Skidan I. Viktoria (Cand Sci (Med), PhD) was a fellow cardiologist at the the Far Eastern State Medical University. In 2005–09, she was an Associate Professor at the Far Eastern State Medical University and was appointed as a cardiologist at Echo Research lab, Cardiology specialization training, Salzburg, Austria. In 2009–10, she was a visiting researcher at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, the USA, Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, educational grant of Fulbright Program. In 2011–22, she was a fellow cardiologist and ECHO at the Federal Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Khabarovsk, RF. In 2022, she was a Research Fellow at the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, the USA. Her research fields include 3D TTE, TEE, and myocardial 2D/3D deformation imaging connected to HFrEF, right ventricular function and cardiomyopathy. Her scientific outputs include 117 publications in peer-reviewed journals. She holds the membership of EACVI, ACC, ASE, RCS.