15 Facts About Ulana Suprun

Ulana Suprun is the founder of the nongovernmental organization Patriot Defence, which is devoted to developing tactical and emergency medical care in Ukraine.

Ulana Suprun was born on 30 January 1963 in Detroit, Michigan to parents George Harry and Zenovia Jurkiw, of Ukrainian descent.

Ulana Suprun attended Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School in Warren, Michigan.

Ulana Suprun graduated with a bachelors of science degree in biology in 1985.

From 1994 to 1995, Ulana Suprun undertook postgraduate research in mammography and tomographic radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

In 1995, Ulana Suprun began working at a women's medical imaging center in New York City.

Ulana Suprun left this position in 1999, after being named acting Director of Women's Imaging at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Ulana Suprun later became deputy medical director and partner at the medical center.

Ulana Suprun has served as a member of the supervisory boards of the First Volunteer Mobile Hospital and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, as director of the Council of Humanitarian Aid for Ukrainians from 1997 to 1999, and as president of the Ukrainian American Civil Liberties Association from 2000 to 2009.

Ulana Suprun later founded Patriot Defence, a nongovernmental organization that provides tactical medical training and distributes NATO first aid kits to Ukrainian servicemen.

Ulana Suprun had previously been serving as an advisor to the Committee on Health of the Verkhovna Rada since 2015.

Ulana Suprun was succeeded as Deputy Minister by Pavlo Kovtonyuk, Oleksandr Linchevsky, and Oksana Syvak.

Ihor Mosiychuk, a former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, filed a nuisance case against Ulana Suprun which argued that she could no longer remain an acting minister for more than a month due to concerns around her citizenship status.

Critics opposed to the medical reforms began referring to Ulana Suprun derogatorily, employing the moniker Dr Death.

Ulana Suprun left the position on 29 August 2019, after Zoriana Skaletska was appointed Minister of Healthcare in the Honcharuk Government.