Ihor Huk (Ukrainian: І́гор Гук) is a Ukrainian vascular surgeon, transplant surgeon, and researcher based in Vienna, Austria known for his research on biological functions of nitric oxide and on the vascular system.[1][2] Huk studied medicine in Gdansk (1969–1975)[citation needed] and then specialised in vascular surgery at the University of Vienna.
Career
editHuk is the former Director of Experimental Vascular Laboratory for the Department of Surgery at the Medical University Vienna since 1994, the Chairman of the Division of Vascular Surgery since 2013.[citation needed] Huk is a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.[3]
Huk studied the issues of diagnosis and complications regarding the surgical treatment of aortic ischemia, the effect of nitric oxide on the vascular wall, reperfusion injury of organs, and the impact of amino acids on healthy cell development.
Huk has completed more than 50,000 surgeries, including abdominal, vascular and transplantations, and over 1,000 kidney, liver and arteries transplants throughout his career. Huk's primary practice is at the Vienna General Hospital (VGH)[4] and has also worked as a Chief Physician at the Wiener Privatklinik (WPK) for over 30 years, where his focus on vascular surgery includes operations on carotid arteries to prevent strokes, aneurysm operations, and surgery on arteries threatened with occlusion or rupture, as well as reconstructive surgery on vessels (bypass, shunt and stent). Huk has authored or co-authored more than 40 papers in journals.[5]
Personal life
editHuk is part of a group of Ukrainian scientists, journalists, and other public figures that has published an open letter to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in support of freedom of speech in Ukraine in 2020.[6]
In 2016, daily German-language Austrian newspaper Kurier reported on a violent robbery at Huk's Vienna home where his wife suffered facial injuries.[7] Huk shared how he stayed calm and made a psychological connection with the robber to defuse the situation, and how he performed a surgery the next day.
Huk successfully performed stent surgery on the Patriarch Filaret in Vienna in 2015.[8]
Honours and memberships
editHuk is an ambassador at large for the private Zürich-based International Human Rights Commission.[9] He is an honorary professor of Ternopil State Medical University in Ukraine.[10] He is a member of several professional organizations including, the Austrian Society of Surgery and the Austrian Society of Angiology.[11] Huk is on the editorial board for the Ukrainian scientific journal Modern Medical Technologies.[12] He is also an advisor to the President of the European Commission.[13]
References
edit- ^ Jozkowicz, A.; Cooke, J.P.; Guevara, I.; Huk, I.; Funovics, P.; Pachinger, O.; Weidinger, F.; Dulak, J. (September 2001). "Genetic augmentation of nitric oxide synthase increases the vascular generation of VEGF". Cardiovascular Research. 51 (4): 773–783. doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00344-3. PMID 11530111. S2CID 21581178.
- ^ "Ihor Huk". Vascular Surgery 2018. London, United Kingdom: EuroSciCon Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Guk Ihor". National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Ihor Huk". 11th Global Summit on Mass Spectrometry. Conference Series LLC LTD. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Ihor Huk AI Profile". www.aminer.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Stop oppression of "Priamiy": "Rukh Oporu Kapituliatsii" published an appeal to Zelenskyi". Priamyi. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ Seiser, Birgit (27 February 2016). "'Wie ein Raubtier, das Beute will'". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Doctors are satisfied with Patriarch Filaret's health condition after the surgery". Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Institute of Religion and Society. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Extraordinary Parliamentary". International Human Rights Commission. IHRC Switzerland. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Honourable Professors of the University". Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Organizing Committee Member Ihor Huk". World Congress on Surgery, Surgeons and Anesthesia. EuroSciCon Ltd. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Editorial team". Modern medical technologies. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Brussels and Dubai – Two Poles of Ukrainian Politics". businessemirates.ru.[dead link] Details of Huk's involvement in the European Commission