9 Notable alumni of Odessa National Medical University
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Odessa National Medical University is ranked #5,863 in the world and #58 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 9 notable alumni from Odessa National Medical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Odessa National Medical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Abulfaz Garayev
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Abulfaz Faraj oghlu Garayev, also spelled as Abulfaz Qarayev, was the first Azerbaijani pediatrician, honored scientist of Azerbaijan.
2. Boris Muzalev
1959-. (aged 67)
businessperson
politician
Boris Muzalev is a Ukrainian-born businessman and politician. Muzalev is the CEO of Tavria-V and the honorary consul of Cyprus.
3. Nicolai L. Volodos
1934-2016 (aged 82)
physician
scientist
university teacher
surgeon
Nicolai Leontievich Volodos, (Ukrainian: Микола Леонтійович Володось, Russian: Николай Леонтьевич Володось; 15 May 1934 – 3 April 2016) was a Soviet/Ukrainian cardiovascular surgeon and scientist. An innovator, Volodos developed and introduced into clinical practice the world's first endovascular stent graft for the treatment of stenotic and aneurysmal diseases of arterial system. Volodos was described by his colleagues as "a pioneer...
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4. Valentyn Serdiuk
1942-2021 (aged 79)
surgeon
physician
Valentyn Serdyuk was a Ukrainian scientist, honored inventor, and Prof MD of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery in Odesa National Medical University.
5. Salina Hayat Ivy
1966-. (aged 60)
women physician
politician
Salina Hayat Ivy is a Bangladeshi politician, physician, and the first mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation. She was given the status of State Minister on August 8, 2022, along with the Mayor of Chattragram. She won her third term as mayor in the Narayanganj City Corporation election in 2022.
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6. Yakov Brand
1955-2018 (aged 63)
television presenter
cardiac surgeon
physician
Yakov Beniaminovich Brand was a Russian cardiac surgeon and television presenter.
7. Boris Chersonskij
1950-. (aged 76)
clinical psychologist
psychiatrist
writer
translator
poet
Borys Hryhorovych Khersonskyi is a Ukrainian clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, poet, interpreter, Candidate of Medical Sciences, associate professor, and former dissident. He was the head of the Department of Clinical Psychology at Odesa National University from 1999 to 2015.
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8. Valeriy Zaporozhan
1947-. (aged 79)
gynecologist
Valeriy Zaporozhan is ex-rector of Odessa State Medical University (Ukraine), Ukrainian researcher. His initial specialization was obstetrics and gynaecology, which further broadened to cryosurgery and endoscopy, immunology, reproductive medicine, genetic medicine, stem cells, and bioethics. He also developed the concept of nooethics — a further specialization of bioethics in the conditions of noosphere.
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9. Oleksiy Honcharenko
1980-. (aged 46)
television producer
YouTuber
television presenter
politician
Oleksiy Oleksiyovich Goncharenko is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Ukrainian parliament, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. In 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary...
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