Illia Mykolayovych Yemets ( uk, Ілля Миколайович Ємець; born 21 February 1956) is a
Ukrainian
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physician and politician and twice appointed
Minister of Healthcare.
Biography
In 1979, he graduated from the
Kyiv Medical Institute
Bogomolets National Medical University (NMU) is a medical school founded in 1841 in Kyiv, Russian Empire by the Russian Tsar Nicolas I. The university is named after physiologist Alexander A. Bogomolets. NMU provides medical training for over 10 ...
with a degree in
Pediatrics
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...
.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor.
From 1985 to 2003, Yemets worked as a pediatric
heart surgeon
Cardiothoracic surgery is the medical speciality, field of medicine involved in surgery, surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (pulmonology, lung disease) ...
and was the head of the department at the Institute of
Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to corr ...
of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
In 2003, he was appointed director of the State Institution "Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the
Ministry of Healthcare."
From December 2010 to May 2011, Yemets served as
Minister of Healthcare.
On 4 March 2020 Yemets was again appointed as Minister of Healthcare.
Ukraine's Parliament
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dismissed him on 30 March 2020.
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''UNIAN
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'' (30 March 2020)
Honored Doctor of Ukraine.
.
See also
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First Azarov government
The first Azarov government ( uk, Перший уряд Миколи Азарова, Russian: Первое правительство Николая Азарова) was Ukraine's cabinet from (appointed on) March 11, 2010 till December 3, 2012 ( ...
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Shmyhal Government
The Shmyhal government ( uk, Уряд Дениса Шмигаля) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously acting vice prime minister, and earlier the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk ...
References
External links
Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
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1956 births
Living people
People from Vorkuta
Bogomolets National Medical University alumni
Ukrainian cardiac surgeons
Healthcare ministers of Ukraine
Ukraine – Forward! politicians
21st-century Ukrainian physicians
21st-century Ukrainian politicians
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology