Medical Education and Health Sciences

Biography

Dr. Valeri Shevchenko, MD CHAIRMAN OF THE WAMS INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY/MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Dr. Shevchenko is the Chairman of the WAMS International Board of Biotechnology/Medical Technology, Executive Board Member of the WAMS International Medical Research Council (IMREC), Chairman of the WAMS Ukrainian Committee, Fellow of the Academy & Member of the WAMS Executive Council (WAMS Executive Board), and Academy Professor of Medicine at WAMS. Dr. Shevchenko has a MSc degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Botany Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, he is Doctor of Medicine from the Kharkov National Medical University. In 1990, together with Prof. Sjoerd Bulstr, Dr. Shevchenko initiated the Dutch - Ukrainian Program on Orthopaedic Devices and Biomaterials in Maastrict, Netherlands. BIOTECH - Kharkov, Ukraine - January 2000 to Present DIRECTOR - August 2005 to Present

Research Interest

Joined the CellSonic International Team to be responsible for Ukraine and other countries of the Former Soviet Union. Development of the Dutch - Ukrainian project on Orthopaedic Devices & Biomaterials together with Prof. Sjoerd Bulstra, a Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Groningen University Medical Center, Mr. Hans van den Berg and Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Development of long-standing business cooperation between Biomet Nederland BV (Dordrecht, the Netherlands) and Biotech to create a market for hip implants and set up a local production of hip implants in Ukraine Preparation of a Power Point presentation on the following items of The Hip Prosthesis Project in Ukraine: history and background feasibility study PSO, scope and results current hip prosthesis situation and market potential in Ukraine current situation and future development of the insurance sector in Ukraine registration procedure in Ukraine production possibilities and capabilities in Ukraine Development of plan phase 1 for: forging trial for Biomet DB10 stem in Ukraine machining of Biomet DB10 test stems in Ukraine registration and implantation of the DB10 hip joint replacement system in Ukraine manufacturing the test Ti6Al4V ELI (ASTM F136) bar for Biomet Development of long-standing business cooperation between Pioneer Surgical Technology BV (Driebergen, the Netherlands) and Biotech to create a market for spinal implants for Orthopaedy and Neurosurgery in Ukraine March 2002 to August 2005 Project Manager of a feasibility study for the development and production of Titanium and CoCr hip prosthesis in Kharkov as a part of the project PSO96/UK/3/2 “Technical Assistance to the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Ukraine” Results: Development of plan phase 1 for: the feasibility study was successfully completed it showed the skills required to produce a near-net-shape forging of hip prosthesis in Ukraine