Professor, Academician of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
Director of Govermental Institution “Institute of Otolaryngology named after prof. O.S. Kolomiychenko of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”

Education:
Chernivetskiy Medical Institute, Ukraine (1971)
Internship in Otorhinolaryngology, Khmelnitskiy region hospital,    Ukraine (1971-1972) Areas of special interest:
Allergology – diagnostic and management of allergic rhinosinusitis
Rhinology – endoscopic surgery of the nose, paranasal sinuses and scull base
ENT-oncology Current research interests:
Allergology – diagnostic and management of allergic rhinosinusitis
ENT-oncology - tumors of the nose, paranasal sinuses and skull base
 
Positions held in Major Societies (Past & Present):
- President of Ukrainian Society of Otorhinolaryngologists since 1985
- Representative (Voting Member) of East Europe (Belarus, Ukraine and Moldavia) in the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS), 1998-2011
- Congress President of the 6th International Consensus Conference on Nasal Polyposis (Kiev, 2011)
- President of the International Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Meeting, May 21-23, 2007,  Mishor (Ukraine)
- Congress President of the17th congress of Union of European Phoniatrists, September 17-21,
 1991,    Kiev (Ukraine)
- Honored Member of Russian Otorhinolaryngological Society
- Honored Member of Georgian Otorhinolaryngological Society
- Honored Member of Belarusian Medical Society of ORL
- Honored Member of Kazakhstan Rhinological Society
- Honored Professor of State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova
- Editor-in-Chief:  Journal vushnych, nocovych I gorlovych khvorob (Journal of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Ukraine) and  Rinologia (Rhinology, Ukraine)
- Editorial Board:  Central and East European Journal of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (Poland); Folia Otorhinolaryngologiae et Pathologiae Respiratoriae (Russia);  
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii (Russia);  Rossijskaja Rhinologia (Russia); Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (Russia); Otolaryngology of Belarus (Belarus); Immunology and Allergology (Ukraine);   Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (International journal of Kazakhstan ENT Association); Therapia (Ukrainian Medical Vesnik); Ukrainian Chemotherapeutic Journal (Ukraine); Doctor (Ukraine);  Mysteztvo likuvannja (The Art of Treatment, Ukraine); Medical Nature (Ukraine) and other Medical Journals. Recent publications:
Zabolotny, D.I., Verevka S.V. Molecular pathology of proteins New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. - 191 p. (in English)
Erlic Z, Rybicki L, Peczkowska M, Golcher H, Kann PH, Brauckhoff M, Müssig K, Muresan M, Schäffler A, Reisch N, Schott M, Fassnacht M, Opocher G, Klose S, Fottner C, Forrer F, Plöckinger U, Petersenn S, Zabolotny D, Kollukch O, Yaremchuk S, Januszewicz A, Walz MK, Eng C. Clinical predictors and algorithm for the genetic diagnosis of pheochromocytoma patients. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Oct 15;15(20):6378-85. (in English)
Friese K.-H., Zabolotnyi D.  Homeopathy in acute rhinosinusitis. HNO. – 2007. - Band 55, Heft 4. – S. 271-277 (in English)
Zabolotnyi D., Yaremchuk S. The role of estrogens infleuents on development of allergic rhinitis. Rhinology World 2009 (April 15-19 2009). – Philadelphia, Pensylvania, USA. – Abstract 1825. – P. 107 (in English)
Zabolotnyi D., Gogunska I. Allergic rhinitis with polyvalent sensibilizations to household and pollen allergens and bronchial asthma:   connection of atopic diseases// Rhinology.- 2009. - №1. – P. 3-12 (in Russian)
H. Neumann, Z. Erlic, D. Zabolotnyi. The role of genetic testing for paraganglioma. XIX World Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. June 1-5, 2009 – San-Paulo – Brazil  (in English)
Zabolotnyi D, Timen G., Lukach E., Palamar O., Guk A. Malignant craniofacial tumors, ways of  extension, treatment tactic// Journal of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases. – 2009. - №5. – P. 8-13 (in Russian)
Zabolotnyi D, Derev’janko M. Nitric oxide in the development and progressing of allergic rhinitis// Rhinology.- 2010. - №3. – P. 55-61 (in Russian)
Zabolotnyi D.I.,  Dumanskiy Y.V., Boenko S.K.  Functional endoscopic rhinosurgery. Donetzk, Nord-press, 2010, 235 p. (in Russian)
Zabolotnyi D.I.,  Palamar O.I., Zinchenko D.A., Guk A.G., Gorbach O.N. Endonasal approaches to sellar-chiazmal region. Choosing and possibilities // Rhinology.- 2011. - №1. – P. 8-12 (in Russian)
Zabolotnyi D., Zarytska I. Clinical features and treatment of sinus fungal ball. 1st Congress of CEORL-HNS (July 2-6, 2011, Barcelona, Spain).  (in English)
Zabolotnyi D.I.,  Palamar O.I., Timen G.E., Zinchenko L.A., Serezhko Y.A. Surgery of tumors with cranio-facial localization// Clinical Oncology. – 2011. – Special edition II. (in Russian)
Zabolotnyi D.I.,Timen G.E., Layko A.O. Juvenile Angiofibroma of skull base. K.: Logos, 2011. – 144 p. (in Russian)