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Alexey Kolesnik

Alexey Kolesnik

Specialty: Thoracic surgeon, Oncologist, Oncological surgeon, Mammologist

Experience: 22 years

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About doctor Alexey Kolesnik

Aleksey Kolesnik is a thoracic surgeon, oncosurgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences, doctor of the highest qualification category with more than 20 years of experience. Dr. Kolesnik treats a wide range of oncological diseases. In his work, he uses both standard surgical techniques and minimally invasive surgery methods.

Professional experience

  • 2002 – Intern at the Department of Oncology of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Clinical Dispensary;
  • 2003 – oncologist at the Zaporizhzhia Central District Hospital;
  • 2003 – post-graduate student, course of oncology at the department of faculty surgery of Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University;
  • 2006 – assistant, course of oncology at the department of faculty surgery of Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University;
  • 2008 – Assistant, Department of Oncology, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University;
  • 2011 – Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University;
  • 2012 – head of the thoracic department of Zaporizhzhia Oncology Center;
  • 2014 – Professor, Department of Oncology, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University;
  • 2017 – Chief Physician, Oncolife Medical Center.

Doctor’s specialty

The main areas of clinical practice and scientific activity of Dr. Kolesnik are:

  • mediastinal cancer;
  • esophageal carcinoma;
  • mammary cancer;
  • uterine body cancer;
  • cervical cancer;
  • ovarian cancer;
  • lung cancer;
  • kidney cancer;
  • thyroid cancer.

In his clinical practice, Dr. Kolesnik performs the following types of surgical interventions:

  • Operations on the organs of the chest cavity: lobectomy (removal of a section of the lung), pneumonectomy (total removal of the lung), resection of mediastinal tumors, surgical treatment of tumors of the esophagus.
  • Breast surgery: breast resection, removal of benign and malignant breast tumors, mastectomy, mammoplasty, reconstructive surgery (including with the use of implants).
  • Oncogynecological operations: removal of the uterus (standard and laparoscopic), resection of ovarian tumors.
  • Urological and urogynecological operations: surgical correction of vesicovaginal fistulas, laparoscopic ureterocystoneostomy (ureter transplantation), kidney removal (nephrectomy).
  • Operations on the thyroid gland: resection of the lobe of the thyroid gland (hemithyroidectomy), removal of the thyroid gland completely (thyroidectomy).

Doctor’s education

  • 1996

    Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, higher medical education;

  • 2002

    Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, internship;

  • 2003

    Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University; postgraduate study.

Advanced training courses

  • 2001

    oncology course, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2008

    oncosurgery course, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2009

    oncology course, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2009

    course in thoracic surgery, Kiev Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;

  • 2009

    Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training, Kyiv;

  • 2010

    course in laparoscopic surgery, Gravis clinic, professor K.V. Puchkov, Dnipro;

  • 2010

    course on surgery of the lung and esophagus, NCI, Kyiv;

  • 2011

    "Modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of tumors of thoracic localization", Russian Cancer Research Center. N.N. Blokhin, Moscow;

  • 2011

    course in thoracic surgery, 19th congress of the European Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Marseille, France;

  • 2011

    course in thoracic surgery. University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain;

  • 2012

    course in thoracic surgery, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria;

  • 2013

    course in laparoscopic surgery, City Clinical Hospital No. 9, Zaporizhzhia;

  • 2012

    course in thoracic surgery, 20th-1st congress of the European Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Essen, Germany;

  • 2012

    course in thoracic surgery, Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1, Krasnodar, Russia;

  • 2012

    oncosurgery course, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2013

    course in thoracic surgery, School of the European Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Antalya;

  • 2013

    Course in Thoracic Surgery, 21st Congress of the European Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Birmingham, UK;

  • 2013

    course in thoracic surgery, Kiev Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;

  • 2014

    course in thoracic surgery, Practical School of the European Thoracic Association, Elancourt, France;

  • 2014

    pre-certification cycle in oncosurgery, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2014

    installation of ports for chemotherapy (master class), Harmony Clinic, Kyiv;

  • 2014

    pre-certification cycle in oncology, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2015

    course of thematic improvement "Practical skills of laparoscopic pelvic surgery for gynecologists", National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology named after A. A. Shalimov, Kyiv;

  • 2015

    "Fundamentals of hysteroscopy and laparoscopy in gynecology", National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P. L. Shupik, Kyiv;

  • 2015

    “on-the-job” training in thoracic surgery, Lviv Regional Clinical Oncology Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery;

  • 2015

    master class "Port-systems Celsite", Kyiv;

  • 2016

    specialization in oncogynecology, Kiev Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;

  • 2016

    master class "Modern technologies in gastrointestinal surgery", Ukrainian Society of Oncosurgery, Kyiv;

  • 2017

    “on-the-job” training in laparoscopic surgery, Lisod Hospital, Kyiv;

  • 2017

    specialization in "Health Management", Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

  • 2018

    master class "Basic foundations of augmentation mammoplasty", V. V. Khrapach, E. A. Kaminsky, Kyiv;

  • 2018

    master class "Reduction Augmentation and Mastopexy", 6th International Breast Surgery Symposium, Düsseldorf, Germany;

  • 2018

    master class "Primary Aesthetic Breast Augmentation", "Reduction Augmentation and Mastopexy", 6th International Breast Surgery Symposium, Düsseldorf, Germany;

  • 2018

    “on-the-job” internship in oncoplastic mammology, Lisod Hospital, Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education;

  • 2019

    Breast Reconstructive Surgery, Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain;

  • 2020

    diagnosis and surgical treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid gland, Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Department of General Surgery and Postgraduate Surgical Education;

  • 2021

    Master class on video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery VATS, IRCAD, France;

  • 2021

    course in reconstructive gynecology, Center for Surgical Innovations, Dnipro;

  • 2021

    course "Introduction to Microsurgery", Center for Surgical Innovations, Dnipro;

  • 2021

    course “Modern thoracic oncology. Time to change approaches”, Scientific and Practical Professional School, Feofaniya Clinic, with the participation of Diego Gonzalez Rivas, Kyiv;

  • 2022

    online course in bowel surgery for oncogynecologist, EACCME.

Membership in medical associations

  • European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS);

  • European Society of Medical Oncologists (ESMO);

  • European Society of Gynecological Oncologists (ESGO);

  • Ukrainian Society of Surgical Oncology (USSO);

  • Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (USAPS);

  • Ukrainian Association of Clinical Research (UACR).

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