He studied medicine first at the Odessa State Medical University, and then at the Ukrainian Military Medical Academy, majoring in "surgery", "endoscopy", "ultrasound diagnostics". Interned at Kitazato University (Sagamihara, Tokyo) on modern technologies of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy. I also have regular internships in clinics in Switzerland (Hirslanden, Zurich), Germany (Hamburg, Hanover, Dusseldorf).
My professional interests include endoscopic diagnosis of early gastric cancer , endoscopic ultrasound diagnosis. I have unique methods of endoscopic diagnosis, including the method of narrowband spectrum (NBI), high-magnification endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography (ESG), fine-needle aspiration puncture biopsy (TAPB) under the control of ESG.
Today I am an active member of the European Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), the International Society for Endoscopic Ultrasound (EGEUS), the World Endoscopic Organization (WEO), the Russian Association of Endoscopic Ultrasound Specialists (ASGE). Gastroenterological Association (RGA), the Russian Endoscopic Community (ROENDO), the Association of Endoscopists of Ukraine, the Society of Surgeons of Kyiv and Kyiv region.