Oleksandr Valeriyovych Zelenyuk

Head of the Department of Surgery

✅ surgeon of the highest category

  • Surgeon (abdominal and laparoscopic surgery), instructor of “Tactical Combat Casualty Care” in Ukraine (organization and provision of emergency care in combat and in the mass influx of wounded)
  • The highest medical qualification category in surgery
  • Head of the Department of Digestive Surgery
  • 10 years of surgical experience

Postgraduate education, internships, courses, etc.:

  • Clinical residency on the basis of SI “Institute of Gastroenterology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”
  • Surgical endoscopy courses on the basis of the Institute of Gastroenterology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
  • TU “Endoscopic diagnosis and laparoscopic and surgical interventions in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract”, DZ “ZMAPO Ministry of Health of Ukraine”;
  • Course of tactical medicine “Medsanbat”, 09.2014;
  • Курс «Tactical Combat Casualty Care», 6-8.09.2015 by National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, in coop. with the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons and Ukrainian Council of Rescucitation, September 2015 – has a certificate of instructor from the TSSS in Ukraine;
  • Стажування в Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel (advanced training in Orthopedics and Surgery including Emergency Medicine and Mass Casualty Events), 01-26 листопада 2015;
  • Member of the Association of Surgeons of Dnipropetrovsk region, member of the European Club of Pancreatologists, Gastroenterological Association.

The main areas of work, types of pathologies, diagnosis and treatment with which the specialist works

  • Minimally invasive endoscopic and single-stage X-ray-assisted surgical interventions for gallstone disease and its complications (choledocholithiasis, mechanical jaundice, cholangitis, stenotic papillitis), surgical interventions for peptic ulcer disease, peritonitis, peritonitis, abdominal hernias and general abdominal surgery.
  • The dissertation work “Diagnosis and surgical treatment of cholelithiasis at the stages of its complications” is planned for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences in the specialty 14.01.03 – surgery. Currently, the dissertation is under active development.

Awards, prizes and more

  • Decree of the President of Ukraine № 457/2017 “On the award of scholarships to outstanding health care professionals” – awarded a two-year scholarship
  • Winner of the competition of projects of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council – “Young scientists-Dnipropetrovsk region” in 2016.
  • Decree of the President of Ukraine №722 / 2015 for personal courage and dedication in defending the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, high professionalism, loyalty to the military oath, for search, assistance directly on the battlefield and evacuation of 40 wounded soldiers and local civilians during assaults near n.p. Avdiivka (Donetsk region) during the anti-terrorist operation was awarded the Order “For Courage” 3rd Art.
  • Awarded the Order of the People’s Hero of Ukraine
  • He was awarded the distinction and diploma of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Order of Courage and Mercy, has a medal “Defender of the Fatherland” and a badge “Participant of the ATO”).
  • awarded the distinction of the Ukrainian Gastroenterological Association

Author and co-author of 17 scientific articles, co-author of 1 manual for the preparation of students in the course of faculty surgery, 1 patent for a utility model in medicine.

In the period from March 2014 to March 2015. served in the 25th Dnipropetrovsk Separate Airborne Brigade of the Highly Mobile Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as Chief of the Operations and Dressing Department of the Medical Company, has the status of a participant in hostilities, 3 rotations in the area of anti-terrorist operation.

During the period of participation in the anti-terrorist operation he provided medical and surgical assistance to more than 500 wounded soldiers and local residents of Donetsk region directly in the brigade’s combat formations, and also participated in the development and establishment of evacuation system and during the environment, supplying the medical company with medicines and consumables.

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