My name is Orest Shtuka, and I am a dentist with over 25 years of experience, specializing in general dentistry, dental surgery, periodontology, and implantology. As the President of the Ukrainian Association of Implantologists, I am dedicated to the development of young professionals and the organization of international events in the field of dentistry.
Education:
Specialization in Periodontology, Lviv State Medical University
Specialization in Dental Surgery, Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
Specialization in Dental Surgery, Donetsk State Medical University
Postgraduate Academic Programs in Periodontology, University of Bern
Specialization in Conservative Dentistry, Lviv State Medical University
Diploma, Lviv Order of the Friendship of Peoples State Medical Institute
Associations:
Initiator and Coordinator of the professional group responsible for the establishment of the profession "Dentist-Periodontist" in Ukraine, implemented at the request of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Decree No. 293, dated February 15, 2022.
Initiator and co-author of three legislative drafts in the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) on the creation of the Professional Medical and Dental Association ("Medical Chamber") in Ukraine – Bill No. 4736 of May 31, 2016, Bill No. 8250-1 of April 6, 2018, and Bill No. 2425-2 of November 26, 2019.
Vice President of the National Dental Association of Ukraine, National Dental Association of Ukraine
Expert in Dentistry for the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Initiator of the "Youth Program of the Ukrainian Association of Implantologists (UAI)", which attracted over 300 new members among young professionals and students.
President of the Ukrainian Association of Implantologists, Ukrainian Association of Implantologists
Organizer of the first biennial Congress of the International Academy of Periodontology in Eastern Europe
