Sergei Antonov is a leading specialist in the organization and legal support activities in the field of medicine, wellness and beauty industry, including medical tourism.
He also deals with questions of conflict resolution and mediation.
Mr. Antonov has 14 years legal experience in areas such as medical, civil, labor, commercial and corporate law, real estate and construction, intellectual property, forensic examinations. He is one of the leading Ukrainian specialists in the field of health insurance.
Sergei Antonov has obtained master degrees in law, medicine and expert (forensic expert).
In 2009, he completed an advanced training course for lawyers on specialization «Medical Law» in the School of Law University of Edinburgh (UK).
He started his legal career as a legal counsel in the major private hospitals, where he had the opportunity to get to know the peculiarities of their work, the structure and organization of personnel management. Sergei Antonov had held senior positions in several leading medical institutions, in particular, was a deputy general director of the hospital «LISOD». Also he was a law consultant at the opening of the medical and health centers in the UAE (2007) and Turkey (2008).
Sergei Antonov is a member of the World Association for Medical Law, and the (Public Health Law Association).
He is leading attorney that specializes in the field of health law in the CIS having the largest practice in cases of health damages caused by the failure of medical interventions (over 100 processes) in the Ukraine. Mr. Antonov also conducts litigation and advises clients not only in Ukraine but also in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom.
Sergei Antonov successfully represented his clients in civil cases for compensation for damage on health caused by unsuccessful medical intervention, the protection of patients' rights, in criminal cases to bring health workers to criminal responsibility under Article 138 (illegal medical activity), 139 (not providing medical aid by the medical worker), 140 (improper performance of professional duties by medical or pharmaceutical worker), 143 (violation of the legal procedure for transplantation of organs or tissues), 202 (violation of the order of business and banking activity) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Along with a law practice our specialist is actively engaged in scientific activities. He is a fellow of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, got PHD degree in legal sciences. When writing a dissertation on «The civil responsibility for personal injury in the provision of private medical services» he used materials that had been collected during his internship in Sweden and Denmark.
He is an author of over 200 scientific articles on various legal and organizational issues in the field of medical practice.
Sergei Antonov is the project coordinator and editor of the specialized magazine «MEDICAL PRACTICE: organizational and legal aspects». For several years, Sergei Antonov is a regular author of many Ukrainian and foreign journals, including «Medicine and Law», «Modern orthodontics", «Hand & Nails», «Les Nouvelles Estetiques Ukraine", etc.
Mr. Antonov developed a series (more than 30) of specialized seminars and training sessions on legal support of medical practice and cosmetic salon business. As a lecturer and trainer he conducted more than 500 workshops and seminars.
As a tutor this specialist teaches two specialized course «Legal regulation of Health Protection» and "Management of the relationships with patient: law and ethical questions» in the MBA program, "Modern management in Health Protection" (MIM).
He is official representative of Ukraine at the World Congress on Medical Law who also served as moderator of sections and round tables on various scientific and practical events, in particular in the framework of the exhibition «INTERSHARM», conference «Management of medical centers».
Mr. Antonov is an author of more than a dozen bills in the area of public health, he frequently participates in the work of the Working Groups of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the State Committee of Ukraine.
He is an expert in public health care issues in project of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) «Access to judgment and legal awareness in Ukraine ‘Legal Country’.
In the April 2011 issue of the prestigious international magazine Forbes (Ukrainian version of the publication (Ukrainian edition)) Mr. Antonov was recognized (stated) as one of the most prominent lawyers in Ukraine in «medical affairs».
Specialization: medical, civil, criminal, labor, business and corporate law, representation in courts of all instances on a «medical affairs», the appeal of decisions of Ministry of Health of Ukraine «On revocation of licenses to practice medicine», registration and protection of intellectual property, legalization and employment of foreign professionals, legal provision of medical tourism, surrogacy and other methods of assisted reproductive technology (ART).