Best Reconstructive surgery surgeons in Ukraine: TOP 10 doctors

Dr. Gennady Patlazhan is an experienced plastic surgeon with 20+ years of experience and 500 surgeries per year. He has been awarded several accolades and is a member of multiple professional societies. He has participated in numerous scientific forums, been a speaker at conferences, and is the organizer of international master classes.

Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Sergey Badion is a highly experienced surgeon and a member of multiple professional organizations. He specializes in a wide range of treatments, such as eyelid correction, liposuction, rhinoplasty, and more. He offers pre-surgery examination, general/local anesthesia, post-op check-ups, and personal assistance in English.

Dr. Olga Shkolnaya is a highly experienced plastic surgeon with over 12 years of experience and more than 500 surgeries. She is a member of two surgical societies and has participated in multiple conferences and master classes. She holds a degree from St. Petersburg University and is the co-author of a patent and an article.

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";

Patients Requests:

• Cosmetic, aesthetic and functional problems of appearance: face, body, limbs.
• Mammoplasty;
• Breast augmentation
• Breast lift (mastopexy)
• Abdominoplasty (abdominoplasty) - all types
• Body liposuction
• Lipofilling
• Intimate plastic
• Aesthetic facial surgery - blepharoplasty, face lift, neck lift.

Surgery:

Plastic cosmetic (aesthetic) surgery:

• Breast plastic surgery, mammoplasty  (breast augmentation), breast reduction, breast asymmetry correction. Areola correction, fibroadenoma removal, breast lift. Breast liposuction. Removal and replacement of breast implants. Removal of mammary glands in men - gynecomastia.
• Abdominoplasty, tummy tuck. Plastic surgery of the rectus abdominis muscles is an endoscopic surgical intervention with minimal trauma, quick recovery and no traces of the intervention.
• Abdominoplasty – miniabdominoplasty with correction of a scar after cesarean section, abdominoplasty with displacement of the navel, plastic diastasis of the rectus muscles is performed in parallel, hernias are removed, and the waist is formed.
• Removal of benign formations of the skin and soft tissues using modern laser technologies and an excellent aesthetic effect (absorbable cosmetic suture).
• Liposuction – removal of fat deposits to improve body contours. The material obtained in the process of liposuction can be used for lipofilling of the buttocks, breasts, face and other areas.
• Blepharoplasty – removal of excess skin and hernias around the eyes. Leads to a general rejuvenating effect.
• Eyebrow lift   - opening of the eye and look by lifting the eyebrows. Gentle technique with quick recovery. For a greater effect, it is advisable to combine with blepharoplasty and facelift. 
• Face lifting (facelift) is performed using safe modern methods, a short scar technique, provides quick rehabilitation and a long-lasting rejuvenating effect of the entire body.
• Neck plastic surgery is a method of liposuction, platysmoplasty. Restores the youth of the neck, eliminates "goose neck", excess and sagging skin, returns a clear contour and "angle of youth".
• Otoplasty - correction of the shape of the auricles.
• Intimate contour plastic - aesthetic correction of labia minora and labia majora, position of the clitoris, removal of skin folds in the anal area, if necessary, can be combined with removal of hemorrhoids and fissure plastic surgery.

Techniques that the doctor possesses:

• Operations in the field of cosmetic, aesthetic plastic surgery of the breast, body and face;
• Laparoscopic and laser surgery.

More about the doctor

Education

• Graduated from the National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomoltsia, Kyiv, specialty - medical practice (1996).
• He completed an internship at the National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomolets, specialty "surgery" (1998).

Certification training

• Internship at the American medical center, Cyprus, Nicosia - mammoplasty techniques, revision mammoplasty with Motiva implants under the guidance of Demetris Stavrou (2021).
• Internship in aesthetic surgery in South Korea, Seoul. Girin Piastic Surgery Clinics, Gowon Worldwide, Sures clinic (2020).
• TU "Esthetic Blepharoplasty" at NMAPO named after P. L. Shupyk (2020).
• The course "Plastic surgery of the mammary gland" on the basis of the Department of plastic surgery at the Shalimov Institute under the guidance of prof. Halych S.P. (2019).
• Training course "Rejuvenating and aesthetic surgery of the head, face, and neck. Blepharoplasty" as part of the "UAPS INTENSIVE" program at the Ukrainian Academy of Plastic Surgery in Kyiv (2019).
• Master class "Augmentation mammoplasty - choice of surgery and implant technique" "Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons USAPS" Kyiv (2019).
• Ukrainian Academy of Plastic Surgery - body contouring (2019).
• TU "Plastic surgery of the mammary gland", in NMAPO named after P. L. Shupyk (2019).
• Training at the Center of surgical innovations "Laparoscopic Herniology" (2018)
• TU "Laparoscopic Herniology", Center for Surgical Innovations (2017).
• Obtaining additional specialization "Proctology" (2017).
• TU "Laparoscopic surgery", NMAPO (2014).
• Awarded a surgeon of the highest category (2014).
• Advancement of the qualification of a doctor-oncologist on the basis of KMAPO named after P..L. Shupyka (1999).

Scientific, teaching work and membership in specialized organizations

• Member of USAPS (Ukrainian Association of Plastic Surgeons).
• Participation in conferences and workshops on aesthetic surgery in 2019-20.

Patients requests:

Face, nose, eyelids, lips:

• Cosmetic, aesthetic and functional problems of appearance: face, body, limbs.
• Chin hypoplasia;
• Hypotrophy, hypertrophy of the lips of the face;
• Acquired facial deformity after treatment of congenital defects (postoperative deformities);
• Age-related and other changes in the skin of the face, eyelids;
• Ptosis of eyebrows, upper eyelids;
• Deformations of the lower eyelids;
• Condition after eyelid plastic surgery, face without complications, with complications;
• The condition after the injection of fillers into the lips without complications, with complications;
• The condition after the injection of fillers into soft tissues without complications, with complications (granuloma, lymphostasis, edema, etc.);
• After injection into the soft tissues of the face, one's own fat (lipofilling);
• Drop-ears;
• Keloid scar (Dumbbell);
• Curvature of the nasal septum;
• Deformations of the nose are congenital (aesthetic), post-traumatic, postoperative;
• After rhinoplasty without complications, with complications;
• Cicatricial changes in the skin of the face after injuries, burns

Breast:

• Enlargement/reduction of mammary glands
• Cicatricial changes in the skin of the trunk and limbs, after burns, injuries;
• Ptosis of mammary glands;
• Hypertrophy, hypoplasia of mammary glands;
• Post-lactational subinvolution of mammary glands;
• Tubular deformation of mammary glands;
• Poland syndrome;
• FCB, fibroadenoma of the mammary gland, gynecomastia;
• Conditions after mammary gland plastic surgery without complications, with complications;
• Conditions after mammary gland plastic surgery with endoprostheses with complications (capsular contracture, deformations, remote seroma)

Body, buttocks, legs:

• Deposition of excess body and limb fat;
• Deformations of the front wall of the abdominal cavity (cosmetic);
• Omphalocele;
• Diastasis rectus abdominis;
• After plastic surgery of the front wall of the abdominal cavity with complications (deformations);
• Hypotrophy of the buttocks, lower legs;
• After plastic surgery of the buttocks using endoprostheses with complications (capsular contracture, deformations);
• Sagging body skin after losing weight;
• Hypertrophy of labia.

Areas of work:

• Plastic surgery: cosmetic, aesthetic.
• Reconstructive surgery.

Techniques that the doctor possesses:

• Operations and manipulations in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery.
• Reconstructive surgery (after analysis of a specific patient).

More about the doctor

Education

• Graduated from NSU named after O.O. Bogomolets, Kyiv, specialty - "Medical business", 1993.
• Completed an internship at NSU named after O.O. Bogomolets, awarded the title of specialist in surgery, 1996.
• Received the "Plastic Surgery" specialization at the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytskyi, 2022.

Certification training

Thematic improvement courses

• Internship "Oncology" at P.L. Shupik National Medical University (2021)
• "Reconstructive, plastic surgery and rehabilitation of patients with breast tumors", in KhMAPO (2016).
• Thematic improvement courses: "Mammary gland medicine" at NMAPO named after P. L. Shupyk (2015).
• TU "Plastic Surgery of Limbs" at NMAPO named after P. L. Shupyka, (2011).
• TU "Plastic surgery of the body" at the NMAPO named after P. L. Shupyka, (2011).
• TU "Plastic surgery of the face" in the NMAPO named after P. L. Shupyka, (2011). TU "Plastic surgery of the breast" in the National Medical Academy named after P. L. Shupyka, (2010).

Scientific, teaching work and membership in specialized organizations

Certified member of USAPS(Ukrainian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons).