UA Pain Management

We are training

40 Young Doctors in
Evidence-Based Care

Ukrainian-Austrian School of Pain Management provides essential training in pain management techniques for physicians treating trauma-related chronic pain. Your contribution enables life-changing education.

€450 raised €3,000 goal

15% funded

The Urgent Need

Explosions cause traumatic brain injuries, amputations trigger phantom pain—leaving survivors in unrelenting agony. Without specialized training, local physicians lack tools to help their patients return to a new normal life.

Traumatic Brain Injuries

Leading to severe chronic headaches and cognitive challenges

Amputations

Causing phantom limb pain and complications with prosthetic use

Chronic Pain

Preventing return to normal life and requiring specialized care

Our Solution

What?

3-day post-graduate pain-management course with hands-on workshops

Who?

40 early-career Ukrainian physicians from across the country

When & Where?

June 25–27, 2025 • Lviv National Medical University & Superhumans Center

Free tuition & lodging; participants only pay travel expenses

Your Impact

Doctors Trained

1,000+

Patients Helped Annually

Days of Intensive Training

Our Partners

Working together with respected medical institutions to provide accredited, high-quality training

Expertise from Austrian Professionals

Professor Dr. Burkhard Gustorff during a medical training session

Leadership

The Ukrainian-Austrian School of Pain Management was initiated by Professor Dr. Orest Chemerys, Rector of the Medical University of Lviv, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Burkhard Gustorff from Vienna and Sigmund Freud Private University, in collaboration with OEAD and Superhumans Lviv.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Burkhard Gustorff (Klinik Ottakring, Vienna, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna) has extensive experience in pain management and has developed this program specifically to address the unique challenges faced in treating trauma-related pain.

The faculty includes specialists from:

Lviv National Medical University
Dr. Gustorff and colleagues from Vienna
Interdisciplinary team from Superhumans

This collaboration brings together expertise from Austria and Ukraine, ensuring that participants receive comprehensive training based on the latest evidence-based practices in pain management.

Program Funding

The program is supported by private sponsors from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as OEAD and the Austrian Ministry of Health. Additional funding is needed to cover transportation, speaker honoraria, and catering.

Program Details

About the Program

Trauma-related injuries often lead to persistent pain conditions. Explosions can result in traumatic brain injuries causing headaches, while amputations trigger phantom pain and nerve pain in the stump, making prosthesis use difficult.

Pain management expertise is therefore crucial for alleviating and supporting those with chronic pain. The broader and deeper the pain management competence available in Ukraine's healthcare system, the more chronically injured people can return to a new daily life.

Education and multiplication of this expertise is essential for both current treatment and long-term care.

Key Information

Goal: Fundamental knowledge and competence in treating pain, focusing on all types of post-injury pain. Evidence-based and competence-oriented postgraduate course.
Target Group: 40 young doctors at the beginning of their medical training from all over Ukraine.
Duration: 3 days (Wednesday - Friday)
Date: June 25-27, 2025
Location: Lviv National Medical University and Superhumans Rehabilitation Center (practical courses)
Language: Ukrainian and English with translation
Cost for Participants: Free participation and accommodation, travel costs are borne by participants
Accreditation: Through the Medical University and the Ministry of Health

Instructional Strategy

All lectures and practicals are based on current evidence-based knowledge. The teaching content of the clinical aspects refers to the source list of international clinical guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

Each lecture begins with a typical example of the respective topic to enable an early transfer of knowledge into the clinical context. Each lecture summarizes practical aspects for clinical reasoning (theoretical and clinical lectures) to enable immediate implementation in the clinical context.

The practical courses deepen knowledge and teach skills through case-based learning in small groups.

Room use is provided free of charge by Lviv National Medical University and Superhumans (workshops).

Open funding requirement: €3,000. Used for transportation between university and workshop center on the outskirts of Lviv, recognition fees for speakers, break refreshments and get-together.

Support This Initiative

Your donation gives Ukrainian doctors the life-changing skills to heal trauma victims living in constant pain. Help us train 40 physicians who will bring relief and hope to thousands of war survivors struggling to return to normal life.