A ceremony of awarding the best doctors of Ukraine with “The Order of St. Panteleimon” took place in the Kyiv National Philharmonic Hall on August 9, 2017. This is the most important public award, created with the support of the heads of all Christian churches in Ukraine, health care and the National Academy of Medical Sciences. It has a professional orientation and is awarded for humanistic and noble activities in the field of health care.
One of the most honourable Odessians, the head of the department of general and military surgery of our university, doctor of medical sciences, professor, Colonel Mikhail Arsenijovich Kashtlian has won a high award “the best doctor” of 300 000 nominees. This outstanding military surgeon is known not only in Odessa, but also far beyond its borders. Mikhail Kashtalian has made several thousand complex operations. Recently, his patients have been ATO soldiers, whom he saved and helped recover after wounds.
The whole staff of ONMedU sincerely congratulates Mikhail Arsenijovich with such an honourable award wishing him good health and further success in professional activity!