Specialists in plastic and reconstructive medicine, dermatosurgery, and oncoplastic mammology have united into an association to establish modern medical standards.
As reported to the “Interfax-Ukraine” agency, the Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Dermatologic Aesthetic Surgery and Oncoplastic Mammology (UPRADAS) brings together four key areas: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, dermatosurgery, and oncoplastic mammology. This will create a new model of collaboration among doctors.
UPRADAS is developing a system of continuous education, creating expert commissions to support doctors in complex clinical cases, and providing access to international training programs and congresses.
For patients, the association’s activities mean the emergence of transparent mechanisms for assessing the quality of medical care, higher safety standards, and increased trust in specialists.
“UPRADAS is not just another organization. It is a structure that creates unified ethical rules focused on the safety of both patients and doctors. We are forming a professional system where the main value is knowledge, and the main standard is responsibility. Ukraine has strong specialists, but they need space for development, education systems, and mutual support,” said Serhiy Derbak, President of Upradas in the field of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and founder of the Lita Plus clinic.
He emphasized that the main goal of UPRADAS is to create unified professional standards that regulate not only the technical aspects of surgery but also the ethical, educational, and communication principles of the industry.
Among the strategic areas of activity are the development of methodological recommendations, the creation of a Medical Care Quality Commission, the implementation of continuous training programs, and the enhancement of international integration for Ukrainian specialists.
Furthermore, UPRADAS plans to create an independent expert commission where both patients and doctors can turn for the review of complex clinical cases, consultations, and professional opinions.
Key priorities for the association will be improving doctors’ qualifications through continuous education and international exchanges, establishing ethical and professional norms that protect both the patient and the doctor, and enhancing the quality of medical services through the standardization of processes and clinical protocols.
Upradas members are regular participants in world congresses such as AMWC (Monaco), IMCAS (Paris), Global Breast Surgery Congress, European School of Reconstructive Microsurgery (Barcelona), and others.
The annual Ukrainian conferences Breast Meeting, Anatomy of Beauty, and Difficult Cases Conference with the participation of international speakers are planned.
“UPRADAS creates a platform where a doctor has everything necessary for quality work, and a patient has everything for confidence in their treatment. Together, we are forming new standards that will improve the quality of care and strengthen trust in Ukrainian medicine,” said Oleg Savenkov, President of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery direction of UPRADAS.
“The future of medicine lies in knowledge and ethics. We combine science, practice, and international experience so that Ukrainian dermatosurgery and aesthetic medicine develop according to world standards,” commented Oleksandr Turkevych, President of the Dermatosurgery direction of UPRADAS.
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DTEK Energy Holding within the framework of Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front initiative in February-September this year supplied Ukrainian military and medics with over UAH 250 million worth of free electricity.
“Overall, medical and military institutions in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions received 45.15 million kWh of electricity. This allowed the state budget to save 250 million UAH and direct these funds to the urgent needs of the defense,” the holding said in a release on Friday.
According to it, more than 100 state and municipal medical institutions, as well as military and security agencies are provided with free electricity.
In particular, electricity is provided to Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital named after I.I. Mechnikov, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, Kyiv City Clinical Hospital № 8, and others.
DTEK’s press service clarified to Energoreform that supplies of free electricity continue.
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