Valentyn Serdyuk
Valentyn Serdyuk (born July 9, 1942) is a Ukrainian scientist, honored inventor, and Prof MD of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery in Odessa National Medical University. Education. In 1966, after graduating from Odessa Medical Institute (now ONMedU), he earned his medical degree "with honors". In 1975, he defended his PhD thesis, and in 1986 - his PhD. Career. Serdyuk developed new medical tools, treatments and devices, earning 40 patents and 72 certificates for innovation. He is the creator of a new approach to surgical treatment of patients with injuries of big joints, complicated with purulent infection, using physiotherapy (magneto-acoustic  therapy). Recognition. In 1982, he received the honorary title "Honored inventor of Ukraine". Between 1987 and 1989  he was awarded one gold, two silver and two bronze medals of Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. In 1993, he was elected an academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Original Ideas. In vertebrology, dedicated to scoliosis, he discovered the mechanism of its development and developed a highly conservative method of treatment of children and teenagers. The effectiveness of the treatment of gunshot wounds to the extremities with purulent complications and venous ulcers, including diabetic origin, was enhanced through  the use of magnetic devices. In 1995, he received a diploma for scientific discovery in vertebrology number HB 1, issued by the Ukrainian International Academy of Original Ideas. The name of the discovery was: " Dependence of diseases of adults from spinal deformity in childhood". In 2008 he received a second diploma for scientific discovery in vertebrology number HB 5. The name of the discovery was: "The regularity of formation of scoliotic spinal deformity from instability in all its departments related to asymmetric function of the cerebral hemispheres". The book "Scoliosis and spinal pain syndrome: new understanding of their origin and  ways of successful treatment" is in the library of: Publications. Professor V. Serdyuk is the author and co-author of 248 publications, including 10 books: Articles: