Valeriy Pokhylko. Doctor of medical sciences, professor of the department. He graduated from Poltava Medical Dental Institute, Medical Faculty in 1987. Since January 1990 he has been working as an anesthesiologist-resuscitator of the intensive care unit of the Children's City Clinical Hospital in Poltava. In 2000 he graduated from the Postgraduate School of Pediatrics at the Ukrainian Medical Dental Academy in Poltava, and defended his dissertation on "Morbidity and neuropsychological development of infants undergoing intensive care." Since 2004 he has been working at the Department of Pediatrics № 1 with propaedeutic pediatrics and children's infectious diseases. In February 2006 he was appointed associate professor of the Department of Propaedeutics of Pediatrics and Faculty of Pediatrics with Neonatology. In 2010 he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences on the topic: "Asphyxia in newborns: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment (clinical and experimental studies)." He has a doctorate in medical specialty "Pediatrics". He has the honorary title of "Honored Doctor of Ukraine"