Superhumans Center

Superhumans Center
Geography
LocationWynnyky, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Services
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Websitehttps://www.superhumans.com/
ListsHospitals in Ukraine

The Superhumans Center is a specialist clinic for the treatment and rehabilitation of war victims with specialist in orthopaedic trauma, reconstructive and plastic surgery, facial surgery and ear, nose and throat surgery as well as rehabilitation specialists and prostheticians[1]. It is based in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

History

Superhumans Center was founded in 2022 in Vynnyky, Lviv region, on the basis of an existing state medical institution, as Ukraine’s need for prosthetics, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation expanded after Russia’s full-scale invasion. The project was initiated by Ukrainian businessman Andriy Stavnitser, with Filip Hrushko as another founder and Olha Rudneva appointed as CEO; Ukraine’s Ministry of Health described the planned facility as a specialised clinic for prosthetics, reconstruction and rehabilitation for adults and children injured by the war.[2] Howard Graham Buffett provided the initial funding of $16.3 million.[3]

The first unit began operating in April 2023 after reconstruction of the premises, with rehabilitation, prosthetics and a prosthesis manufacturing laboratory located at the centre.[4] The hospital was ceremoniously opened after 8 months of renovation in the presence of the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska (who sits on the center's board) and the Minister of Health Viktor Liashko.[5] Among the guests of honor at the opening was Richard Branson of the Virgin Group [6]

Since opening, Superhumans has expanded its activities in response to the growing number of Ukrainian amputees and other war-wounded patients, including by opening a new hospital wing in Lviv and planning additional facilities elsewhere in Ukraine.[7]

By mid-2023, an estimated 10,000 Ukrainians had lost a limb during the war.[8] As of 2024, the center continues to repair Ukraine's most gravely war-wounded.[9]

Services

Many patients are dependent on a prosthesis due to amputation. The focus of the clinic is a personalized approach to body and facial reconstruction, limb reconstruction and prothesis, free tissue transfer and complex plastic surgical reconstruction of muscles nerves and soft tissue, exoskeletons, powered by domestically manufactured state-of-the-art medical devices but also psychological support for patient. The center operates several departments, including surgical, traumatological, physical, PTSD and a pediatric reconstruction department.[10][11]

The array of advanced prostheses offered at the Superhumans Center includes bionic Zeus hands from Aether Biomedical (Poland),[12] Hero Arms from Open Bionics (UK),[13] with training provided by Ottobock (Germany).[14]

Notable support

Supporters include rock singer Sting and his partner Trudie Styler, actor and director Liev Schreiber, the British Virgin Group,[15] and various American charities operating under the U.S. Charities covered by 501(c)(3).[16][17]

On November 5, 2022, Ukrainian singer-actor Andriy Danylko, also known by his stage name Verka Serduchka, auctioned off his 1974 Rolls-Royce, once owned by Freddie Mercury, through London auction house Sotheby's for £250,000 to deal with the sale of the car to the Superhumans Center for support. The car, which was auctioned by Danylko in 2013 for £75,000, raised an additional £36,250 thanks to the sale house waiving the buyer's premium, raising a total of £286,250 (about €328,900).[18][19] In 2023-2024, Dmytro Derevytskyy's company, ALLO donated UAH 15 million for prostheses and prosthetics.

On April 10, 2025, during his first visit to Ukraine, Prince Harry visited the Superhumans Center. A meeting with the team of the Come Back Alive Foundation and the Come Back Alive Initiative Center, led by Deputy Director Oleh Karpenko, took place at the facility. Representatives of the Invictus Games Foundation, the Ukrainian Invictus Games team, as well as representatives of ministries and veteran initiatives were also in attendance.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stoianovskyi, Ihor (2025). "Management of wounds in Russo-Ukrainian War: challenges and clinical experiences from the Superhumans Center". Wounds International. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Superhumans specialized prosthetics and reconstruction clinic to be opened in Lviv region". Ministry of Health of Ukraine. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Rudnieva, Olga; Haring, Melinda (May 29, 2023). "Superhumans Center: How One Prosthetics Clinic is Rebuilding Ukraine". Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Address by Olga Rudneva, CEO of Superhumans Center, to the participants of ReBuild Ukraine: Health & Rehabilitation". Rebuild Ukraine. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Olena Zelenska attends opening of new Superhumans prosthetics and rehabilitation medical center in Lviv". 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Why the West needs to increase support for Ukraine". 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  7. ↑ Jones, Marc (21 June 2024). "Ukraine's bionic limb center expands as war grinds on". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Williams, Holly (June 21, 2023). "Superhumans Center in Ukraine provides prosthetics to those injured in the war". CBS Mornings. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  9. ↑ Ourdan, Rémy (February 6, 2024). "Superhumans, the center that repairs Ukraine's most gravely war-wounded". Le Monde. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  10. ↑ Stavnitser, Andrey (February 22, 2023). "Superhumans Center: Symbol of Ukrainian defiance amid Russia's war". Atlantic Council. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Giving Ukrainians Maimed by War a Second Chance at Life". Stanford Business: Executive Education. March 23, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Aether Biomedical Partners with Superhumans Center to Deliver Bionic Limbs to Injured Ukrainians". Business Wire. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Superhumans will fit two Ukrainian defenders with the state-of-the-art bionic prosthetic arms – the Hero Arms". Superhumans Center. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Helping hands for Ukraine". Ottobock. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "The brutal reality of Russia's unjust war". 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  16. ↑ "A modern prosthetics center is being created in Lviv oblast". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  17. ↑ "A specialized prosthetics and rehabilitation clinic Superhumans Center will open on the basis of one of the hospitals of the Lviv region". 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  18. ↑ "Freddie's Rolls Royce Sold in Aid of Superhumans Hospital". 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  19. ↑ "Andriy Danylko sold Freddie Mercury's Rolls-Royce at a charity auction". focus.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  20. ↑ "Принц Гаррі вперше відвідав Україну: команда Фонду та Центру ініціатив «Повернись живим» зустрілася з ним в Superhumans Center - savelife.in.ua" (in Ukrainian). 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2026-04-27.

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