U.S. military attend medical conference in Kyiv (06/28/98)

U.S. military attend medical conference in Kyiv

by Roman G. Golash

KYIV - Members of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington attended a conference on infectious diseases organized by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense on May 28-29.

The leader of the U.S. delegation was Col. Askold D. Mosijczuk, chief of the oncology unit at Walter Reed. The other members of the team included: Lt. Col. Robert Kuschner, Lt. Col. Inia Yevich and Lt. Col. Yuriy Turiansky of Washington, and Maj. Roman Golash from Chicago.

Although many of the presentations were given in Russian instead of Ukrainian, each member of the U.S. team gave a scientific presentation in Ukrainian. (Lt. Col. Yevich interpreted for Lt. Col. Kuschner.) The American contingent was congratulated by many participants for using Ukrainian and having the slide presentations prepared in Ukrainian as well.

The topics varied, but emphasized diagnosis of AIDS and hepatitis. There were over 150 medical personnel present at the two-day conference, which featured more than 40 presentations.