Harmish Andrii Romanovych

Category: Higher

Education:

• 1992-1997: Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine;
• 1997-1999: internship in "Traumatology and Orthopedics" at the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics of Zaporizhzhia State Institute for Advanced Medical Studies named after M. Gorky;
• 2002: clinical residency at the Department of Neurosurgery, O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University;
• 2005: postgraduate study at the Institute of Neurosurgery named after academician A.P. Romodanov of the NAMS of Ukraine and defense of a candidate dissertation.

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• member of the Ukrainian Association of Neurosurgeons, European Association of Neurosurgeons, World Association of Neurosurgeons, AO Spine, International Association for the Study of Pain, Ukrainian Pain Study Association, Association of Pituitary Pathology Specialists;
• co-founder of the Ukrainian Association of Endoscopic Spine Surgeons.

Scientific activity:

• 2005: defense of a candidate dissertation on the topic "Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in the Treatment of Spinal Hemangiomas";
• author and co-author of 32 scientific publications in the field of brain tumor lesions, spine surgery, and algology;
• active participant in congresses, seminars, and conferences in the field.

Areas of professional development:

• constantly improves knowledge and skills, undergoes accreditations and training;
• 2007: 3-month training in "General Neurosurgery," Prof. Lucik A.A., and a week-long training in "Spine Stabilization using the Sextant System," Prof. Deni (Tilburg, Netherlands);
• 2008: 3-month training in "Transabdominal and Transthoracic Approaches to the Spine," Clinic Saint George (Nice, France);
• 2009: training in "Approaches to the Base of the Skull" (Salzburg, Austria) and "Prosthetics of Lumbar Spine Discs" (Schwerin, Germany);
• 2010: training in "Prosthetics of Cervical Spine Discs," University Hospital BRNO (Brno, Czech Republic);
• 2011: 2-month training in "Modern Technologies for the Treatment of Metastatic Spinal Lesions," Prof. Harm (Karlovy Vary, Germany), and a month-long training in "Surgical Methods for Treating Epilepsy," Prof. Sandurski (Lyon, France);
• 2012: training in "Application of Transpyramidal Approaches in the Treatment of Middle Cranial Fossa Tumors," Hopital de la Salpetriere, Medtronic (Paris, France);
• 2013: training in "Correction of Sagittal Balance of the Spine" (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and "Use of Navigation Systems in Neurosurgery" (Prague, Czech Republic);
• 2015: training in "Indications for the Use of Gamma Knife in Neurosurgery" (Wroclaw, Poland) and "Use of Dynamic Stabilization Systems" (Berlin, Germany);
• 2016: training in "School of Cranial Base Neurosurgery," Hospital Quiron (Madrid, Spain), "Modern Achievements in Algology" (Copenhagen, Denmark), and "Monportal Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy" (Munich, Germany);
• 2017: training in "Treatment of Scoliotic Deformity of the Spine" (Bordeaux, France);
• 2018: training in "Unilateral Bifrontal Endoscopic Discectomy," Prof. Son (Seoul, Korea);
• 2019: training in "Modern Approaches to the Treatment of Compression Fractures of the Vertebral Bodies in Osteoporosis," Agostino Gemelli (Rome, Italy), and "Application of UBE Technique in the Cervical Spine," Prof. Hwa (Busan, Korea);
• 2023: training in "Posterior Spondylodesis on the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine using the MAZORX Robot," Prof. Klaus Schnake (Erlangen, Germany).

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• radiofrequency ablation of the Gasserian node;
• radiofrequency neuromodulation of sensitive spinal ganglia and peripheral nerves;
• radiofrequency denervation of facet joints, shoulder, knee, and sacroiliac joints;
• thermodiscoplasty (IDET);
• epidural and selective root therapeutic blocks;
• intra-articular therapeutic injections;
• percutaneous vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty;
• spine stenting;
• endoscopic microdiscectomy;
• percutaneous transpedicular fixations of any complexity;
• endoscopic surgical interventions on the spine;
• removal of extracranial and intracranial brain tumors.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• neurosurgery;
• vertebrology;
• algology;
• rehabilitation.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• "Among my favorite works are 'The Call of the Wild' and 'Martin Eden' by Jack London, 'The Financier' by Theodore Dreiser, and 'Night Porter' by Irvin Shaw."

Doctor's advice:

• "Your health is the most important. Maintain a healthy lifestyle, undergo regular medical check-ups, and follow the recommendations of doctors."