Volodymyr Makhnyk

Education and academic activity:

2005 - graduated from Maksym Horkyi Donetsk National Medical University with a degree in General Medicine.

2005-2008 - internship in General Surgery at Kostyantynivka Central District Hospital, Donetsk region.

2011 - specialisation in endoscopy at Donetsk National Medical University.

2016 to the present - Assistant at the Department of Surgery, Endoscopy and Reconstructive Surgery, Donetsk National Medical University.

Work experience:

2007-2010 - emergency-services physician in Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka, Donetsk region.

2008-2016 - emergency surgeon at the Central City Clinical Hospital of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region.

2011-2022 - endoscopist in the surgical department of the Central City Clinical Hospital of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region.

 

The doctor provides professional medical care in the following areas:

- oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (upper GI endoscopy, gastroscopy);

- colonoscopy;

- endoscopic diagnosis of disease of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum;

- endoscopic diagnosis of disease of the large intestine;

- detection of inflammatory, erosive, ulcerative and tumorous changes in the gastrointestinal tract;

- early detection of pre-cancerous conditions and cancers of the digestive organs;

- targeted mucosal biopsy during endoscopic examinations;

- endoscopic monitoring of treatment response in gastrointestinal disease;

- detection and monitoring of gastric and intestinal polyps;

- rapid testing for Helicobacter pylori infection (where indicated);

- interpretation of endoscopic findings and preparation of the medical report;

- advising patients on how to prepare for endoscopic procedures;

- follow-up of patients within programmes for the prevention and early detection of cancers of the digestive organs;

- endoscopic removal of gastric and intestinal polyps (polypectomy).