Azat Shpekov
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”