Surgical team at the Ukrainian College of Surgeons hospital facility

About Ukrainian College of Surgeons

«We were the first to understand that we understood nothing»

The Ukrainian College of Surgeons is a community of professionals striving for excellence in medicine. We unite experience and innovation for the future of surgery in Ukraine

UCS brings surgeons together to learn, share evidence, and build practical improvements in care

Senior Advisors

Viktor Dosenko

Senior Advisor for Scientific Activities

Ukrainian pathophysiologist, geneticist

Head of the Department of General and Molecular Pathophysiology of the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the NAS of Ukraine, Professor.

Vadym Vus

Honorary Advisor

Rural family doctor, lecturer at European Medical School/International European University

Harvard Scholars at Risk 2023 fellow

Observership at Division of Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine, Center for Ultrasound Research and Education at MGH, Boston

POCUS certification from 123sonography, Vienna Medical University and Global Ultrasound Institute, USA.

Founders

Oleksandr Sokolenko

Founder

Andrii Bukhenskyi

Co-founder

Dmytro Dumchak

Co-founder

Co-founder of the Ukrainian College of Surgeons NGO

2024–2025: Head of the Trauma Surgery Club

Coordinator of observerships for Ukrainian medical professionals in Japan.

Denys Piven

Co-founder

Co-founder of the Ukrainian College of Surgeons NGO.

Yehor Tereshchenko

Co-founder

Specializing in diagnostic and interventional gastrointestinal endoscopy

Assistant Professor at the Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Bogomolets National Medical University (Kyiv)

Completed advanced endoscopy training in Ukraine, Germany, and Japan

Member of the Consultative Expert Group at the State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Active member of ESMO, ESGE, and UEG.

Roman Polezhaiev

Co-founder

Rostyslav Yuzkiv

Co-founder

Intern physician, serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Master's student at NaUKMA in 'Health Care Management'

Secretary General of the NGO 'Ukrainian Medical Students Association' in 2019-2021.

Our Team

Dmytro Tkachuk

Major of Medical Service, Surgeon

Postgraduate student of the Department of Disaster Medicine and Military Medicine of ZSMFU

Specialization: general surgery, proctology, ultrasound diagnostics

2025–2026: Head of the 'Trauma Surgery' Club of UCS.

Oleksii Lopushanskyi

Online Education Coordinator (OEC)

2023–2024: Secretary of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal Club

2025: Online Education Coordinator (OEC).

Anatolii Vatulia

Secretary of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal Club

2025–2026: Secretary of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal Club.

Our Partners

Our History

«We were the first to understand that we understood nothing»

March 15, 2024

Inception of the Idea

Realizing the need for a new platform to unite surgeons.

March 15, 2024

Inception of the Idea

Realizing the need for a new platform to unite surgeons.

Organization Founded

Official registration of the Ukrainian College of Surgeons.

March 19, 2024

Organization Founded

Official registration of the Ukrainian College of Surgeons.

April 2024

First Strategic Session

Defining priority development areas and forming committees.

April 2024

First Strategic Session

Defining priority development areas and forming committees.

Launch of Education Initiatives

Holding the first master classes and lectures for interns.

July 2024

Launch of Education Initiatives

Holding the first master classes and lectures for interns.

December 2024

Online Platform Launch

Creating the digital space (where we are now) for communication and learning.

December 2024

Online Platform Launch

Creating the digital space (where we are now) for communication and learning.