Halkina Mariia Romanivna
Veterinarian | Chief Anaesthetist at Elitvet Veterinary Clinic | Speaker at international veterinary educational events
About the doctor
Date of birth: 9 June 1997
City of practice: Dnipro, Ukraine
Discipline: veterinary medicine
Main professional focus: veterinary anaesthesia, analgesia and intensive care for small companion animals.
Professional biography
Mariia Romanivna Halkina is a veterinarian, Chief Anaesthetist at Elitvet Veterinary Clinic and a practitioner in anaesthetic care, pain management and intensive care for dogs and cats.
She has many years of clinical experience, including administering general anaesthesia during complex surgery, managing patients with concurrent conditions and using modern methods of multimodal analgesia, regional anaesthesia and respiratory support.
She combines clinical practice with educational work, speaking at veterinary conferences, delivering lectures and helping organise specialist events on veterinary anaesthesia.
Education
2003–2012 — General secondary education
Makiivka General Education School No. 62, Levels I–III, under Makiivka City Council, Donetsk Region.
She received her certificate of basic general secondary education on 31 May 2012.
2012–2014 — Complete general secondary education
Donetsk Technical College of Luhansk National Agrarian University, a separate subdivision.
Graduation date: 30 June 2014.
Certificate issued: 7 August 2015.
2014–2016 — Vocational veterinary education
Zolotonosha College of Veterinary Medicine of Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University.
On 30 June 2016, she qualified as a Junior Specialist in Veterinary Medicine, with the professional qualification of Veterinary Medical Assistant.
Diploma with honours.
2016–2019 — Higher education, bachelor’s degree
Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University.
Field of study: Veterinary Medicine.
On 27 June 2019, she earned a bachelor’s degree.
2019–2020 — Higher education, master’s degree
Sumy National Agrarian University.
Field of study and degree programme: Veterinary Medicine.
On 30 December 2020, she earned a master’s degree in veterinary medicine.
Professional experience
2018–present | Elitvet Veterinary Clinic, Dnipro
She began her professional career at Elitvet Veterinary Clinic in 2018.
Since 2021 — Chief Anaesthetist at Elitvet Veterinary Clinic.
Main areas of professional practice:
• Anaesthetic care for elective and emergency surgery in dogs and cats.
• Inhalational anaesthesia and total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA).
• Anaesthetic care for patients with cardiovascular and other concurrent conditions.
• Multimodal analgesia and individual pain management protocols.
• Local and regional anaesthesia, including peripheral nerve blocks.
• Anaesthetic care for orthopaedic, dental, neurosurgical and other complex procedures.
• Mechanical ventilation and advanced intraoperative monitoring.
• Management of critically ill patients, postoperative monitoring and intensive care.
• Development and implementation of anaesthetic protocols and improvement of patient safety standards.
• Training and professional development of anaesthesia staff.
Locations of speaking engagements:
Ukraine — Dnipro, Odesa, Lviv.
Latvia — Riga, Jelgava.
Austria — Vienna.
