Surgical Oncogynecologist and Medical Oncologist; Head of the Gynecologic Oncology Department
Odiljon Muxamedjanovich Axmedov
Gynecologic oncology (oncogynecology); medical oncology
Professional summary
Diagnosis and surgical treatment of gynecologic-oncology and non-oncologic conditions, and chemotherapy for patients with gynecologic cancers. Diagnosis and surgical treatment of tumors of the female reproductive system are carried out in line with international clinical guidelines (NCCN, ASCO, ESMO, ESGO) and the standards of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Areas of expertise
- Main areas: laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, traditional radical, organ-preserving, reconstructive, combined and other surgical procedures.
- Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery
- Extended (radical) hysterectomy with adnexa
- Extended hysterectomy without adnexa, with ovarian transposition
- Hysterectomy with adnexa
- Radical abdominal trachelectomy
- Extended cytoreductive surgery
- Pelvic exenteration
- Extended vulvectomy
- Removal of the uterine remnant; omentectomy; peritonectomy; pelvic lymphadenectomy
Education & training
1st Tashkent State Medical Institute, General Medicine (1993–2000). Clinical residency, Republican Center of Oncology and Radiology (2000–2002). Postgraduate research (PhD track) in Oncology, Republican Center of Oncology and Radiology (2002–2005). Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD), 2007. Fellowship in gynecologic oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea (2008–2009). Fellowship in modern methods of diagnosis and treatment (medical oncology), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France (2010). Fellowship in minimally invasive gynecologic oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea (2022). Fellowship in modern principles of laparoscopic surgery for malignant tumors, N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Radiology, St. Petersburg, Russia (2024), including a specialized single-subject training cycle.
Certifications & licenses
Certified oncogynecologist (2007); Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD), 2007; certified in laparoscopic gynecologic oncology (2009); Doctor of the Highest Category (2021); member of ESMO, ESGO and IGCS.
Achievements & research
PhD dissertation on the role of intra-arterial regional polychemotherapy in the combined treatment of cervical cancer. Co-author of international peer-reviewed publications, including a study on the implementation of Uzbekistan's national HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination program (World Bulletin of Public Health, 2022) and the Uzbekistan–Korea Oncology Consortium report on the management of stomach and colorectal cancer in Uzbekistan (Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2023).