Department of Faculty Surgery
Head of the Department:
Andrii KLYMENKO, Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences.
Historical Reference
The Department was organized in 1964.
The staff of the Department carried out different research works, performed various operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, stomach, liver, bile ducts, defended 3 doctoral and 26 candidate dissertations, published 350 scientific publications.
From 1988 to 1994 the Department continued to reasearch the issues of emergency surgery of the gastrointestinal tract, surgery of cirrhosis of the liver, extrahepatic bile ducts
Since 1995, the Department continued its work on topical issues of surgery of the gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels continues, presented new surgical parenchymal interventions in patients with chronic pancreatitis, widely used laparoscopic methods of operations for various diseases of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small and large intestines, abdominal hernias, pancreas, and performed endovascular and open operations (hybrid interventions) for atherosclerotic lesions of the vessels of the lower extremities.
Since 2018, the Department is headed by Professor Andrii Klymenko.
Educational Disciplines
Educational and Methodical Work
The training of students at the Department is based on the principles of providing methodological and informational organization of the educational process with elements of independent work, the introduction of new effective forms of knowledge and skills control. A bank of test tasks (3,000 tests) has been created for the KROK-2 licensing exam.
According to the curriculum working programs were created in the discipline. Original lectures are given exclusively with the use of multimedia technologies.
The Department issued methodical recommendations for practical classes in the discipline for domestic and foreign students of medical faculties.
Scientific Directions and Achievements
Lecturers of the Department received 8 patents for utility models, published more than 340 articles.
Cooperation with Other Institutions
The Department maintains close scientific relations with scientists from the Transplant Institute (Pittsburgh, USA) and the University Hospital (Heidelberg, Germany).
Advisory and Diagnostic Activities
Diagnostic, advisory and medical work is carried out in the Surgical Departments of the VitaCenter Multidisciplinary Hospital, City Clinical Hospital No. 1 and University Clinic MESC.
Address 1: VitaCenter Multidisciplinary Hospital (3 Siedova St.)
Telephone: +380 61 289 07 22
Address 2: City Clinical Hospital No. 1 (21a Chumachenka St.)
Telephone: +380 612 96 00 02
Address 3: University Clinic MSEC (83 Akademika Amosova St.)
Telephone: +380 61 764 44 51