Kivеlyev Yuriy

Experience more than 3,000 operations. The field of surgical specialization covers the surgical treatment of spinal pathology of all departments (experience of about 2000 operations, including operations on the cervical, lumbar and thoracic sections), as well as microsurgical treatment of vascular pathology of the brain and tumors of the base of the skull.

• He started his medical practice in 2003
• 2005-2011 specializing in neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Helsinki
• 2010 - defended his PhD degree (with honors) at the University of Helsinki. The official opponent is the head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale University Hospital, Professor Murat Gunel (USA)
• Since 2011, he has been working as a certified neurosurgeon in Finland (Helsinki, Turku)
• 2011-2012 internship in microneurosurgery under the guidance of Prof. Juha Hernesniemi, Finland
• 2013 - Internship in microneurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix (USA)
• 2014 - internship in microneurosurgery at Sapporo Stroke Center (Japan)
• 2016 - internship in microneurosurgery at Munster University Clinic, (Germany)
• 2017 - received the title of Associate Professor of Neurosurgery in Finland
• 2020-2021 annual study program at the Harvard University School of Postgraduate Medical Education (USA)

Scientific achievements and awards

• Stryker Abstract Award, 2011 AANS/CNS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, USA Feb 8, 2011 “A Proposed Grading System of Brain and Spinal Cavernomas”
• “Best lecture award” in Leiras Ltd. congress on Tachosil® in Levi, Finland 3/2013,  “Tachosil® use in neurosurgery”
•  Field operations, lectures, and conference presentations in 15 countries, including the USA, Japan, Germany, Italy, India, etc.
• Scientific supervisor of 5 PhD dissertations. Author of more than 30 articles, 2 monographs, 2 sections of textbooks
• Current member of the Finnish Association of Neurosurgeons, the European Association of Neurosurgeons, and the Congress of Neurosurgeons (USA).