🏥 MARIA Medical Center, Kharkiv

Professor Sergiy Valentinovich Sushkov

MD, PhD, DSc, Professor | Surgical Oncologist | EAES Member | 40+ Years Experience

40+ years of experience 5,000+ operations 121 publications h-index 6 18 patents
Professor S. Sushkov
Consultation — by appointment
40+
Years of experience
5000+
Operations
121
Publications
18
Patents
h=6
h-index

Surgeon, scientist, teacher

Sergiy Valentinovich Sushkov is a Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor and surgical oncologist with more than 40 years of continuous clinical and research work. He is one of the pioneers of laparoscopic surgery in the Kharkiv region: he performed his first video-endoscopic operations back in 1995–1997, long before such equipment became widespread in Ukraine.

For 22 years he served as Deputy Director for Research at the V.T. Zaitsev Institute of General and Emergency Surgery of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine — one of the country's leading surgical centers. Under his leadership, dozens of clinical studies were carried out and many PhD and doctoral theses were defended.

Today Sergiy Valentinovich runs a surgical and consulting practice at MARIA Medical Center (Kharkiv), treating patients with the most complex diagnoses in abdominal surgery, surgical oncology and gynecology.

Key achievements

  • Pioneer of laparoscopy in Kharkiv — first operations in 1995
  • 22 years in the leadership of the Institute of General and Emergency Surgery, NAMS of Ukraine
  • 121 scientific publications, 18 patents for inventions
  • h-index 6 (Scopus)
  • Member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

Path in medicine

1983–1986
Internship and early career
Specialization in surgery. Start of clinical practice in Kharkiv hospitals. First steps in abdominal surgery.
1998
Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD)
Defense of the PhD thesis. Start of research and teaching work.
1995–1997
Pioneer of laparoscopy in Kharkiv
The first video-endoscopic operations in the region. Introduction of minimally invasive techniques in the Kharkiv region — on Karl Storz equipment (Germany).
2007
Doctor of Medical Sciences
Defense of the doctoral thesis. Award of the academic title of Professor.
2001–2023
Deputy Director of the Institute of General and Emergency Surgery, NAMS of Ukraine
22 years of research leadership at the institute. Clinical studies, supervision of PhD and doctoral candidates, international cooperation.
Today
Lead surgeon at MARIA Medical Center
Consultations, diagnostics, complex operations. Karl Storz Full HD equipment. Patients seen by appointment.

Academic credentials

Professor Sushkov combines surgical practice with academic work — continuous professional development, international congresses and publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Doctor of Medical Sciences
The highest academic degree in Ukraine, awarded in Surgery after defending a doctoral thesis.
2007
Professor
Academic title of Professor of Surgery. Many years of teaching and training surgeons.
After 2007
Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD)
First academic degree. Thesis in surgery, defended at Kharkiv National Medical University.
1998
EAES member
The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery — an international professional community of laparoscopic surgeons.
Active
121 scientific publications
Articles in Ukrainian and international peer-reviewed medical journals. Surgery, oncology, laparoscopy, gynecology.
1986–2024
18 patents for inventions
Original surgical techniques protected by Ukrainian patents. New approaches to laparoscopic and cancer surgery.
Active

Areas of expertise

Professor Sushkov specializes in the most complex cases, which require a combination of surgical skill, oncological vigilance and in-depth knowledge of anatomy.

01
Laparoscopic surgery
Karl Storz Full HD. Cholecystectomy, hernias, kidney cysts, biopsy, lymph node dissection. Recovery in 2–4 days.
02
Surgical Oncology
Surgical treatment of stomach, bowel, breast and female reproductive cancers. Histological verification.
03
Gynecologic oncology
Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery. Treatment of cervical, ovarian and endometrial cancer.
04
Myomectomy
Removal of uterine fibroids with full preservation of the uterus. Fibroids of any size and location. Restoration of fertility.
05
Cancer Diagnostics
Cancer screening. Expert-class ultrasound, tumor markers, colposcopy. Results interpreted by a professor.
06
Emergency surgery
Appendicitis, peritonitis, strangulated hernias, bowel obstruction. Experience in managing critically ill patients in emergencies.

Academic profiles

Professor Sushkov's work is indexed in the international databases Scopus, PubMed and Google Scholar. h-index 6 (Scopus).

Professional organizations

🇪🇺 EAES — European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
🇺🇦 Association of Surgeons of Ukraine
🏥 NAMS of Ukraine — partner organization

Selected publications

121 publications in Ukrainian and international journals on surgery, oncology, laparoscopy and gynecology.

Laparoscopic surgery
Diagnostic and operative laparoscopy on Karl Storz equipment: clinical results
Khirurhiia Ukrainy (Surgery of Ukraine) · 2022
Surgical Oncology
Laparoscopic procedures for cancers of the abdominal organs
Klinichna Onkolohiia (Clinical Oncology) · 2021
Gynecology
Uterus-sparing myomectomy using the laparoscopic approach
Reproduktyvna Endokrynolohiia (Reproductive Endocrinology) · 2020

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