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Azat Shpekov

Neurosurgery 

PROFILE:

  • Neurosurgery

OPERATIONS PERFORMED:

  • Cerebrovascular diseases
  • Stroke
  • Brain tumors
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Epilepsy
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Tremor
  • Dystonia
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Hemifacial spasm
  • Tympanophonia and paraequilibrium
  • Cephalalgy
  • Chiari malformations
  • Craniocerebral trauma
  • Endovascular embolization of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, brain fistulae
  • Carotid stenting
  • Vertebral artery stenting
  • Mechanical thrombectomy
  • Endovascular embolization of brain tumors
  • Extra-intracranial bypass
  • Aneurysm clipping
  • Removal of arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations
  • Microsurgical removal of brain and basilar region tumors
  • Ventriculoperitoneostomy
  • Stereotactic deep brain stimulation
  • Microvascular decompression of cranial nerves
  • Percutaneous radio frequency thermocoagulation of trigeminal nerve
  • Hyoid-facial neural anastomosis
  • Decompression at Chiari malformations
  • Brain lobectomy
  • Removal of cortical dysplasia
  • Implantation of vagus stimulation system
  • Implantation of deep stereo-electro encephalographic electrodes
  • Removal and drainage of intracranial hematomas

EXPERIENCE:

  • 2016 – present Chief, Surgery Department # 6, Medical Center Hospital of the President’s Affairs Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • 2009 – 2016 Neurosurgeon, Vascular and Functional Neurosurgery Department, “National Centre for Neurosurgery” JSC, Astana
  • 2005 – 2006 Neurosurgeon, Neurotrauma Department, Karaganda Regional Medical Center
  • 2005 – 2006 Assistant Professor in course for traumatology, ortopedics and neurosurgery

EDUCATION:

  • 1998–2004 - Diploma with Honors, General Medicine, Karaganda State Medical Academy,
  • 2004–2005 - Internship in Neurosurgery, Karaganda State Medical Academy,
  • 2007–2009 – Clinical residency under “Bolashak” program, Polenov Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Manager, Public Association “Kazakhstan Society of Functional Neurosurgery”