On June 24, 2015 in the framework of Ukraine Paediatric Fellowship Program the first visit of the Canadian delegation, in particular
Prof. James. T. Rutka, Dr. Myroslava Romach and Dr. Tatiana Lipman, to the NationalCancer Institute took place.
Ukraine Paediatric Fellowship Program, based at SickKids Hospital in Toronto (Canada), was established in 2013 to promote an exchange of
expertise and knowledge between paediatric clinicians and scientists in Ukraine and those in Canada with the goal of improving the health care delivered to
children in Ukraine. SickKids Hospital is considered one of the best children’s hospitals in the world, both for its clinical care capabilities and its research
activities.
Dr.
James
Rutka,
Professor and Chair,
Department of Surgery at
the University of Toronto,
neurosurgeon
and
Director of the Brain
Tumor Centre, Project
Leader of the Ukraine
Fellowship Program
Dr. Myroslava Romach,
Associate Professor, Faculty
of Medicine at the University
of Toronto, psychiatrist,
Medical Director of the
Ukraine Fellowship Program
Dr. Tatiana Lipman,
Scientist,
Brain
Tumor
Research Centre at the
SickKids Hospital
During the visit, the collaboration between Ukraine and Canada in the field of pediatric oncology was discussed, along with the
direct participation of the National Cancer Institute in the charity program “Ukraine Paediatric Fellowship Program” which is supported by SickKids
Foundation with partners, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) and the Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund (CCCF).
Dr. Olena Kolesnik and Dr. Grygorii Klymnyuk acquainted the delegation
with the statistics of cancer among children in Ukraineand outlined the
problems and prospects of the pediatric oncology development in Ukraine
(children cancer treatmentin Ukraine).
Dr. Oleksandr Grabovyy and Dr. Nataliia Khranovska advised the situation
and problems in diagnosis of cancer in children in Ukraine, along with the
trends, problems and prospects for development of fundamental science at
the National Cancer Institute.
Delegates had an excursion in the Department of Pediatric Oncology and
research laboratory of experimental oncology and molecular genetic
diagnostics.
As a part of the visit, the Ukrainian-Canadian seminar “Recent advances in
pediatric oncology” was conducted, where Prof. James Rutka and
Dr. Tatiana Lipman presented scientific talks. The seminar was attended by
doctors and scientists of the National Cancer Institute, working in the field
of pediatric oncology.
Dr. Svergun during the training at SickKids Hospital, Toronto
In the discussion participated the Director of the Institute O.O. Kolesnyk, Head of the Paediatric Oncology Department G.I. Klymnyuk, Head of
the Experimental Oncology Laboratory N.M. Khranovska, Head of Pathological Anatomy Department O.M. Grabovyy, Head of the Department of Cancer
Control Yu.Y. Myhaylovych and scientific researcher Svergun N.M., who became the first participant of the program from the National Cancer Institute and
had a training in the department of cell biology at SickKids Hospital in Toronto from March to May 2015.
By the results of the visit, the intent to continue the collaboration in the framework of “Ukraine Paediatric Fellowship Program” was suggested. This
includes trainings for the employees from the National Cancer Institute at the SickKids Hospital, organizing of joint conferences/seminars and performing
joint research projects for the publication in international journals.