Observership Abroad

Help Ukraine Group (HUG) has already organized 50 observership positions abroad. We thank the institutions for volunteering to train Ukrainian onco-practitioners and our sponsors for providing funding for travel and living expenses (institutional support, UICC grants, Stanford Global Scholars grant). For 2024, 18 observership positions for radiation oncologists and medical physicists were planned together with ASTRO and ESTRO 2024 meeting attendance.

  • 5 radiation oncologists at Stanford, USA (7 months, 3 months, 1 month, 1 month, 1 week) – completed
  • 2 medical physicists at Stanford, USA (1 week, 1 week) – completed
  • 2 medical physicists at ICON Group, Australia (1 months, 2 months) – completed 
  • 1 medical physicist at University of Washington, USA (3 months) – completed 
  • 1 radiation oncologist and 1 medical physicist at Princess Margaret, Canada (1 month, 1 month) 
  • 1 radiation oncologist at University of California Irvine, USA (1 month) – completed 
  • 1 radiation oncologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2 months) – completed 
  • 2 medical oncologists at Stanford, USA (1 month, 1 month) – completed
  • 1 pediatric oncologist at Stanford, USA (1 month) – completed
  • 1 radiologist at Stanford, USA (1 month) 
  • 1 BMT oncologist at Stanford, USA (1 month) – completed
  • 2 medical oncologists at Brown University, USA (1 year, 1 year) 
  • 5 heart-lung transplant specialists (2 surgeons, 1 perfusionist, 1 intensivist, 1 anesthesiologist) at Stanford University, USA (1 week) – completed
  • 4 molecular pathologists at Stanford University, USA (1 week)
  • 8 radiation oncologists and medical physicists started their observerships in the US after #ASTRO24
    October 11, 2024

    8 radiation oncologists and medical physicists started their observerships in the US after #ASTRO24

    Help Ukraine Group – HUG is excited to welcome 8 remaining Ukrainian observers out of 18 organized this fall. Drs. Maryna Sokolovska , Nataliia Serogina, Oleh Ovsiienko already finished their 1-week observership at Baptist Health South Florida in Miami. Drs. Serhii Mykhailiuk and Ludmyla Bordiuh are continuing their 1-month long observership at Johns Hopkins Hospital…

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  • October 7, 2024

    Dr. Tetyana Yalynska started 1-month observership at Stanford Radiology department

    Help Ukraine Group – HUG is excited to welcome Dr. Tetyana Yalynska, the president of Асоціація Радіологів України, to the Stanford radiology department for a month-long observership. We thank Drs. Ennis and Shreyas for kindly hosting her at Stanford Medicine and Stanford Global Studies Division grant for sponsoring her trip

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    Dr. Tetyana Yalynska started 1-month observership at Stanford Radiology department
  • Ukrainian delegation of 12 radiation oncologists and medical physicists to #ASTRO24
    September 30, 2024

    Ukrainian delegation of 12 radiation oncologists and medical physicists to #ASTRO24

    It’s an honor for the Help Ukraine Group – HUG to welcome a Ukrainian delegation of 12 radiation oncologists and medical physicists to #ASTRO24 in Washington DC: Drs. Maryna Sokolovska, Nataliia Serogina, Oleh Ovsiienko, Oleksandra Zemlianska, Sofiia Zaluska, Ihor Khoma, Nadiia Yaroshenko, Ludmyla Bordiuh, Kateryna Havryliuk, Daryna Olesh, Dariia Hridasova, Serhii Mykhailiuk. HUG is grateful…

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  • September 17, 2024

    HUG and GMKA welcome two Ukrainian observers in Canada

    Help Ukraine Group and Global Medical Knowledge Alliance are excited to welcome 2 Ukrainian observers in Canada! Dr. Orysya Burak and Taras Teleshchuk, radiation oncologist and medical physicist from Lviv Regional Cancer Center, started their trip with attending CARO 2024 conference in Vancouver and continuing with a 1-month long training at Princess Margaret and Sunnybrook…

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    HUG and GMKA welcome two Ukrainian observers in Canada
  • March 26, 2024

    HUG is grateful to ESTRO and Future Ukraine for sponsoring FLiRO course and ESTRO 2024 meeting for 6 Ukrainian radiation oncologists and medical physicists

    Help Ukraine Group – HUG is grateful to ESTRO and Future Ukraine Ltd, Australia for supporting Ukrainian radiation oncology during the war and sponsoring attendance of Foundations of Leadership in Radiation Oncology course alongside the ESTRO 2024 annual meeting attendance in Glasgow, UK. Loads of gratitude to Associate Professor Dr. Natalka Suchowerska, HUG’s Vice President,…

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    HUG is grateful to ESTRO and Future Ukraine for sponsoring FLiRO course and ESTRO 2024 meeting for 6 Ukrainian radiation oncologists and medical physicists
  • Stanford welcomes two Ukrainian medical oncologists for a month-long observership
    January 17, 2024

    Stanford welcomes two Ukrainian medical oncologists for a month-long observership

    It’s a true pleasure for Help Ukraine Group to welcome two medical oncologists from Ukraine: Dr. Andrii Hrynkiv from Lviv Regional Cancer Center and Dr. Kateryna Cherchenko from the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv. Drs. Hrynkiv and Cherchenko attended ASCO GI 2004 meeting in San Francisco and started a month-long observership at Stanford University medical…

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  • December 16, 2023

    HUG Observerships in USA for radiation oncologists and medical physicists

    Dear Ukrainian radiation oncologists and medical physicists, Help Ukraine Group is organizing observerships for radiation oncologists and medical physicists in USA based on UICC grant and institutional support. We have 10 observership positions open in the leading cancer centers in US: – 2 with 3 months duration, – 5 with 1 month duration, – 3…

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    HUG Observerships in USA for radiation oncologists and medical physicists
  • Dr. Kriachok completes her 1-month observership at Stanford BMT-CT department
    December 9, 2023

    Dr. Kriachok completes her 1-month observership at Stanford BMT-CT department

    Dr. Iryna Kriachok, a head of chemotherapy of hemoblastoses department at the National Cancer Institute in Kyiv, has completed 1-month long observership at the Bone and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (BMT-CT) department at Stanford. She will also attend  ASH 2023 conference in San Diego before returning back to Ukraine. Here are her impressions from…

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  • Stanford BMT department welcomes Dr. Iryna Kriachok, Ukrainian oncologist at NCI, Kyiv
    November 14, 2023

    Stanford BMT department welcomes Dr. Iryna Kriachok, Ukrainian oncologist at NCI, Kyiv

    HUG expresses gratitude to the Stanford Bone and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (BMT-CT) devision for welcoming Dr. Iryna Kriachok, a head of scientific and research department of chemotherapy of hemoblastoses at NCI, Kyiv. Stanford BMT-CT department has 52 beds dedicated to BMT and Cellular therapy. The program performs autologous and allogeneic transplants for over…

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  • November 6, 2023

    HUG welcomes a pediatric oncologist from NCI, Kyiv – Dr. Kseniia Bolharina

    Help Ukraine Group welcomes a pediatric oncologist from National Cancer Institute in Kyiv – Dr. Kseniia Bolharina. Dr. Bolharina will spend one month with Stanford Pediatric Oncology to observe immunotherapy, CAR-T cell therapy, allogenic transplants and pediatric solid tumor treatments. Many thanks to Stanford Pediatric Oncology department for training and Stanford Global Scholars grant for…

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    HUG welcomes a pediatric oncologist from NCI, Kyiv – Dr. Kseniia Bolharina
  • Stanford welcomes a Ukrainian heart-lung transplant team for a 1-week observership
    November 5, 2023

    Stanford welcomes a Ukrainian heart-lung transplant team for a 1-week observership

    Help Ukraine Group (HUG) had an honor and a pleasure to participate in welcoming a team of Ukrainian doctors from the Heart Institute in Kyiv who performed the first in Ukraine heart-lung transplant on October 25th, 2023. Five Ukrainian transplant specialists arrived to Stanford Heart-Lung and Lung Transplant department for 1 week observership 10/28/23-11/5/23: Dr….

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  • October 1, 2023

    Drs. Zaluska and Semotyuk from Lviv Regional Cancer Center complete their observership at Stanford Radiation Oncology

    Two radiation oncologists from Lviv Regional Cancer Center were trained at Stanford Radiation Oncology Department from September 4th to October 1st, 2023. They have participated in all educational activities for radiation oncology residents, attended tumor boards and chart rounds, shadowed physicians in patients’ visits, learned radiotherapy contouring, planning, and plan review. On October 1-3, 2023…

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    Drs. Zaluska and Semotyuk from Lviv Regional Cancer Center complete their observership at Stanford Radiation Oncology
  • HUG is grateful to ICON Group for training 2 Ukrainian medical physicists in Australia
    September 27, 2023

    HUG is grateful to ICON Group for training 2 Ukrainian medical physicists in Australia

    After hearing one of HUG’s presentations regarding situation with radiotherapy in Ukraine with the call for action, Ross Koscharsky,  Global Director of ICON Cancer Center at ICON Group responded with the offer to train 2 Ukrainian medical physicists in Australia. A partnership has been born. Natalka Suchowerska, a HUG member and Australia native, together with…

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