Oleksandr F. Vozianov is a Ukrainian doctor, a doctor of medical sciences (1978), a professor (1980), an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Department of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Surgery, Urology, from April 1991), Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (surgery, urology, from March 1993); President of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (from March 1993); Member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Director of the Institute of Urology of the AMSU; Member of the Committee on State Prizes of Ukraine in the field of science and technology ( from March 1997); Member of the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine (from November 1998); Head of the Department of Urology of the National Medical University named after. O. Bohomolets (from 1981); Editor-in-Chief of the journal of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine and the journal “Urology”, scientific director of the publication “Treatment and diagnosis”; Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine pro bono (from October 2006 to December 2007), a Chairman of the Ukrainian Urological Society (from 1987), president of the Ukrainian Association of Urologists, permanent Member of the International European and American Urological Associations, Honorary Professor of I. I. Gorbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, Member of New York Academy of Sciences (1996), Brazilian Academy of Medical Sciences (1997), Schweizer Polish Academy of Medicine (1997), Academy of Medical Sciences of the Republic of Belarus (1998), Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (2001).
He is married, his wife is an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Zhanna Ivanivna Vozianova (infectious diseases). His son is a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Vozianov Sergey Oleksandrovich. He speaks English and Greek. He is fond of hunting. He created a urological science school.
O.Vozianov graduated from Kiev Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine (1962); He defended his Ph.D. thesis ”Radioisotope methods of diagnostics in some urological diseases in children” (Kiev Medical Institute, 1970) and a doctoral dissertation on nephrology (Kiev Research Institute of diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract (urology), 1978).
O.Vozianov is twice laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology (1986, 2001). His other awards include:
• Award of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine named after O. O. Bohomolets
• Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine named after V.I. Vernadsky
• Honored Scientist of Ukraine (1986)
• Honorary Award of the President of Ukraine (1996)
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (August 1998), IV degree (1999)
• Hero of Ukraine (with the award of the Order of the State, August 21, 2000)
• Certificate of honor of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (from October 2003)
• 1st grade civil servant ( from April 1994)
• Order for Merits to the Italian Republic
• The Order of Peter the Great, I degree
• Order of M.I. Pirogov
• A medal named after the Academician P. Capitza
• A medal named after the Academician I. Pavlov
• Golden Star of Albert Schweitzer “For Merits to Medicine”
In April 2002, Oleksandr Vozianov was a candidate for People’s Deputies of Ukraine from the Green Party of Ukraine. From 2000 to 2002 he was the Head of the State Medical and Health Department under the President of Ukraine, a member of GPU.
07.1991-07.2000 he was the Head of the Medical and Health Association under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. From 2003 to May 2005 he was the 1st deputy head of the State Administration of Affairs of the President of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Vozianov is the author (or co-author) of more than 400 scientific works in the field of development of functional methods for diagnostics and surgical treatment of major urological diseases, including 30 monographs and textbooks. He is also the author of 15 inventions.