August 1, 2016 - Appointed Acting Minister of Health of Ukraine Ministry of Health of Ukraine
July 22, 2016 - Appointed First Deputy Minister of Health Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Sep 2015-July 2016 - Advisor, Committee on Public Health Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Sep 2015-July, 2016 - Director, School of Rehabilitation Medicine Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
Feb 2014-July, 2016 - Director, Humanitarian Initiatives Ukrainian World Congress
April 2015-July, 2016 - Director, NGO Patriot Defence
Jan 2002-Dec 2008 - Vice Medical Director and Partner-Owner, Medical Imaging of Manhattan Women’s Imaging, New York
Feb 2000-Dec 2001 - Associate Radiologist Women’s Imaging Medical Imaging of Manhattan, New York
Nov 1999-Jan 2000 - Acting Director of Breast Imaging Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, Michigan
July 1995-Oct 1999 - Breast Imager, Private practice Bloch, Schaffer, Schonholz, P.C., New York
1994 - Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiology
1994-1995 - Fellowship in Mammography and Cross-Sectional Imaging Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
1993-1994 - Chief Resident Sinai Hospital of Detroit Department of Radiology, Detroit, Michigan
1990-1994 - Diagnostic Radiology Residency Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
1989-1990 - Transitional Residency Program Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan
1985-1989 - Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan
Doctor of Medicine
1981-1985 - Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts & Science, Detroit, Michigan
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Professional Memberships:
Radiological Society of North America
Society of Breast Imaging
Friends of Radiology in Ukraine
Ukrainian Medical Association of North America
New York Roentgen Society
American College of Radiology
New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group
Publications and Conference Participation:
Rehabilitation of the Neurologic Wounded Military Conference “Imaging of Combat Injuries in the ATO”
29-31 July, 2015, Lviv, Ukraine
International Medical Rehabilitation, Mental Health Support, Institutional and Policy Considerations and Tactical Battlefield Medicine Conference
“Patriot Defence-CLS Training and IFAKs”
28-30 April, 2015, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Development, Standardization and Implementation of Tactical Medicine in Ukraine Conference “Current Trends and Recommendations for Tactical Medicine Implementation”
19-21 January, 2015, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Radiation-Associated Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma of the Chest Wall”, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Feb. 2006 by Lurmag Orta, Ulana Suprun, Alisan Goldfarb, Ira Bleiweiss, Shabnam Jaffer
The Ukrainian Congress of Radiology “State of the Art - Mammography Update”
May 1995, Kyiv, Ukraine
Academic Appointment:
Associate Clinical Professor
Mt. Sinai Hospital Department of Pathology
New York, NY
Subspecialty:
Women’s Imaging including digital mammography, breast sonography, stereotactic, sonographic and MRI-guided breast biopsies, Breast MRI, OB/GYN ultrasound, sonohysterography, bone densitometry, general ultrasound, MQSA compliance
Community Service:
Member, Ukrainian Youth Association New York Branch (1995-2013)
Member, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (1990-present)
Director, Council of Humanitarian Aid for Ukrainians, UCCA (1997-1999)
President, Ukrainian American Civil Liberties Association (2000-2009)