Surgical Oncologist, Urologist
Oybek Avazxanovich Xalmurzaev
Uro-oncology
Professional summary
Uro-oncologist, MD, PhD (Candidate of Medical Sciences) and Deputy Director for Science and Education, with 25 years of clinical and research experience. For many years a research fellow in the Department of Urology at the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, with research and clinical training at Saarland University Medical Center in Germany (including as a DFG fellow), and later a senior research fellow in molecular genetics at the Research Centre for Medical Genetics named after Academician N.P. Bochkov. He specialises in complex, high-technology surgery for tumours of the genitourinary system. As Deputy Director he leads and coordinates the Center's research activity and research strategy, and he is also scientific supervisor of the Uro-Oncology Department. Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU).
Areas of expertise
- Open, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery for genitourinary cancers, including high-technology and reconstructive procedures
- Surgical treatment of complex kidney cancer, including tumour thrombus of the inferior vena cava and thrombectomy
- Diagnosis and surgical treatment of penile cancer, including organ-preserving and reconstructive procedures
- Modern surgical treatment of bladder and prostate cancer
- Management of complex and locally advanced uro-oncological disease
Education & training
Second Tashkent State Medical Institute, Faculty of General Medicine (1995–2002)
Master's / clinical residency in Urology, Tashkent Medical Academy (2002–2005)
Postgraduate research in Oncology, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, based at the N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Centre (2010–2012)
Doctoral studies, N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology (2015)
Research fellowships, Saarland University Medical Center, Germany (2015, 2018)
Certifications & licenses
MD, PhD (Candidate of Medical Sciences). Specialisation in uro-oncology, with continuing professional development in the modern surgical and combined-modality treatment of genitourinary tumours (N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology). Member of the Russian Society of Onco-Urology, the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Association of Oncologists of Russia.
Achievements & research
Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD); author of more than 50 scientific publications and co-author of a Russian Federation patent in antitumour immunotherapy. Research interests include molecular and genetic alterations in genitourinary tumours, the tumour microenvironment and immune mechanisms, and prognostic and predictive biomarkers.