Professor Igor Khatkov

Igor Khatkov M.D., Ph.D., Professor of General Surgery
Director of Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Chief of the Chair of Faculty Surgery of Moscow State
University of Medicine and Dentistry (MSUMD), Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
Date of Birth: 06.04.1967
Education:
1990 – Saratov State Medical University (SSMU). Diploma with honor.
1993 – Residency at the Chair of Surgery in SSMU.

1999 Dissertation on Ph.D. degree - Prevention of Complications in Laparoscopic Surgery.

2016 - Member of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Professor Igor Khatkov is an expert in abdominal surgical oncology. He is the founders of laparoscopic surgery in oncology in Russia, having the experience in gastric, colorectal, urologic surgery.

Nowadays the main point of his practical and scientific interests is pancreatic surgery. Igor Khatkov was the first to perform laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy in Russia in 2007. Now his personal experience in totally laparoscopic PDE is more than 350 cases with more than 20 procedures with resection of major vessels.

Prof. Igor Khatkov together with his team hold systematic training courses in laparoscopy in oncology which are attended by the surgeons from different countries. Igor Khatkov participates as an expert in international committees and study groups for developing the recommendations in pancreatic surgery. Total number of publications for today is 291.