Valery Zukin

Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of Reproductive Medicine, Member of the Board of the Association of Private Medical Institutions of Ukraine

Born on 16 June 1956 in the now long-suffering City of Donetsk. Graduated from Donetsk Medical Institute in 1979 in the specialty “Paediatrics”

Work experience:

1980-1983 – Zuhres City Hospital, Donetsk Region, neighbourhood paediatrician

1983-1992 – Geneticist at Donetsk Interregional Centre of Medical Genetics

1992-1995 – Head of the Embryological Laboratory at ISIDA-Don Bioreproduction Centre, City of Donetsk

1995-1999 – Head of the Embryological Laboratory at Isida-IVF Clinic, City of Kyiv

1999-2005 – Director of Isida-IVF Clinic, City of Kyiv

2005 and onwards – Director of NADIYA Clinic of Reproductive Medicine, City of Kyiv

2016 and onwards – simultaneously Director General of LELEKA Maternity Hospital, City of Kyiv

Additional information:

1991 – Ph.D. defence

2012 – Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine

Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of Reproductive Medicine, Member of the Board of the Association of Private Medical Institutions of Ukraine

Interests and hobbies: Strange as it may seem, my work is my hobby.

Where do I derive pleasure from? – Implementation of the craziest ideas

What do I wish for? – I am dreaming of impossible things that eventually come true