Dr. Albina Zharkova
Dr. Albina Zharkova
Dr. Albina Zharkova is the deputy project coordinator for MSF's medical evacuation train in Ukraine. Prior to joining MSF in 2022, she aided emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic as an internal medicine doctor in the COVID ICU at the Sumy Clinical Veteran Affairs Hospital. Dr. Zharkova also served as the internal medicine coordinator for the Sumy Municipal Department of Health from 2011-2013. In addition to her work for MSF, Dr. Zharkova currently works as an associate professor at the Family Medicine Department at Sumy State University. She was educated at Sumy State University, the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Kyiv, and the Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.