Katherine Leonchik

About Me:

Ekaterina Leonchik is a family doctor, general practitioner and rheumatologist.

I specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of joint and connective tissue diseases, including systemic autoimmune pathologies known as rheumatic diseases.

Professional competences:

• Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of joints and musculoskeletal system
• Diagnosis and treatment of systemic connective tissue diseases and their complications, including autoimmune diseases
• Ultrasound diagnosis of joints, including children and adults
• Diagnosis and treatment of feet
• Selection of individualised insoles
• Diagnostic ultrasound-guided joint punctures
• Intra-articular and periarticular injection of drugs, also under ultrasound control
• Periarticular injection of drugs, also under ultrasound control
• Paravertebral blockades
• Therapeutic kinesiotaping

Publications

• Reappraisal of the Concept of Accelerated Aging in Neurodegeneration and Beyond — Cells, 2023;12(20):2451
• Reappraisal of Concept of Accelerated Brain Ageing with Precision Medicine Approach — Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2023;455:122661
• ASIA Syndrome — Healthcare, 2023;2:39-46
• Candidate Biomarkers of Pathologic Brain Aging — Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2023;445:121941
• Drug-Induced Liver Injury After NSAIDs-Therapy in Gouty Arthritis — Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019;30(3):S210
• Risk of Drug-Induced Liver Injury to NSAIDs in Patients with Gout — Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2018;2:AB1024
• Risk Group for Hepatotoxicity of NSAIDs Among Patients with Gout — Scientific and Practical Rheumatology, IV Eurasian Congress of Rheumatologists, Москва, 2018;3(2):56
• Association Between Genetic Factors of Osteoporosis and FRAX Calculated Ten-Year Fracture Probability — Osteoporosis International, 2017;28(1):OCs2
• Comparative Analysis of Estimating Equations of Renal Function in Patients with Osteoarthritis — Practicing Doctor, Kyiv, 2017;6(3):15-19
• Elastification of the arterial wall by high-intensity low-frequency ultrasound - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - 2023; 67(4)

Education:

• General Medicine, Belarusian State Medical University (2011-2017)
• Clinical residency in rheumatology, Belarusian State Medical University (2020-2022)

Сertificates:

• Shockwave therapy (Zimmer MedizinSysteme, Germany)
• Ultrasound examination of joints of upper and lower extremities (Republican Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Balneotherapy, Belarus)
• Interventional Pain Management (ProAcadmy, UAE)
• Internal Medicine (The Open Medical Institute, Austria)

Professional Experience:

• Has been practicing since 2017
• Worked as a general practitioner in the emergency department, as well as a rheumatologist in public hospitals and private medical centers in Minsk
• Worked as a research scientist in the field of fundamental medicine in Minsk, and as a research scientist in the field of neurophysiology in Abu Dhabi

DHA License: No. 17189166-001