Samokhvalova Olena Oleksandrivna

Work experience: 16 years

Category: Higher

Education:

• 2003-2009: National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomolets, Faculty of Medicine;
• 2009-2011: National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomolets, Clinical Oncology Internship;
• 2011: National University of Healthcare of Ukraine named after P.L. Shupyk, Specialization in Oncogynecology at the National Cancer Institute

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

• member of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO);
• member of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO);
• member of the Ukrainian Association of Gynaecological Oncologists;
• member of the National Association of Oncologists of Ukraine.

Scientific activity:

• PhD in Medicine;
• 2015-2019: PhD studies in “Oncology,” dissertation defense at the National Cancer Institute;
• 2018-2021: Chair of the Young Scientists Council at the National Cancer Institute.

Areas of professional development:

• 2015: internship in laparoscopy at Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea (2 months);
• 2018: internship in laparoscopic surgery in Graz, Austria;
• 2018: program in cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark;
• 2018: practical course in gynecological laparoscopy at the Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
• 2018: European workshop "Ovarian Cancer and Ovarian-like Tumors" supported by ESGO, Kyiv, Ukraine;
• 2023: internship at NorthWestern Hospital, Chicago, USA (1 month) focusing on modern approaches in gynecology and oncogynecology;
• 2023: internship in laparoscopic surgery in Rome, Italy;
• 2023: participation in a gynecology and oncogynecology conference in Chicago, USA, discussing the latest methods for treating oncological diseases in gynecology.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• oncogynecology;
• operative gynecology;
• laparoscopic surgical interventions in gynecology and oncogynecology.