Prof. Olena Bolgova, MD, PhD
Professor of Gross Anatomy
Olena Bolgova, MD, Ph.D., has extensive experience working as a researcher and educator. She has two decades of experience as a university professor teaching Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, and Embryology. She also has clinical training and experience.
Dr. Bolgova has received extensive recognition as a national and international author and presenter. Her research has been published in The FASEB Journal, Osteoporosis International, Austin Journal of Anatomy, Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression, MOJ Anatomy and Physiology, Journal of Clinical Densitometry, Age Management Medicine Group Journal, Morphology. She has presented at numerous medical conferences, including the International Symposium of Osteoporosis, Experimental Biology, Clinical Applications Age Management Medicine, Clinical Osteoporosis Symposium, and Arbeitstagung der Anatomischen Gesellschaft.
Dr. Bolgova’s research interests and presentations include studies of the Thyroid gland, Dental system, Age Management Medicine, and Neuroeconomics. She stays informed about the latest medical research and advancements by being an active member of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, the Ukrainian Anatomical Association, and Anatomische Gesellschaft (Germany).
Dr. Bolgova has received numerous Faculty Merit Awards from St. Matthew's University students, the Dean's Award for outstanding contribution and dedicated service, and the CEME Award in recognition of her valuable contribution to faculty developmental workshops. Cayman Heart Fund recognized her contribution to the Cayman Health Fairs by presenting her with several certificates of appreciation.
CURRICULUM VITAE
CAREER:
2022-present
Professor of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University
Courses: Gross Anatomy
2018 -2022
Full Professor and Course Director of Developmental and Gross Anatomy course, Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. Matthew’s University
Courses: Developmental Anatomy, Foundation of Clinical Medicine (Step 1 Review)
2015 - 2017
Course Director, Associate Professor of Anatomy St. Matthew’s University
Courses: Developmental Anatomy, Foundation of Clinical Medicine (Step 1 Review)
2007 - 2015
Associate Professor Department of Anatomy, St. Matthew’s University, School of Medicine
Courses: Embryology, Gross Anatomy, and Neuroscience
2006 - 2007
Associate Professor Department of Anatomy, Lugansk State Medical University
Courses: Gross Anatomy, Embryology, and Neuroanatomy
2004 - 2006
Assistant Professor Department of International Students, Lugansk State Medical University
Courses: Clinical Anatomy, Embryology, and Neuroanatomy
2001 - 2004
Senior Lecturer of Human Anatomy at Luhansk State Medical University, Ukraine
EDUCATION:
2001-2004
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) - Kharkiv State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
The title of the dissertation is «Age-related morpho-functional features of thyroid gland under influence of thymectomy and injections of Thymogen».
1995 - 2001
MD (Doctor of Medicine) Diploma with Honors, Luhansk State Medical University
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA), USA
American Anatomical Association (AAA), USA
Ukrainian Anatomical Association, Ukraine
Anatomische Gesellschaft, Germany
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2022 Faculty Award from St. Matthew's University students
2021 3 Faculty Awards from St. Matthew's University students
2020 SMU Service Award for 13 years of dedication, commitment, and hard work
2019 2 Faculty Awards from St. Matthew's University students
2018 3 Faculty Awards from St. Matthew's University students
2017 2 Faculty Awards from St. Matthew's University students
2016 2 Faculty Awards from St. Matthew's University students
2016 Cayman Heart Fund Certificate of Appreciation
2015 2 St. Matthew's University 1st Semester Students Awards
2014 CEME Award in recognition of valuable contribution to faculty developmental workshops
2013 St. Matthew's University 5th Semester Students Award
2012 Cayman Heart Fund Certificate of Appreciation
2008 Dean's Award St. Matthew's University
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
2015 - 2022 President of Faculty Senate, St. Matthew’s University
2014 - 2015 Vise President of Faculty Senate, St. Matthew’s University
2010 - 2014 Head of Faculty Promotion committee, St. Matthew’s University
2009 - 2015 Member of Student Disciplinary Committee, St. Matthew’s University
2007 - 2010 Member of Curriculum committee, St. Matthew’s University
2004 - 2007 Member of Curriculum committee, Luhansk State Medical University
CLINICAL & SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:
Medical education, Neuroanatomy, Age management, Neuroeconomics
Development of medical clinical applications, Apple Developer Program
Clinical anatomy of the dental system
Computer 3-D model and Finite-Element Analysis of bones
Clinical anatomy of the thyroid gland
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES & CONFERENCES:
Biohacking COVID-19: Lessons learned from the current pandemic, European Wellness Academy webinar, September 25, 2020
Conquering Cancer VI Symposium, Grand Cayman, September 19, 2019
Cayman hospice care: Caribbean Palliative Care Conference, Grand Cayman, September 27, 2018
9th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Toronto, November 2-4, 2017
10th Annual CHF International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman, March 23, 2017
9th Annual International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman. March 17-18, 2016
19th Annual Conference on Emergencies and Challenges in Primary Care, New York City, December 18-19, 2015
Experimental Biology 2015, March 28 - April 1, 2015 - Boston, MA. Paper: A. Jagadeesh, V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova, L. Maroun, S.K. Rajasekaran. Student Evaluation of Case Studies
8th Annual International Cardiac Symposium - Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: March 12-13, 2015
17th Clinical Applications Age Management Medicine Conference, November 6-9, 2014 - Las Vegas, NE Paper: Bolgova O, Mavrych V, Kheyson B, Sankova L, Kheyson O. (2014) Zinc Content in Lumbar Vertebrae Across Age Groups
Experimental Biology 2013, April 20-24, 2013 - Boston, MA. Paper: V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova, L. Sankova. Age and gender-specific characteristics of spongy bone architectonic in lumbar vertebral bodies
Experimental Biology 2012, April 21-25, 2012 - San Diego, CA. Paper: V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova, S. Rao. Clinical Cases and TBL in Developmental and Gross Anatomy Course
5th Annual International Cardiac Symposium, March 1, 2012 - Grand Cayman.
Experimental Biology 2011, April 9-13, 2011 - Washington, DC. Paper: V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova. Stress distribution in 3D models of a human spine with different lumbar curvature angle
9th International Symposium of Osteoporosis, May 18-21, 2011 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Paper: Mavrych V., Bolgova O. Age Changes of Spongy Bone Architectonic in the Lumbar Vertebrae.
Clinical Osteoporosis 2010 An ISCD-NOF Symposium - San Antonio, TX, USA: March 10-13, 2010. Paper: V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova, A. Eryomin. Trabecular architectonic features in different zones of human lumbar vertebrae
Cancer Symposium, November 30, 2009 - Grand Cayman.
Clinical Applications for Age Management Medicine: Preventive Medicine and Early Interventions for Optimal Health - Las Vegas, NV, USA: November 6-9, 2008. Paper: V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova. Age-Related Changes of Sponges Bone Architectonic in Lumbar Spine
Actual Problems of Biomineralogy - Lugansk, Ukraine: April 23-24, 2008. Paper: O. Bolgova, V. Mavrych. Similarities and differences of third molar crowns and root morphology compared with first and second molars in the same arch.
The 1st Cayman Islands International Cardiac Symposium - Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: May 16, 2008
10th World Congress for Infectious and Immunological Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology -
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: November 17-24, 2007
Arbeitstagung der Anatomischen Gesellschaft - Würzburg, Germany: September 27-29, 2006. Paper: V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova. New approaches to studying stress-strengths conditions of the human teeth
Verhandlugen der Anatomischen Gesellschaft - Wien, Austria: April 2-5, 2004. Paper: V. Mavrych., Morphological analysis of various zones of bodies of human vertebrae
MAIN PUBLICATIONS:
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2019) Clinical Cases and Medical Images in Anatomy. iBooks. Dec 20, 2019. 196 Pages ISBN-13: 978-0-9964055-1-5
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2018) Neuroscience: Photo Atlas. iBooks. Aug 28, 2018. 159 Pages ISBN-13: 978-0-9964055-6-0
Hussain A, Tabrez ES, Mavrych V, Bolgova O, Rao JP. (2018) Caffeine: A Potential Protective Agent Against Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease. Critical Reviews™ in Eukaryotic Gene Expression, 28(1):67–72 (2018) DOI10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2018021391
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2018) Neuroscience: 110 Most Important Conceptions. iBooks. Jun 18, 2018. 270 P.
Gavreliuk S.V., Levenets S.V., Kopatko T.A., Bolgova O.S. and Mavrych V.V. (2017) Influence of hyperdynamic stress and autonomic dysfunction on the aortic endothelium and hemodynamics. AMMG J. 2017; 12(6):7
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2016) Neuroscience: 100 Most Important Conceptions. iBooks. Nov 20, 2016. 135 Pages
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2015) Clinical Cases and Medical Images in Anatomy. iBooks. July 3, 2015. 229 Pages
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2015) Photo Atlas of Anatomy. iBooks. Oct 10, 2015. 718 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-9964055-0-8
Jagadeesh A, Mavrych V, Bolgova O, Maroun L, Rajasekaran S.K. (2015) Student Evaluation of Case Studies. The FASEB Journal. 2015;29:687.29
Bolgova O, Mavrych V, Kheyson B, Sankova L, Kheyson O. (2014) Zinc Content in Lumbar Vertebrae Across Age Groups. e-Journal of AMMG Vol.9, No.10.
Mavrych V, Bolgova O, Ganguly P, Kashchenko S (2014) Age-Related Changes of Lumbar Vertebral Body Morphometry. Austin J Anat. 2014;1(3): 1014
Mavrych, V., & Bolgova, O. (2013). New Horizons in Medical Education Technology. In P. Ganguly (ed.), Education in Anatomical Sciences (pp. 45-61). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Mavrych V., Bolgova O., and Sankova L. (2013) Age and gender-specific characteristics of spongy bone architectonic in lumbar vertebral bodies. The FASEB Journal. 2013;27:518.1
Mavrych, V. and Bolgova, O. (2012) 120 Most Important Anatomical Conceptions. iBooks. October 9, 2012. 419 Pages
V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova and B. Kheyson (2012) Finite-Element Analysis Of Different Shapes Of Lumbar Curvatures, e-Journal of AMMG Vol.7, No.10.
V. Mavrych, O. Bolgova, and S. Rao (2012) Clinical Cases and TBL in Developmental and Gross Anatomy Course, The FASEB Journal. 2012;26:531.11
Mavrych V., Bolgova O. (2011), Age Changes of Spongy Bone Architectonic in the Lumbar Vertebrae, Osteoporosis International V. 22, S.2 417-439
V. Mavrych and O. Bolgova (2011) Stress distribution in 3D models of the human spine with different lumbar curvature angle, The FASEB Journal. 2011;25:867.8
Mavrych V, Bolgova O. (2010), Age-Related Changes Of Calcium, Manganese and Magnesium in Human Lumbar Spine with Bone Mechanical Properties, e-Journal of AMMG Vol.5, No.9.
Mavrych V, Bolgova O, Vozniy V. (2010), Determination of Enamel and Coronal Dentin Microhardness of Upper Fist Premolars in Age Aspect, e-Journal of AMMG Vol.5, No.8.
Mavrych V, Bolgova O, Eryomin A. (2010) Trabecular Architectonic Features in Different Zones of Human Lumbar Vertebrae. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 129-129.
Mavrych V, Bolgova O. (2010) Age Changes of Composition of Calcium, Phosphorus, Sodium, and Potassium in the Lumbar Vertebrae. e-Journal of AMMG Vol.5, No.3.
Mavrych V, Bolgova O. (2008) Age and gender-specific characteristics of human lumbar vertebrae. Ukrainian Morphological almanac 6(2):215
Mavrych V, Bolgova O. (2008) Age-Related Changes of Sponge’s Bone Architectonic in Lumbar Spine. e-Journal of AMMG Vol.3, No.10.
Koveshnikov VG, Mavrich VV, Bolgova ES.(2008) Morpho-functional Characteristic of the Lumbar Area of the Human Vertebral Column in the Individuals with Various Degrees of Lumbar Lordosis (based on three-dimensional computer modeling). Morfologiia 134(6):59-63.
Koveshnikov VG, Bolgova OS, Mavrych VV, Vosniy VB. (2007) Comparative Odontometric Data of Human Incisive from Different Country Population. Ukrainian medical almanac. 5(2):102.
Bolgova OS, Mavrych VV, Vosniy VB, Eryomin AV (2006) A New Stress and Deformation Test in Human Teeth Research. Almanac of Medicine and Biology. (1):78-83.
Mavrych V.V., Bolgova O.S., Popov O.V., Shatohin A.V. (2005) Features of a rat's thyroid gland in different age periods at immunodeficiency caused thymectomy // Ukrainian morphological almanac. V. 3, No.3 - P. 18 - 22.
Mavrych V.V., Bolgova O.S., Popov O.V. (2005) Age features of morphometrical indexes of the human lumbar spine from MRI data // Ukrainian medical almanac. V.8 No.2 - P. 89-92.
Bolgova O.S. (2004) Dynamics of morphometric parameters of a thyroid gland adults rats under influence injections of Thymogenum // Ukrainian medical almanac. V.7, No. 1. - P. 16-18.
Bolgova O.S. (2003) The morphofunctional characteristic of a thyroid gland in conditions of a primary immunodeficiency // Ukrainian morphological almanac. V.6, No.2. – P. 14-17.
Bolgova O.S. (2004) Dynamics morphometric parameters of a thyroid gland of mature age rats under influence Thymogenum // Ukrainian medical almanac. V. 7, No. 1. - P. 16-18.
Koveshnikov V.G., Bolgova O.S. (2003) Feature morphometric and histomorphometric parameters of rats thyroid gland under influence thymectomy in mature age // Ukrainian medical almanac. V. 6, No. 3. - P. 77-80.
Bolgova O.S. (2003) Features of a rat's thyroid gland ultrastructure under Thymogenum influence // Taurian medical and biologic bulletin. V. 6, No.4. - P. 37-41.
Bolgova O.S. (2002) A solid cellular insular in the parenchyma of a rat's thyroid gland // Ukrainian medical almanac. V. 5, No. 5. - P. 24-25.
CONTINUED MEDICAL EDUCATION:
4.0 CME Credits - Conquering Cancer VI Symposium, Grand Cayman. September 19, 2019
14.0 CME Credits - Topics in Family Medicine, Neurology, and Neurological Critical Care, University at Sea, August 18-25, 2019
12.0 CME Credits - Neurology and Psychiatry for Primary Care, Las Vegas, October 26-28, 2018
5.0 CME Credits - Cayman hospice care: Caribbean Palliative Care Conference, Grand Cayman. September 27, 2018
3.0 CME Credits - Cleveland Clinic: Discussions on Sports Injuries and Cardiac Health, Grand Cayman. May 25, 2018
14.5 CME Credits - 9th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Toronto, November 2-4, 2017
3.0 CME Credits - Cleveland Clinic: State-of-the-Art Breast cancer Strategies and Innovations in Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery. June 9, 2017
4.5 CME Credits - 10th Annual CHF International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman. March 23, 2017
16.0 CME Credits “Neurology” The University At Sea, August 21-28, 2016
3.0 CME Credits - Cleveland Clinic: Organ transplant, Cardiac support, and Sports Medicine Awareness Update. September 9, 2016
6.0 CME Credits - 9th Annual International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman. March 17-18, 2016
12.0 CME Credits - 19th Annual Conference on Emergencies & Challenges in Primary Care, New York. December 18-19, 2015
1.0 CME Credit - Baptist Health International: The cutting Edge: Robotic Surgery in 2015. December 2, 2015
3.5 CME Credits - Cayman Cancer Symposium IV. September 17, 2015
3.0 CME Credits - Cleveland Clinic: Medical Innovations Update. September 11, 2015
1.0 CME Credit - Baptist Health International: Preventing Chronic Diseases. July 8, 2015
6.0 CME Credits - 8th Annual International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman. March 12-13, 2015
3.0 CME Credits - Cleveland Clinic: Breast, Cardiac & Colorectal Awareness Update. June 6, 2014
1.0 CME Credits - Baptist Health International: Minimally invasive treatment of cancer. December 5, 2013
3.5 CME Credits - Cleveland Clinic: Cardiac and Breast Awareness Update. June 14, 2013
3.5 CME Credits - 6th Annual International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman. March 14, 2013
1.0 CME Credit - Baptist Health International: Endovascular neurosurgery in 2013. December 4, 2012
2.0 CME Credits - The Harvard Medical School, CME Online: Geriatrics, Osteoporosis. June 10, 2012
3.5 CME Credits - 5th Annual International Cardiac Symposium, Grand Cayman. March 1, 2012
11.0 CME - Credits Clinical Osteoporosis 2010 An ISCD-NOF Symposium, San Antonio, TX. March 10-13, 2010
2.0 CME Credits - Baptist Health International Center: Advanced in interventional radiology and cardiology, Miami, FL. December 6, 2008
4.0 CME Credits - The 1st Cayman Islands International Cardiac Symposium Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. May 16, 2008