Information about the doctor 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.”
