Aleksey M. Karachun
Work experience: 27 year(s)
Education:
1993 – MD with Honors, II Faculty of training doctors for Land, Missile and Airborne troops, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.
1994 –Internship, Surgery (Khabarovsk).
1994-1997 – Residency, Emergency Surgery Department, Ussuriysk Military Hospital.
1997-2000 – Clinical Residency, Department of Surgery (advance surgery for doctors), S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Leningrad Oblast Oncology Center.
2000 – PhD (Surgery, Oncology); Topic of dissertation: Differential diagnosis of chronic gastric ulcers and gastric cancer.
2008 – Docent; Retired Colonel, Medical Service Corps.
2014 – D.Sc. (Oncology); topic of dissertation: Differential surgical approach to treatment of gastric cancer patients.
Clinical focus:
Surgical and Combination Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Gastric Cancer, Oesophageal Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenal Tumors, Colon and Rectum Tumors, Benign and Malignant Skin Neoplasms, Endovideosurgery in Cancer Treatment.
Experience:
2000-2011 – Oncologist, Leningrad Oblast Oncology Center, 1st Surgery Unit (Thoracoabdominal Unit).
2000-2011 – Docent, Second Department and Clinic (advance surgery for doctors), S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.
Dr Karachun has been Head of Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology since 2011.
He has participated in a number of international clinical research studies in the capacity of a principal researcher and study coordinator..
He is Professor at the Oncology Department of the I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University.
He is a board member of the Russian Society of Endoscopic Surgeons, a board member of the Pirogov Society of Surgeons, a member of the International Gastric Cancer Association, a member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, a member of the European Association for Transluminal Surgery, and a member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.