Department of Pediatrics

Education

• MD, Gomel State Medical University, 2003

Training

• Internship, Gomel State Medical University, 2003 - 2004
• Residency, Suny Downstate Medical University, 2009 - 2012
• Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 2014 - 2017
• Fellowship, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, 2017 - 2019

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2012Pediatrics
• 2018Pediatric Critical Care
• 2019 - PresMO, MD
• 2020Pediatric Cardiology

Honors and Awards

• Peter I. Karl Memorial Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research, New York, 2011
• New Investigator Award and Travel Award, 39th Annual Congress on Shock, Texas, 2016

Recent Publications view all (8)

1. Matsiukevich D, Piraino G, Lahni P, Hake PW, Wolfe V, O'Connor M, James J, Zingarelli B. Metformin ameliorates gender-and age-dependent hemodynamic instability and myocardial injury in murine hemorrhagic shock. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2017;1863(10 Pt B):2680-2691. PMCID:PMC5653443  PMID:28579457 
2. Matsiukevich D, Piraino G, Klingbeil LR, Hake PW, Wolfe V, O'Connor M, Zingarelli B. The AMPK Activator Aicar Ameliorates Age-Dependent Myocardial Injury in Murine Hemorrhagic Shock. Shock. 2017;47(1):70-78. PMCID:PMC5167668  PMID:27513082 
3. Utkina-Sosunova IV, Niatsetskaya ZV, Sosunov SA, Ratner VI, Matsiukevich D, Ten VS. Nelfinavir inhibits intra-mitochondrial calcium influx and protects brain against hypoxic-ischemic injury in neonatal mice. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e62448. PMCID:PMC3632564  PMID:23614049 
4. Niatsetskaya ZV, Sosunov SA, Matsiukevich D, Utkina-Sosunova IV, Ratner VI, Starkov AA, Ten VS. The oxygen free radicals originating from mitochondrial complex I contribute to oxidative brain injury following hypoxia-ischemia in neonatal mice. J Neurosci. 2012;32(9):3235-44. PMCID:PMC3296485  PMID:22378894 
5. Niatsetskaya ZV, Charlagorla P, Matsukevich DA, Sosunov SA, Mayurasakorn K, Ratner VI, Polin RA, Starkov AA, Ten VS. Mild hypoxemia during initial reperfusion alleviates the severity of secondary energy failure and protects brain in neonatal mice with hypoxic-ischemic injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2012;32(2):232-41. PMCID:PMC3272612  PMID:22108720 
6. Matsiukevich D, Randis TM, Utkina-Sosunova I, Polin RA, Ten VS. The state of systemic circulation, collapsed or preserved defines the need for hyperoxic or normoxic resuscitation in neonatal mice with hypoxia-ischemia. Resuscitation. 2010;81(2):224-9. PMCID:PMC2814885  PMID:20045241 
7. Ratner V, Starkov A, Matsiukevich D, Polin RA, Ten VS. Mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to alveolar developmental arrest in hyperoxia-exposed mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2009;40(5):511-8. PMCID:PMC3269235  PMID:19168698 
8. Ten VS, Matsiukevich D. Room air or 100% oxygen for resuscitation of infants with perinatal depression. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2009;21(2):188-93. PMID:19300260