Kholod, Valerija

Category: High, candidate of medicine.

Qualification: dermatovenerologist, specialist in oncodermatology.

Alma mater: Bogomolets National Medical University.

• 1996-2002, Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv.
• 2006, defense of thesis «Factors of intercellular cooperation in patients with chronic urogenital chlamydia and effects of the new immunotropic drugs on them».
• Thematic improvement «Modern diagnosis and treatment of skin and sexually transmitted diseases» at the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.
• Courses in cryosurgery and cryotherapy, CJSC «Institute of Beauty».
• Thematic improvement «Skin diseases associated with diseases of internal organs» at the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.
• Training course on the use of botulinum toxin type A.
• Training course on mesotherapy and contouring with Filorga preparations.

Member of professional communities:

• Member of the Ukrainian Association of Dermatovenerologists and cosmetologists.
• Member of EAACI - European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, BSACI - British Society of Allergists and Clinical Immunologists
• Member of Ukrainian Society of Specialists in Immunology and Allergology.

Published works and achievements:

• Co-author of 92 scientific papers, 21 of them abroad;
• 1 patent for the invention «Method for evaluating the effectiveness of immunotherapy for genitourinary infections»;
• 3 methodical recommendations: «Methodological aspects of the urogenital chlamydia diagnosis», «Kaposi’s sarcoma: pathogenesis, clinical features and a modern approach to treatment», «Improving the early diagnosis of malignant skin lymphomas»;
• 1 information letter «Experience in the application of the epiluminescent dermatoscopy method in patients with dysplastic nevi».
• The participant of 42 scientific conferences and seminars, including 9 abroad.
• Winner of the 29th Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, London, UK, 2010.
• Winner of the Congress on Skin Allergies, Venice, Italy, 2010.
• Guest speaker at the 32nd Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Milan, Italy, 2013.