Best Lipofilling (Fat Grafting) doctors in Ukraine: TOP 9 doctors

Dr. Svitlana Rabotenko is a leading plastic surgeon at Vidnova Clinic. She holds the Highest Qualification Category. Dr. Rabotenko is an international member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS). She is also a member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.

Dr. Rabotenko has over 16 years of experience. She performs about 300 operations each year. Her main areas of expertise are breast, body, and facial plastic surgery. She completed advanced training at the P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy. Dr. Rabotenko regularly attends international conferences and helps advance plastic surgery in Ukraine.

Dr. Dmytrii Homola, PhD, is a plastic surgeon and combustiologist. He graduated from O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University. He completed his internship and postgraduate training in surgery and combustiology at P.L. Shupyk National Medical Academy. Dr. Homola specializes in body contouring, including abdominoplasty and body lifts. He also performs breast surgeries such as mammoplasty and lipofilling. His work combines scientific knowledge with skilled surgical techniques in both aesthetic and reconstructive procedures.

Ivan Vadimovich Kononikhin – plastic surgeon at Vidnova clinic

Qualification

In 2012, he graduated from Zaporizhzhia State Medical University with a degree in "Medical Medicine". Then he completed an internship at the Department of Surgery and Proctology of the ZMAPE in the 9th City Hospital (Zaporizhzhya).

After completing his internship, he was referred to the Veselivska Central District Hospital, where he worked until 2019.

From 2016 to 2018, he worked in parallel at the Atlant Medical Center (Melitopol). During this time, he completed many training and practical courses, including laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical interventions at the ZMAPO, endoscopic examination methods at the ZHMU.

Since 2015, he has been actively involved in aesthetic medicine, paying great attention to contouring and botulinum therapy. Every year he attends many practical and scientific conferences on surgery and aesthetic medicine.

In 2019, he received the second qualification category in the specialty "Surgery".

Work experience

Ivan Kononikhin performs about 400 operations annually. His medical experience amounts to 11 years of successful work and constant development.

Today, Ivan Vadymovych is a member of the Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

List of operations and procedures

Ivan Kononikhin is a plastic surgeon with a broad profile. He performs a full range of plastic surgeries on the face and body.

• Breast augmentation
• Breast lift
• Breast lift with augmentation
• Gynecomastia
• Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
• Liposuction
• Blepharoplasty
• Facial lipofilling
• Otoplasty
• Correction of postoperative scars
• Botulinum therapy (Dysport injections)
• Contour plastic surgery with fillers
• Lip contouring (lip augmentation)

Evgeniy Logvinov is a plastic surgeon who specializes in face and neck correction.

Education

• Faculty of Medicine, Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv, Ukraine.
• Internship in General Surgery at the Aleksandrivska Clinical Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Membership in organizations

• European Rhinoplasty Society (RSE).
• Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery (USAPS).

Refresher courses

• 2015 — Congress of Surgeons of Ukraine in Kyiv.
• 2016 - Practical course on rhinoplasty from the European Rhinoplasty Society.
• 2016 - Master class on 3D visualization with Vectra XT in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 2017 – RSE Rhinoplasty Practical Course in Istanbul, Türkiye.
• 2017 – Primary breast augmentation course in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden.
• 2019 - Rhinoplasty workshop in Istanbul, Türkiye.
• 2019 — course on thread lifting methods in Tbilisi, Georgia.
• 2019 — plastic surgery course in Lviv, Ukraine.
• 2020 - Course on Anatomy in Plastic Surgery from the European Academy of Occupational Medicine in Essen, Germany.

Dr. Igor Chmelyuk is a skilled surgeon with expertise in plastic, aesthetic, and hepatopancreatobiliary procedures. He graduated from Lugansk State Medical University. He also completed internships in general and cardiovascular surgery.

Dr. Chmelyuk has expanded his skills through international courses and conferences. He received intensive training in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, as well as modern aesthetic breast surgery in Russia, France, and Spain. He regularly attends major congresses and workshops. This shows his commitment to ongoing professional development and new surgical techniques.

Igor Torubarov specializes in performing plastic surgeries and removing benign and malignant tumors.

Education

• 2000-2003 — Odessa Regional Basic Medical School.
• 2004-2010 — Faculty of Medicine, Odessa National Medical University.
• 2010-2013 — internship in surgery at the Belyaevskaya Central District Hospital.
• 2015-2017 — training in plastic surgery at the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P.L.Shupik in Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2019 — training at the Department of Plastic Surgery of the A. A. Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Professional activity

• 2013-2016 — Head of the Transfusiology Department, Surgeon in the Surgery Department of the Belyaevskaya Central Regional Hospital.
• Since 2016 - plastic surgeon at Patlazhan Clinic.

Scientific activity and membership in organizations

• Member of the Ukrainian Society of Plastic Surgeons (USAPS).
• Participant of international conferences ICAMPS, VPP and UBAME.

Dr. Olga Shkolnaya is a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 12 years of clinical experience. She has performed more than 500 surgeries. Dr. Shkolnaya is known for her skills in both aesthetic and reconstructive procedures.

She is a member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Ukraine. Dr. Shkolnaya has co-authored a patent in mammoplasty and an article in the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal.

She graduated from St. Petersburg University. Dr. Shkolnaya often speaks at international conferences and takes part in master classes, including the Best Bottis Face in Italy (2017).

Patient requests:

Age-related changes in various areas of the body;

Breast augmentation or correction;

Condition, after full or partial removal of the breast;

Consequences of injuries, burns, removal of various tumor-like formations;

Lymphatic edema of the extremities after various injuries and surgical interventions.

Areas:

All types of operations in the field of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery;

All types of microsurgical operations;

Consultation of patients.

Methods:

Surgical techniques aimed at correcting age-related changes in the face and body;

All types of operations with corrections of congenital and acquired skin defects and deformations of various localization;

All types of operations for the correction of postoperative scars and skin deformations;

All types of microsurgical operations.

Education

Kyiv Medical Institute named after O.O. Bogomolets in 1980, Sergeon;

Since 1980, work in the department of microsurgery and plastic surgery of NIHT named after O.O. Shalimova with a specialization in vascular surgery; 

1987 he defended his candidate's thesis "auto-alloneuroplasty of defects of the peripheral nerves of the limbs";

In 1996, he completed the cycle of works on microsurgery in the field of neuroplasticity, received the State Award of Ukraine in the field of science and technology;

In 1999, he defended his doctoral thesis "Autotransplantation of complex tissue complexes for closing defects in functionally important areas of the limbs";

Since 2007 - professor of the department of combustiology and plastic surgery, head of the cycle - "Mammoplasty";