Mendel Mykola Andriiovych

Work experience: 33 years

Category: Higher

Education:

• Bogomolets Kyiv Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine;
• Shupyk National University of Health of Ukraine, specialization in ultrasound diagnostics, oncological surgery, oncology

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES);
• member of the Ukrainian Association of Minimally Invasive, Endoscopic and Laser Technologies;
• member of the European Society of Herniology (EHS);
• 2017: training course on hernia treatment (Vienna, Austria);
• 2017: a practical course on the treatment of abdominal hernias (Torun, Poland);
• TI “Modern alloplastic and laparoscopic surgery of abdominal hernias”;
• regularly attends courses, forums, trainings, conferences and congresses in Ukraine and abroad.

Scientific activity:

• candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor;
• author of more than 250 scientific papers.

Teaching and / or lecturing:

• associate Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery at the Dobrobut Academy.

Areas of professional development:

• 1991-1997: clinical residency and postgraduate studies in surgery at the Kyiv State Institute for Advanced Training of Physicians;
• 2019-2020: internship at the VAPREH Plastic Surgery Clinic;
• 2020: internship in oncological surgery;
• work experience as head of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery and surgical inpatient department of a medical clinic, surgery coordinator of the training center for laparoscopic surgery.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• elective and emergency surgery, including laparoscopy;
• treatment of diseases of the abdominal cavity;
• removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy): open, laparoscopic, cosmetic mini-cholecystectomy;
• treatment of abdominal hernias: open and laparoscopic surgery for inguinal, femoral, umbilical, white line hernias, postoperative ventral hernias, complex abdominal wall defects;
• operations for diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles and abdominoplasty;
• operations for diaphragmatic hernias;
• treatment of acute appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, perforated gastric and duodenal ulcers;
• Outpatient surgery: removal of benign skin and subcutaneous tissue tumors (atheroma, lipoma, fibroma, nevus, papilloma);
• treatment of acute purulent diseases (abscess, furuncle, hydradenitis);
• treatment of ingrown toenail;
• colon surgery for diverticulitis and tumors;
• reconstructive surgery for intestinal stomas;
• obesity surgery (bariatric surgery): sleeve resection, gastric bypass surgery;
• Surgical treatment of pilonidal cysts (epithelial coccygeal passages, coccygeal cyst);
• spleen removal operations (splenectomy, laparoscopic and open);
• laparoscopic biopsies;
• postoperative management of patients.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• preventive medicine, healthy lifestyle.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• “I dance Argentine tango, I like to travel.”

Doctor's advice:

• “Do not self-medicate, trust professionals. However, take an active part in your medical problems: do not hesitate to ask your doctor questions if you do not understand something, ask for a second opinion, find information about diseases and treatment on the Internet.”