State institution “Grigoriev Institute for Medical Radiology of National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine”

State institution “Grigoriev Institute for Medical Radiology of National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine”

The Institute is a major research institution in Ukraine in the field of radiology, dosimetry and metrology of ionizing radiation, the basis for training courses on information and training on these issues, and since 1993 – the founder and publisher of “Ukrainian Journal of Radiology.” The institute has two of the department of Kharkov State Medical University: Radiology and Oncology.

The work of the Institute (both scientific and practical) is aimed at solving the most important problems of radiology, i.e. working out and introduction into practice scientific achievements in the field of radiodiagnosis, radiotherapy, radiation medicine, dosimetry, metrology provision of ionizing radiation.

Since 1958 Central dispensary commission on medical check-ups of the persons working with ionizing radiation has been working at the Institute. Every year this Commission performs check-ups of about 2000 persons exposed to ionizing radiation at their place of work and Chornobyl contingent, of them 500–600 are treated at the hospital of the Institute.
The Institute is ESTRO member (European Society of Therapeutic Radiologists and Oncologists). Two scientists of the Institute are members of EANM (European Association of Nuclear Medicine), 5 – ESTRO, 1 – RSNA (Radiology Society of North America).