Specialty:Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon, Burn Specialist of the Highest Category
Specialization:
Plastic Surgeon, Surgeon
Work expirience:35 years
Education:Prof. Serhii Slesarenko is a surgeon, plastic surgeon, and burn specialist (combustiologist) of the highest category.
He has been a Corresponding Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences since 2004 (Department of Medical and Biological Sciences), a Doctor of Medical Sciences since 1996, and a Professor since 2006.
He is a board member of the Association of Combustiologists of Ukraine (ACU), a member of the European Burns Association (EBA), the board of the All-Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (VAPREKh), the Association of Surgeons of Ukraine, and the Association of Anti-Aging, Gender and Preventive Medicine.
Prof. Slesarenko graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Dnipropetrovsk Medical Institute in 1986 with a degree in surgery. From 1986 to 1988, he completed a clinical residency and began focused scientific research on burns, burn disease, and their long-term consequences. This research led to a PhD thesis defended in 1990. His doctoral dissertation was defended in 1996.
He is the author and co-author of over 240 scientific publications in specialized journals and collections and holds 22 inventions, including 10 author’s certificates and 12 patents of Ukraine.
Since 2000, Prof. Slesarenko has been the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Center for Thermal Injury and Plastic Surgery, combining administrative, clinical, and teaching responsibilities. He has trained three candidates of medical sciences in surgery (P.A. Badiul, 2009; B.V. Huzenko, 2010; N.N. Nor, 2011) and one Doctor of Medical Sciences (P.A. Badiul, 2018). Currently, he supervises research projects at the Department of Surgery of the Medical Academy.
Since 2011, he has been consulting patients in the fields of plastic, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgery at the “Family Medicine Clinic.”
Awards and Recognitions:
2015 – Order "For the Defense of the Country"
2017 – Order of St. Panteleimon in the “Healthcare Innovator” category
2017 – Order “For the Defense of Mariupol” for aiding wounded defenders
2017 – Winner of the Stella International Beauty Award in the category "Best Plastic Surgeon"
2021 – Winner of the Stella International Beauty Award in the category "Person of the Year"
Key areas of expertise:
- Aesthetic surgery of the face, body, and breast;
- Body and limb contouring;
- Microsurgical breast reconstruction;
- Reconstructive surgery of soft tissue defects;
- Ear and nose reshaping;
- Advanced scientific work and practical assistance in the treatment of burns.
