Director of the Research Institute of Clinical Oncology, Head of the Department of Thoracic Oncology, Doctor of Medical Sciences.
Area of scientific interests
His scientific and practical interests lie in the surgical treatment of malignant tumors of the esophagus, stomach, lungs, mediastinum, abdominal organs, and retroperitoneum. He has a particular interest in the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques in cancer patients. He is proficient in completely closed thoracoscopic interventions for early-stage peripheral lung cancer and mediastinal tumors using the finest instruments and flexible optics. He is a top-category oncosurgeon.
Pavel Kononets combines active practice with research. He lectures on thoracoabdominal oncology and conducts master classes and seminars on endoscopic oncosurgery at Russian and European educational centers. He has completed internships at leading oncology clinics in the USA, Germany, France, Belgium, and China.
He regularly improves his qualifications in oncology, surgery, and thoracic surgery.
Specialist accreditation
Speciality
Oncology, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Experience
2019 – present
Director of the N.N. Trapeznikov Research Institute of Clinical Oncology of the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2018 – present
Head of the Thoracic Oncology Department at the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2018–2019
Deputy Head of the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology for Research and Treatment
2014–2018
Deputy Chief Physician for Surgical Care, State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "MCOH No. 62" of the Moscow Health Department
2013–2014
Head of the Thoracic Surgery Department of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Russian Scientific Center of Surgery named after B.V. Petrovsky, Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations of the Russian Federation
2006–2013
Senior Researcher, Department of Thoracic and Abdominal Oncology, Research Institute of Oncology, N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
2004–2006
Researcher at the Surgical Department of Thoracic-Abdominal Oncology, Research Institute of Oncology, N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical
Sciences
Education
2001 - Graduated from the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy with a degree in General Medicine, graduating with honors.
2001–2003 - Clinical residency in the specialty "oncology-surgery" at the surgical department of thoracoabdominal oncology of the Research Institute of Oncology of the State Institution "Russian Oncology Scientific Center" named after N.N. Blokhin, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
2003 - Clinical postgraduate study at the surgical department of thoracoabdominal oncology of the Research Institute of Oncology of the National Research Cancer Center named after N.N. Blokhin of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Scientific publications
Author and co-author of more than 45 scientific papers published in domestic and foreign press, as well as chapters of monographs and manuals.
Membership in professional medical organizations
Member of the Moscow Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS).
