Address:
Shpytalna str., 2, Kniazia Ostrozkogo str., 39, Ternopil, 46001
Phone: (0352) 52-47-25.
E-mail: infecdis@ukr.net
Department staff: 4 professors, 7 associate professors, 2 assistants, 3 medical practitioners in a hospital, and 3 laboratory assistants.
Head of the Department: MD, Professor Andreychyn M. A.
With arrival of Mykhaylo Andreychyn, the department scientific researches intensified considerably. He is an author and co-author of over 900 scientific and educative-methodical works, including 34 monographs, reference books, guidance for doctors, train aids, over 40 methodical recommendations, and informative letters, ratified by Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the row of popular scientific brochures. He has 54 author certificates and patents on inventions. Over 70 collections of scientific and methodical materials are edited and published by the workers of department. M. Andreychyn created school of infection disease doctors, under his guidance 17 doctor and 36 candidate's scientific works were defended.
Today at the department works: professors, doctors of medical sciences Mykhaylo Andreychyn, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Vasyl Kopcha, Svitlana Galnykina, associate professors: Oleg Ivakhiv, Inna Ischuk, Vasyl Kachor, Maryana Kovalchuk, Natalia Nychyk, Nataliya Zavidnyuk, Mariya Shkilna, assistant: NataliyaVishnevska.
The department staff published the row of textbooks, train aids, clinical lectures: Epidemiology of extreme situations with the course of military epidemiology (M. Andreychyn, V. Kopcha, O. Krushelnickiy, V. Narozhnov), Infectious Diseases (by the edition of Y. Nikitin and M. Andreychyn), reference "Book of medical assistant" in 2 volumes (editor M. Andreychyn), "Diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases in the conditions of out-patient hospital" (editor M. Andreychyn), "Important zoonosises" (M. Andreychyn, V. Bulgakov, E. Shablovska), "Manual on anatomic and clinical terminology" (M. Zakalyuzhniy, M. Andreychyn), "Epidemiology" (M. Andreychyn, V. Kopcha), "Nursing at infectious diseases" (M. Andreychyn, O. Ivakhiv), lectures "HIV-infection", "Acute respiratory diseases", "Viral hepatitis" (M. Andreychyn), "Tetanus" (O. Ivakhiv), "Diseases of skin. Diseases which are passed by sexual way" (V. Savchak, S. Galnykina), "Practical dermatology" (V. Savchak, S. Galn ykina), "Diseases of skin, in practice of family doctor" (V. Savchak, M. Kovalchuk), “Surgical aspects of infectious and parasitogenic diseases" (M. Andreychyn, O. Ivakhiv., O. Kit) “Shigellesis”(M. Andreychyn, V. Kopcha, V. Kozko), “Classification of infectious and parasitogenic diseases” (M. Andreychyn, O. Ivakhiv, A. Rudenko, M. Chemych), “Nursing in dermatology” (V. Savchak, M. Kovalchuk), “Typhoid (New about pathogenesis, diagnostics, treatment)” (V. Malyy, M. Andreychyn), “Atlas of infectious diseases” (editor M. Andreychyn), “Viral hepatitis and cancer of liver” (M. Andreychyn, V. Dryzhak, O. Ryabokon, V. Kopcha).
Students’ scientific group constantly works in the group of 15- 25 persons. Basic assignments of group’s work ‑ research (work in the scientific laboratory of department, investigation of fragments of the department scientific work under the direction of assistant), theoretical (reading of scientific reports and abstracts, results of student works, reports on student conferences) and practical work (rounds, analysis of patients, mastering of practical skills, new methods of diagnostics of infectious, dermatologic and venereology diseases and treatment of patients). Since 1981 156 reports were published in student collections.
Research:
2 scientific themes of University are open:
Major Scientific Achievements of the Department:
New information about biochemical and immunological processes, dysfunction of endothelia in a liver in viral hepatitis B and C, forming of fetoplacental insufficiency in pregnant on a background of these hepatitis and risks of transplacental transmission of infective agent is received.
New seven clinical symptoms of infectious diseases are described.
New methods of diagnostics of giardiasis are developed and introduced.
High efficiency of antiparasitic drugs` application is well-proven in the complex treatment of patients with allergic dermatitis with a concomitant giardiasis.
Since 1995 on the base of the department a scientific-practical medical magazine "Infectious diseases" is quarterly published, co-founder of which is Ternopil state medical university by the name of I.Y. Horbachevskyy (chif editor M. Andreychyn, responsible secretary V. Kopcha).
Since 1997 M. Andreychyn heads the Association of infectious diseases doctors of Ukraine; secretary of Association is associate professor O. Ivakhiv. Conventions, conferences and plenums of Association are regularly performed, their materials are published.
Scientific achievements of the department staff are introduced in 72 patents and copyright certificates on inventions, 87 rationalization suggestions.
