiology” (2017);
• 2025 — Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Master’s degree in “Healthcare Management”

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

• member of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC);
• certified provider of the European Resuscitation Council and the All-Ukrainian Resuscitation Council (BLS, PBLS, ALS, EPALS);
• participation in international Euroanaesthesia congresses (Denmark, 2018; Germany, 2024);
• clinical internships: Mitera Hospital, Greece — anesthesiology, cardiac intensive care, neonatal intensive care;
• participation in simulation trainings and masterclasses: “Bronchoscopy in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care”, “Difficult Airways”, “Ultrasound in Anesthesiology Practice”, “Vascular Access”, “Intraoperative Pharmacological Therapy”;
• participation in professional conferences and symposia: regional anesthesia, pain medicine, neonatology, pediatric anesthesiology, intensive care, professional leadership in medicine.

Areas of professional development:

• 2012–2014 — work in neonatal intensive care unit, Luhansk City Maternity Hospital (nurse);
• 2014–2017 — Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine: pediatric anesthesiology and neonatology, management of patients with congenital heart defects in intensive care;
• since 2016 — Dobrobut medical network: practice in pediatric and adult anesthesiology, intensive care and cardiac resuscitation;
• 2016–2018 — pediatric anesthesiologist in a pediatric inpatient unit, intensive care department;
• 2018–2022 — pediatric and adult anesthesiologist in anesthesiology and intensive care units, including cardiology profile;
• development of clinical experience in managing high-risk and critical patients within a multidisciplinary team.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• anesthetic management of elective and emergency surgeries in children and adults;
• preoperative consultation and anesthetic risk assessment;
• management of patients with complex comorbidities (congenital heart defects, genetic syndromes, neurological disorders, chronic diseases);
• safe sedation during diagnostic procedures and dental treatment;
• anesthesia for simultaneous surgeries (multiple procedures under one anesthesia);
• management of critical conditions and maintenance of vital functions stability.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• emergency care in critical conditions;
• cardiac surgery and cardiac anesthesiology;
• neonatology and pediatrics;
• patient psychology under stress and treatment;
• ultrasound diagnostics in anesthesiology practice.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “In my free time, I change pace and restore energy through travel, mountains, skiing, and rafting. I enjoy board games, live communication, and time with my family. I am inspired by Ukrainian classical and contemporary literature.”

Doctor's advice:

• “In my free time, I change pace and restore energy through travel, mountains, skiing, and rafting. I enjoy board games, live communication, and time with my family. I am inspired by Ukrainian classical and contemporary literature.”