Conference
Mother and Child Health from A to Z: Targeted and Interdisciplinary Issues
An international interdisciplinary scientific and practical conference held on 29–30 November 2024.
Organizing Committee
Organiser
- Odesa National Medical University — official continuing professional development provider No. 1051.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odesa National Medical University.
Co-organiser
- Odesa Branch of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Ukraine.
Opening ceremony
- Valerii Zaporozhan — Rector of Odesa National Medical University, Academician of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Professor.
- Oksana Sorochan — Director of the Health Department of the Odesa Regional State Administration.
- Valeriia Marichereda — First Vice-Rector of Odesa National Medical University, Professor.
- Ihor Hladchuk — Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odesa National Medical University, Professor.
Key speakers

Valerii Zaporozhan
Rector of Odesa National Medical University, Academician of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Professor.

Valeriia Marichereda
First Vice-Rector of Odesa National Medical University, Professor and plenary-session moderator.

Ihor Hladchuk
Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Odesa National Medical University; specialist in gynecologic oncology and endometriosis.

Leonid Markin
Professor at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University; speaker on surrogacy.

Volodymyr Medved
Specialist at the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology of the NAMS of Ukraine; speaker on errors in obstetric practice.

Viktoriia Nahorna
Professor at Odesa National Medical University; moderator and speaker on caesarean section and obstetric practice.

Nataliia Rozhkovska
Professor at Odesa National Medical University; moderator of sessions on reproductive medicine, gynecology and perinatology.

Volodymyr Artiomenko
Professor at Odesa National Medical University; speaker on the vaginal microbiome and gynecologic oncology.

Ruslan Tkachenko
Professor at Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine; specialist in obstetric anesthesiology.

Iurie Dondiuc
International speaker from the Republic of Moldova; specialist in obstetric complications and perinatal outcomes.

Andrzej Malinowski
International speaker from Poland; specialist in surgical treatment of caesarean-scar defects.

Gulsym Manasova
Professor at Odesa National Medical University and Head of the Odesa AOGU branch; speaker on cardiomyopathy, amenorrhea and obstetric haemorrhage.
Programme by hour
- 09:00 — 09:20
Opening ceremony
- Valerii Zaporozhan
- Oksana Sorochan
- Valeriia Marichereda
- Ihor Hladchuk
- 09:20 — 11:00
Plenary session: Targeted and interdisciplinary issues in reproductive, reconstructive-plastic and radical gynecologic surgery
Moderators: Valeriia Marichereda, Ihor Hladchuk, Nataliia Rozhkovska
Presentation time: 15 minutes
- Ihor Hladchuk, Oleksii Sidak, Daria Kiriakova, Valerii Zaporozhan — Endometrial cancer: the role of selective pelvic lymphadenectomy in staging patients with comorbidities.
- Andrzej Malinowski, Milosz Wilczynski — Surgical treatment of cesarean scar defect.
- Andrii Rybin — Implementation of the WHO cervical-cancer prevention strategy in Odesa.
- Stoichev A. et al. — Methods of surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
- Kyrylo Chaika — The role of surgery in the management of endometriosis.
- Roman Banakhevych — Modern surgical treatment of complete and incomplete uterine prolapse.
- Yurii Chekhanov — Laparoscopic mesh correction of post-hysterectomy prolapse.
- 11:00 — 11:15
Break
Duration: 15 minutes.
- 11:15 — 13:15
Plenary session — continuation
Moderators: Volodymyr Artiomenko, Maryna Zaporozhchenko, Oleh Nazarenko
Presentation time: 12–15 minutes
- Vitalii Kozhakov, Yurii Petrovskyi — Surgical correction of stress urinary incontinence.
- Tetiana Yermolenko, Oleksandr Ihnatiev, Mykola Turchyn — Interdisciplinary aspects of menopause.
- Zinaida Dubossarska — Diagnosis and treatment of psycho-emotional conditions in women with endometrial hyperplasia.
- Marangozov S. et al. — Contemporary aspects of varicose disease in women.
- Volodymyr Artiomenko — Vaginal microbiome in gynecologic oncology.
- Maryna Zaporozhchenko — Uterine fibroids: modern treatment technologies and quality-of-life changes during combined therapy. No CPD points awarded.
- Oleh Nazarenko — Organ-preserving surgery for uterine fibroids and genital endometriosis.
- 13:15 — 13:30
Break
Duration: 15 minutes.
- 13:30 — 14:50
Industry zone symposium: Interdisciplinary aspects of women’s health
Moderator: Nataliia Rozhkovska
Presentation time: 12–15 minutes
Supported by: Kyiv Vitamin Plant and Farmak LLC.
- Ihor Hladchuk — Endometriosis: treatment strategies from surgery to medical support.
- Nataliia Rozhkovska — Polycystic ovary syndrome: new research and discoveries.
- Kateryna Shapoval — Management of high-risk pregnancies after assisted reproductive treatment.
- Gulsym Manasova — Prolactin in the pathogenesis of peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Discussion and questions.
- 15:00 — 16:30
Session: Current issues in pediatric surgery, pediatrics and pediatric gynecology
Moderators: Maryna Melnychenko, Vasyl Rybalchenko, Larysa Elii
Presentation time: 12–15 minutes
- Melnychenko M. H., Elii L. B. — Acute gynecologic syndrome in children.
- Hotsuliak O. V., Buzovskyi V. P. — Critical congenital heart defects in children: timely diagnosis.
- Rybalchenko V. F., Rusak P. S., Rybalchenko I. H. — Diagnosis and treatment of anorectal malformations in children.
- Khimenko T. M., Pyrohova A. S. — Nutritional counselling for families of premature infants during the first year of life.
- Rybalchenko V. F. et al. — Congenital splenic anomalies in children.
- Prytula V. P. et al. — Current surgical treatment of Hirschsprung disease in children.
- Fofanov O. D., Fofanov V. O. — Challenges in pediatric colorectal surgery.
- Shytova H. V., Lytvyn K. P. — Surgical correction of vaginal aplasia in Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome.
- 16:45 — 18:00
Round table: Current state and prospects of Ukrainian medical education
Separate certification.
Moderators: Alla Volianska, Hanna Lavrynenko
- Valeriia Marichereda, Kateryna Nitochko — Supporting young people’s sexual and reproductive health in Ukrainian medical education.
- Oleksandr Rohachevskyi, Vasyl Hladchuk — Simulation-based ultrasound training: FAST and intrapartum ultrasound protocols.
- Alla Volianska, Hanna Lavrynenko — Simulation training for final assessment in obstetrics and gynecology.
- Olena Kravchenko — Preparing standardized patients for OSCE.
- Nataliia Rozhkovska, Lidiia Popova, Olha Shevchenko — Experience with distance learning in postgraduate medical education.
- 18:00
Day summary
Questions and answers.
- 09:00 — 11:00
Plenary session: Key and controversial issues in obstetrics and perinatology
Moderators: Valentyna Mishchenko, Viktoriia Nahorna, Tetiana Moskalenko
Presentation time: 15 minutes
- Leonid Markin — Surrogacy.
- Volodymyr Medved — Errors in obstetric practice: can they be avoided?
- Viktoriia Nahorna et al. — Caesarean section: present and future.
- Iurie Dondiuc, Adriana Marian — Obstetric complications and perinatal outcomes in women with obesity.
- Valeriia Marichereda, Kateryna Nitochko — Memory cells during pregnancy: diagnostic and therapeutic prospects.
- Viktoriia Nahorna, Tetiana Orlova, Valerii Orlov — Maternal-request caesarean section: FIGO 2023 and NICE 2024 recommendations.
- Mariia Malachynska — Pregnancy during martial law.
- Valentyna Mishchenko — The operated uterus syndrome: pregnancy planning and management.
- 11:00 — 11:15
Break
Duration: 15 minutes.
- 11:15 — 13:15
Session: Current and controversial issues in obstetrics, perinatology and neonatology
Moderators: Mykola Shapoval, Nataliia Rozhkovska, Svitlana Posokhova
Presentation time: 10–12 minutes
- Oleh Holianovskyi — Placenta accreta spectrum disorders.
- Svitlana Posokhova, Kateryna Nitochko — Induction of labour: causes of failure.
- Vira Pyrohova — Controversial aspects of recurrent pregnancy loss.
- Olena Kravchenko — Fetal growth restriction: a modern perspective.
- Svitlana Zhuk — Acranius–acardius fetal anomaly.
- Mykola Shapoval, Nataliia Kuzmin — The thin-endometrium problem in gynecology.
- Olha Nadvorna, Nataliia Rozhkovska — Preeclampsia and placental dysfunction: predictive biomarkers.
Discussion and questions.
- 13:15 — 13:30
Break
Duration: 15 minutes.
- 13:30 — 14:40
Industry zone symposium: Women’s health on the way to the future
Moderator: Tetiana Yermolenko
General partner: Besins.
Presentation time: 12–15 minutes
- Svitlana Posokhova — Evidence on progesterone for reducing adverse perinatal outcomes.
- Tetiana Yermolenko — Modern menopausal therapy with an emphasis on personalization.
- Gulsym Manasova — Wartime amenorrhea in Ukraine: management strategy.
Discussion and questions.
- 14:40 — 17:00
Session: Interdisciplinary challenges and solutions in obstetrics, gynecology and family medicine
Moderators: Ihor Shpak, Gulsym Manasova, Olena Nosenko
Presentation time: 12–15 minutes
- Ruslan Tkachenko — Modern perioperative analgesia for caesarean section.
- Oleksandr Budniuk — Transfusion therapy in the treatment of massive obstetric haemorrhage.
- Valentyna Velychko, Daria Lahoda — Modern approaches to diabetes control.
- Oleksandr Smyrnov — Pregnancy and venous disease.
- V. Karamisheva et al. — Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the function of the female reproductive system.
- Gulsym Manasova, Ihor Shpak, Dmytro Zhelezov — The EMOTIVE algorithm for preventing massive obstetric haemorrhage.
- Olena Nosenko, A. O. Varabina, Thi Xuan Nhi Dinh — Treatment of hydrosalpinx before in-vitro fertilization.
- 10:00 — 12:00
Hall 2: Young researchers’ session — From innovative research to practical solutions
Moderators: Volodymyr Artiomenko, Olena Stepanovychus, Zinaida Chumak
Presentation time: 8–10 minutes
- Khrystyna Haidarzhy — Endometriosis: current challenges.
- Zinovii Hladchuk — Caesarean-scar niche surgery: who and how?
- K. L. Znak — Diaphragmatic-defect size and outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- R. I. Zozuliak — Differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in pubertal girls.
- Yuliia Kalytsynska — Modified hysteroscopic metroplasty for U2A intrauterine septa and recurrent pregnancy loss.
- T. V. Orlova — Vaginal microbiota as a predictor of preterm birth.
- H. V. Okhromii et al. — Psychological health and readiness for marriage among students during martial law.
- H. V. Okhromii, E. M. Vilkhova — Stress and reproductive function during military aggression.
- Yuliia Ocheretna — Diagnostic challenges in bowel endometriosis.
- O. V. Perederii — Prenatal diagnosis and follow-up of sacrococcygeal teratomas.
- A. A. Savitska — Anatomical predictors of vesicoureteral reflux in children.
- Ye. O. Sliepov — Congenital diaphragmatic eventration in children.
- Yana Stasii — A mathematical model for predicting perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with COVID-19.
Discussion and summary.
- 17:00
Discussion and conference closing
Summary and adoption of the conference resolution.
Speaker abstracts
- Valerii Zaporozhan
- Rector of Odesa National Medical University, Academician of the NAMS of Ukraine, Professor.
- Valeriia Marichereda
- First Vice-Rector of Odesa National Medical University, Professor and plenary-session moderator.
- Ihor Hladchuk
- Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Odesa National Medical University, Professor.
- Nataliia Rozhkovska
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University and session moderator.
- Volodymyr Artiomenko
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; speaker on the vaginal microbiome and gynecologic oncology.
- Maryna Zaporozhchenko
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; specialist in uterine-fibroid treatment.
- Oleh Nazarenko
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; specialist in organ-preserving gynecologic surgery.
- Leonid Markin
- Professor at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
- Volodymyr Medved
- Specialist at the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology of the NAMS of Ukraine.
- Viktoriia Nahorna
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; moderator and speaker on caesarean section.
- Valentyna Mishchenko
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; moderator of the obstetrics and perinatology session.
- Tetiana Moskalenko
- Moderator of the plenary session on obstetrics and perinatology.
- Iurie Dondiuc
- International speaker from Moldova; specialist in obstetric complications.
- Oleh Holianovskyi
- Speaker on placenta accreta spectrum disorders.
- Svitlana Posokhova
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; specialist in induction of labour and perinatal outcomes.
- Olena Kravchenko
- Professor at Bukovinian State Medical University; speaker on fetal growth restriction and OSCE.
- Mykola Shapoval
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; session moderator.
- Gulsym Manasova
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University and Head of the Odesa AOGU branch.
- Tetiana Yermolenko
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; specialist in menopausal therapy.
- Ruslan Tkachenko
- Professor at Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine; obstetric anesthesiology specialist.
- Oleksandr Budniuk
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; specialist in anesthesiology and transfusion therapy.
- Olena Nosenko
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; moderator and speaker in reproductive medicine.
- Andrzej Malinowski
- International speaker from Poland; specialist in surgical treatment of caesarean-scar defects.
- Roman Banakhevych
- Specialist at Dnipro State Medical University in surgical treatment of genital prolapse.
- Kyrylo Chaika
- Specialist at Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine in surgical treatment of endometriosis.
- Andrii Rybin
- Gynecologic oncologist and speaker on implementation of the WHO cancer-prevention strategy.
- Vitalii Kozhakov
- Odesa National Medical University specialist in surgical correction of stress urinary incontinence.
- Yurii Chekhanov
- Specialist in laparoscopic correction of post-hysterectomy prolapse.
- Maryna Melnychenko
- Moderator of the pediatric surgery, pediatrics and pediatric gynecology session.
- Vasyl Rybalchenko
- Pediatric surgeon and session moderator.
- Alla Volianska
- Professor at Odesa National Medical University; moderator of the medical-education round table.
- Hanna Lavrynenko
- Moderator of the medical-education round table.
- Khrystyna Haidarzhy
- Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odesa National Medical University.
- Zinovii Hladchuk
- Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odesa National Medical University.
- Yuliia Kalytsynska
- Postgraduate researcher at Odesa National Medical University studying hysteroscopic metroplasty.
- Yuliia Ocheretna
- Postgraduate researcher at Odesa National Medical University studying bowel endometriosis.
- Yana Stasii
- Researcher studying prediction of perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with COVID-19.
About the conference
The Ukrainian Interdisciplinary Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation “Mother and Child Health from A to Z: Targeted and Interdisciplinary Issues” took place on 29–30 November 2024 as continuing professional development event No. 3708084.
The conference was organised by Odesa National Medical University and co-organised by the Odesa Branch of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Ukraine. It was held in a hybrid format and brought together approximately 500 participants.
The programme covered gynecology, gynecologic oncology, reproductive medicine, reconstructive and radical surgery, obstetrics, perinatology, neonatology, pediatrics, pediatric surgery, family medicine and medical education. It included plenary and parallel sessions, scientific symposia, a medical-education round table and a dedicated young-researchers session.
Main topics
- Reproductive, reconstructive-plastic and radical gynecologic surgery
- Gynecologic oncology and cancer prevention
- Endometriosis, uterine fibroids and genital prolapse
- Reproductive health and assisted reproductive technology
- Key and controversial issues in obstetrics
- Perinatology, neonatology and high-risk pregnancy
- Pediatric surgery, pediatrics and pediatric gynecology
- Anesthesiology, transfusion therapy and prevention of obstetric haemorrhage
- Interdisciplinary and family medicine
- Current state and prospects of Ukrainian medical education