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.

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:

• 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