Kateryna Valikhnovska, MD, is a surgical oncologist with a PhD in Medicine (2020). Together with a team of surgical oncologists, she operates on colon, sigmoid colon and rectal cancer, colorectal liver metastases and liver tumours, small bowel cancer and neuroendocrine tumours, uterine and ovarian cancer, as well as stomach and pancreatic cancer. She also performs radiofrequency ablation and laparoscopic cancer surgery. Over 13 years of experience in the specialty and 9,500 hours in the operating room. Appointments in Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk by prior arrangement.
Key facts
- Since October 2022 — surgical oncologist at the National Cancer Institute.
- PhD in Medicine: defended her dissertation in June 2020.
- Surgeon of the first qualification category; specialist certificates in “Oncosurgery” and “Transplantology”.
- 9,500 hours in the operating room, over 13 years of experience in the specialty.
- Order “Scientist of the Year 2020” from the Ukrainian Federation of Scientists.
- Member of the Ukrainian Union of Oncology Surgeons (USSO) and the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO).
- Appointments in Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk (10 Hutsulska St.) by prior arrangement.
Patient reviews
★★★★★5,0 on Google · 14 reviews
Translated from Ukrainian
I want to express my sincere gratitude to Kateryna Hennadiivna! If there are doctors sent from God, she is one of them. An exceptionally attentive, caring, kind and highly professional person…
A deep bow and enormous gratitude to surgeon Kateryna Hennadiivna Valikhnovska from our whole family for saving our mother’s life! In March, my mother had an extremely difficult liver operation…
My sincere thanks to Kateryna Hennadiivna Valikhnovska for her professional follow-up care after surgery. The doctor pays attention to every detail, carefully analyses test results, gives clear recommendations and answers every question…
I want to leave my words of gratitude and a review of Kateryna Hennadiivna. First of all, a deep bow to her personally and to the whole team of professionals she works with. Hearing the diagnosis “carcinoma” is probably a shock for anyone…
I thank fate for bringing me to a wonderful doctor and true professional, Kateryna Hennadiivna Valikhnovska. I was in despair when I was diagnosed with two separate cancers unrelated to each other…
Anyone who has faced a diagnosis like cancer knows how hard it is to find qualified help and trust your health to a doctor. I consulted doctors abroad and in Ukraine, but decided to have my treatment and surgery in Kyiv…
Our whole family wants to thank Kateryna Hennadiivna Valikhnovska for the expert consultation about our father that helped us decide on surgery, the professional diagnostics at the hospital and, of course, the successful operation together…
Kateryna Hennadiivna is a doctor of incredible kindness. A person with a capital P. In a very difficult time for me, she helped establish the diagnosis, plan and perform a complex operation. Caring and sincere…
Kateryna Hennadiivna is a true professional: polite, responsible and attentive to her patients.
I want to say a few words about myself. The diagnosis came like a bolt from the blue: stage three cancer. I had to go through many circles of hell, but when God decides to help, he sends us his angels…
Kateryna Hennadiivna is not only an expert doctor but also a person with a big and kind heart! She heals and gives hope. We are grateful to God for leading us to her!
I went through two-stage treatment. I want to thank Kateryna Hennadiivna Valikhnovska for the treatment and support. An incredibly sincere, warm-hearted and intelligent person who is truly devoted to her work…
A highly qualified doctor who stayed in touch at every stage. Attentive and caring. A true professional.
I am very grateful to the doctor for the free consultation. She called me and explained everything; it is a real pleasure to talk to doctors like her, both in messages and on the phone. Thank you so much for the consultation!
VALIKHNOVSKA Kateryna Hennadiivna
Surgical oncologist
Scientific Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine (PhD)
Diplomas and licenses
- Surgeon of the first qualification category
- Certificate of Specialist in “Oncosurgery”
- Certificate of Specialist in “Transplantology”
- In 2014 she graduated from the Bogomolets National Medical University in Kyiv. She received a diploma with honors in ``Medical Affairs``.
- From 2014 to 2017 she studied at the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after PL Shupyk in an internship at the Department of Surgery and Transplantology, received a degree in ``Surgeon``.
- From September 2017 to November 2020 she studied at the graduate school of the National University of Health of Ukraine named after PL Shupyk.
- In June 2020, she defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on ``Experimental substantiation of prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment of pancreatic fistulae following pancreas resections`` in the field of knowledge 22 Healthcare, specialty 222 Medicine (specialization ``Surgery``).
- From December 2019 to September 2021, she worked as an assistant of Surgery and Transplantology of the Shupyk National University of Public Health of Ukraine.
- In November 2020, she was awarded the Order of the Scientist of the Year 2020.
- From December 2021 to September 2022, she worked as an associate professor of the Department of Surgery and Transplantology of the PL Shupyk National University of Health Sciences of Ukraine on the basis of the National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology named after OO Shalimov.
- From October 2022 to the present, she works as a surgical oncologist.
Dissertation topic
Experimental substantiation of prognosis, prophylaxis and treatment of pancreatic fistulae following pancreas resections
June 2020
Diplomas
The main directions of scientific and practical research
- primary and metastatic liver tumors;
- pancreatic cancer; stomach cancer;
- cancer of the small and large intestine;
- rectal cancer;
- retroperitoneal sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors;
- neuroendocrine tumors, laparoscopic surgery, transplantation, treatment of anterior abdominal wall hernias.
Membership in organizations
- Ukrainian Union of Oncology Surgeons (USSO);
- European Association of Surgical Oncology (ESSO);
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