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)