Throughout the program, they participated in all cardiac surgeries. Professor Borys Todurov delivered four lectures: two for the Alfred Health medical community and two for the Ukrainian diaspora.
Ukrainian heart transplant surgeons from Kyiv are visiting Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital on a study and awareness tour, sharing their experiences of performing 63 heart transplants in 2025 during Russian rocket attacks, electricity blackouts and bombing raids.
Since its establishment in 2012, the journal has consistently expanded its presence in scientometric databases, actively engaged international experts, and gradually increased the number of publications in English. This work is an essential component of the successful integration of Ukrainian cardiology and cardiac surgery into the international community.
Today, we, the team of the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, have been awarded the 2025 Borys Paton National Prize of Ukraine. This is a great honor and, at the same time, recognition of our scientific and medical work.
Professor Borys Todurov presented a report on the Heart Institute’s experience in performing pediatric heart transplants, particularly during wartime.
ur treatment outcomes remain on par with leading clinics in Europe and the United States.
During the conference, the Heart Institute signed a bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation in the fields of healthcare, education, and medical research.
Leading specialists from arrhythmology centers and academic departments in Kyiv, Lviv, Lutsk, and Odesa contributed to the scientific program. A particularly notable lecture was delivered by Professor Petar Platonov of Lund University (Sweden), focusing on the role of genetic research in arrhythmology.
Professor Borys Todurov delivered a significant presentation on the transportation of donor hearts during wartime — a topic that deeply impressed European colleagues, highlighting the extraordinary efforts of Ukrainian physicians who continue to save lives under the most difficult conditions.
At present, we are the only team in Ukraine with publications in this journal. Yet this is only the beginning — we have opened the path for Ukrainian cardiac surgery to be represented at the highest international level.
Serhii, a paramedic of the volunteer battalion Hospitallers, lived for three years with an enemy bullet lodged in his heart. Doctors debated whether to remove the bullet. In addition to the injury, Serhii had a congenital heart defect and had already undergone three surgeries as a child.