Work experience

• Urologic surgeon and deputy chief physician at the European Medical Center
• Research fellow, Surgical Urology Department, Blokhin Russian Oncological Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

Education

• Sechenov First Moscow Medical Institute, 1993 (now the Sechenov First Moscow Medical University)

Postgraduate

• Residency: in urology at the Urology Department of the Sechenov First Moscow Medical Institute, 1994; clinical residency in urology (Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry), 1995-1997.
• M.Sc. in Urology (Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry). Specializations in male genital surgery (American Urological Association, European Society of Male Genital Surgery, European Society for Impotence Research). Master’s thesis on urology and microsurgery written in 2000: “Subtotal Urethroplasty in Extensive Urethra Defects Using Microsurgical Autotransplants of Vascularized Forearm Tissue).

Further Qualifications

• Specializations in endoscopic urology and laparoscopic surgery in Russia (Urology Research Institute; Federal Endosurgery Training Center; US Auto Suture Training Center, Moscow), 2001.
• Professional development in oncology; cycle of certification in oncology (Blokhin Russian Oncological Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences), 2002.
• Specializations in endoscopic urology, oncological urology and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for urology in Germany, France, Spain, and Switzerland (KEH Krankenhaus, Berlin; Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich; L’Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris; La Paz University Hospital, Madrid; Klinikum Coburg, Coburg; Clinique Generale Beaulieu, Geneva), 2002-2006.
• Cycle of certification in urology (Endoscopic Urology Department, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education), 2006.
• Specializations in genital surgery, endoscopic urology, and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for urology in Germany, France, Spain, and the USA (La Paz University Hospital, Madrid; Clinique St Augustine, Bordeaux; American Urological Association), 2007.
• Specializations in endoscopic urology, urogynecology, oncourology, and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for urology in Germany, France, Britain, and the USA (Urologische Universitat Klinikum, Heidelberg; Clinique St. Augustine, Bordeaux; BAUS, UK; Cleveland Clinic, FL; Mayo Clinic, FL; Cleveland Clinic, OH; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD), 2008.
• Endoscopic urology and laparoscopic urology cycle (Endoscopic Urology Department, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education), 2008.
• Specialization in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for urology (Clinique St Augustine, Bordeaux), 2010.
• Specialization in oncourology and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for urology (World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons; Laparoscopy Hospital, New Delhi); USA (American Urological Association); Switzerland (Clinique Generale Beaulieu, Geneva), 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013.
• Specialization in oncourology (Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital), 2013.

Certificates

• Urology
• Oncology