Roman Kizyma

Pediatric oncologist, pediatric hematologist-oncologist

Place of work: Acting director of the Clinical Center of Children’s Medicine.

Education: Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University; Course in Pediatric Oncology, SIOPE European Society for Paediatric Oncology, Berlin, Germany 2018;

Master’s degree (MS): Global Child Health, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memphis, the USA since 2020.

Internships:

2008 – Salzburg MSKCC seminar, Austria;

2011 – Salzburg CHOP seminar, Austria; 2013 – TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands;

2014 – SickKids Hospital, Toronto, Canada;

2019 – Pediatric Oncology/Neurooncology at SickKids Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

Memberships in professional associations, groups:

– Expert of standing working group on Ministry of Health of Ukraine public procurement specialized support in “Centralized procurement of medicines and medical products for treating children with oncological and oncohematological diseases”;

– Expert of the Committee of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on patient referral for treatment abroad;

– Active Member of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology SIOP;

– Expert of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Hematology;

– Founder of the NGO “Ukrainian Association of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology”;

– Board Member of EurADO – Eurasian Alliance in Pediatric Oncology.

Research interests: high-risk neuroblastoma, soft tissue sarcoma, pediatric brain tumors; clinical trials of new agents in pediatric oncology and hematology; palliative care for patients with refractory solid tumors; hematopoietic stem cell transplant in pediatric oncology.