10.02.2022

We announce with pain and deep sadness that on February 8, 2022, at the age of 56, the heart of a prominent world-class scientist in the field of radiation medicine, radiobiology, clinical neuroscience, doctor of medical sciences, Professor Konstantin Loganovsky stopped beating.

Loganovsky Konstantin Mykolaevich was born on November 26, 1966 in the city of Kyiv. He brilliantly graduated from high school, as well as graduated with honors in 1989 from the Kyiv Medical Institute named by acad. O.O. Bogomolets and on the recommendation of the Department of Psychiatry for scientific work was sent to the Institute of Clinical Radiology, then the All-Union Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences for the position of clinical resident. Then there was a full-time postgraduate course and before its completion the defense of the candidate’s dissertation “Clinical and neurophysiological characteristics of the functional state of the somato-sensory afferent system in persons exposed to ionizing radiation due to the Chornobyl accident” (October 21, 1993). The doctoral dissertation “Mental disorders under the action of ionizing radiation as a result of the Chornobyl disaster: neurophysiological mechanisms, unified clinical diagnosis, treatment” was defended (December 9, 2002) in two specialties “radiobiology” and “psychiatry”. In 2007, K.M. Loganovsky was awarded the title of professor of “radiobiology”. Since 2000, Konstantin Mykolaevich is a qualified doctor of the highest category in the specialty “psychiatry”.

More than 30 years of K.M. Loganovsky work, from clinical resident to head of department, was inextricably linked with the NRCRM. Association of the Scientific department and the practical Department of Radiation Psychoneurology, headed by K.M. Loganovsky since 2003, provides integrated neurological, psychiatric and narcological treatment and diagnostic care to victims of the Chornobyl disaster and the armed conflict in the Donbass.

Scientific and practical activity of K.M. Loganovsky as the head of the department was to conduct numerous international and national studies on radiation neuropsychiatry, state and industry programs aimed at overcoming the medical consequences of the Chornobyl accident and providing mental health care in radiation and other emergencies, clinical trials according to good clinical practice (GCP).

K.M.Loganovsky’s research was characterized by a comprehensive approach in close cooperation with the Department of Clinical Immunology, the Department of Radiation Pediatrics, Congenital and Hereditary Pathology of the Institute of Clinical Radiology, the laboratories of the Institute of Radiation Hygiene and Epidemiology, the Institute of Experimental Radiology of NRCRM and the Institute of Nuclear Medicine of the NAMS of Ukraine”.

Under the guidance and with the direct participation of Professor K.M.Loganovsky created a unique, scientifically sound system of mental health care in the event of radiation accidents at nuclear reactors and the use of “dirty bomb” and tactical nuclear weapons; developed and implemented diagnostic criteria for neuropsychiatric disorders in victims of radiation emergencies and recommendations for medical and diagnostic care for this group of patients; introduced modern diagnostic neuropsychiatric technologies (mapping of spontaneous and induced bioelectrical activity of the brain, cognitive evoked potentials (P300), psycho- and neurometry, neuropsychological diagnostics); optimized prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and improved examination of these victims with neuropsychiatric disorders.”

K.M. Loganovsky took an active part in combating the neuropsychiatric consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. He offered proposals for pan-European cooperation in the field of mental health in the event of a coronavirus pandemic.

Professor K.M. Loganovsky is an outstanding world-class scientist in the field of radiobiology, radiation medicine, and clinical neuroscience, whose work has gained wide international recognition. His creative work includes more than 650 scientific works, including in foreign publications. For over 30 years Loganovsky KM actively developed clinical neuroscience, radioneurobiology, ecological direction in neuropsychiatry. He singled out and substantiated a new direction in the medical sciences – atomic neuropsychiatry. In 2018, he was elected to the Board of the Environmental Psychiatry and Mental Health Section of the World Psychiatric Association. K.M. Loganovsky was a full member of many international and domestic professional associations and societies, as well as editorial boards of international and domestic scientific journals in the field of psychiatry / neuropsychiatry, neuroscience, radiation medicine, radiobiology and radiological protection.

K.M. Loganovsky constantly took an active part in scientific, expert, public activities of the Center and Ukraine. Professor K.M. Loganovsky was a member of the National Commission for Radiation Protection of Ukraine (NCCRU) (since 2019), Deputy Chairman of Section 15 “Biology, Biotechnology and Current Issues of Medical Sciences” of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (since 2019), Deputy Chairman of the Expert Commission “Radiation Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (since 2010). K.M. Loganovsky was a member of the scientific councils of the Institute of Clinical Radiology, NRCRM; specialized scientific council in the specialty “radiobiology”; Central Interdepartmental Expert Commission to Establish a Causal Link between Illness, Disability and Causes of Death from the Impact of the Chornobyl Accident; Deputy Chairman of the Medical Council of the NRCRM; Chairman of the Council of the NRCRM staff (2015–2018); Chairman of the Psychiatric Treatment and Advisory Commission of the NRCRM Clinic (since 1995).

Merits of K.M. Loganovsky before domestic science and medicine were highly praised at the state level. Professor K.M. Loganovsky – Fellow of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (1996), Laureate of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Award for Development and Implementation of Innovative Technologies (2018), awarded the Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2017) and the Diploma of the Presidium of the NAMSU for best scientific work (2017).

Konstantin Mykolaevich deserved respect and honor among colleagues for his decency, humanity, sincerity, high professionalism, principledness. He has always been a role model for his subordinates, a true Friend, Mentor, Teacher for his many students. The bright memory of Konstantin Mykolaevich will remain in our hearts forever. We express our sincere condolences to our relatives and friends and mourn with them …

The staff members of the State Institution “National Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” expresses the condolences to relatives and friends and mourns with them.

The glorious memory of Loganovsky Konstantin Mykolaevich will forever remain in our hearts.