On September 5, 2025, the Rector of Poltava State Medical University, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Association of Family Doctors of Poltava Region, Head of the Hospital Council of the Eastern Hospital District of Poltava Region, Member of the Board of the Association of Rheumatologists of Ukraine, Member of the Board of the Republican Scientific Society of Rheumatologists, Member of the Polish Society of Public Health, Member of the Board of the Association of Family Doctors of Ukraine — Viacheslav Mykolaiovych Zhdan — celebrates his glorious Jubilee.
The academic and research staff of PSMU, colleagues, students, medical interns, postgraduates and the entire University community warmly congratulate Viacheslav Mykolaiovych on this significant and memorable milestone in his life. From the bottom of their hearts, they wish him strong health, happiness, kindness, the fulfillment of cherished dreams, and outstanding success in his scientific and pedagogical work in training highly qualified medical professionals for the good of Ukraine and its future!
May the resonant polyphony of students in lecture halls bring You joy, esteemed Mr. Rector, and may their youthful zeal forever inspire You to conquer new heights in the science of healing! May Faith, Hope, and Love always walk beside You! Everything will be Ukraine! Many Happy Years!
A Name in Medicine
V. M. Zhdan is the author of 678 scientific works, including: 33 patents for inventions and utility models of Ukraine, 5 copyright certificates for works, 9 monographs, 7 textbooks, 44 educational and teaching-methodological manuals, 26 methodological recommendations, 4 books on family medicine, 2 Latin–Ukrainian medical encyclopedic dictionaries, 5 informational bulletins, and 20 publications in journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science with a high citation index.
Under his supervision, 9 PhD dissertations have been defended. The scientific works of V. M. Zhdan are dedicated to an in-depth study of medical care for patients with ischemic heart disease and its complications, as well as the impact of ionizing radiation on the development and progression of heart and musculoskeletal diseases. V. M. Zhdan devotes much attention to the education and professional development of postgraduates, medical interns, and physicians.
It was under the guidance of Professor V. M. Zhdan that a number of scientific studies were carried out, including: the investigation of hemorheological parameters in patients with chronic heart failure using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with mixed-genesis atherosclerosis; possibilities of correcting rheological and metabolic disorders in patients with active rheumatic processes; the use of extracorporeal therapy in correcting immune status in patients with systemic connective tissue diseases; and the effect of chondroprotective therapy on clinical and physiological indicators in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Professor V. M. Zhdan is the Editor-in-Chief of journals accredited by the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine: Problems of Ecology and Medicine, Bulletin of Problems of Biology and Medicine, Current Problems of Modern Medicine. Bulletin of the Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, and World of Medicine and Biology. He is also a member of the editorial boards of international professional journals: Innovative Medicine and Biology (Canada) and Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (JFMHC) (USA).