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MD, Urologist

“I help patients preserve their health and quality of life by combining a delicate surgical approach with modern laser and minimally invasive technologies.”

Education and Academic Training

2022 — Graduated with honors from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, receiving a degree in General Medicine and the Medal for Academic Achievement.

2024 — Completed clinical residency training in Urology at the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health, Sechenov University.

Since 2023 — PhD student in Urology, under the supervision of Professor M. A. Gazimiev. Dissertation topic: “The Impact of Instrument Miniaturization on the Efficacy and Safety of Laser Endoscopic Enucleation of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.”

Clinical and Research Interests

The main focus of her clinical and academic work is endourology.

Dr. Azilgareeva performs a wide range of endoscopic procedures for diseases of the urinary tract, including:

• Thulium fiber laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuFLEP);
• Minimally Invasive Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (MiLEP);
• Transurethral procedures of the prostate and bladder neck;
• Transurethral resection and laser en bloc resection of bladder tumors;
• Modern minimally invasive treatment of urolithiasis, including ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy, retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).

Dr. Azilgareeva is also involved in the diagnosis and surgical management of urological malignancies, including prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer. Dr. Azilgareeva is proficient in all major prostate biopsy techniques, including advanced MRI/ultrasound fusion-guided prostate biopsy.

Professional Development and International Training

Dr. Azilgareeva is fluent in English and regularly undertakes professional training with leading international specialists in endourology and minimally invasive urological surgery.

She is the author of more than 20 scientific publications in international and Russian medical journals and regularly represents Sechenov University at national and international scientific conferences.

Professional Memberships

• Russian Society of Urologists
• Russian Society of Oncological Urology
• European Association of Urology (EAU)
• European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

International Fellowships and Training

2023 — Minimally Invasive Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (MiLEP), Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Supervisor: Professor Filipe C. A. de Figueiredo

2025 — Low-Power Laser Enucleation of the Prostate and Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery (ECIRS), Turin, Italy
Supervisor: Professor Cesare Scoffone

2026 — HoLEP Training Course, Sofia, Bulgaria
Supervisor: Professor Fernando Gómez Sancha, Madrid, Spain

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Urologist, Surgeon and Oncologist at the Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University

Professional experience: 27 years in surgery, including 19 years in urology.

In 1997, he graduated from Siberian State Medical University in Tomsk with a degree in General Medicine. In 1999, he completed his clinical residency in Surgery. In 2006, he underwent professional retraining in Urology, followed by retraining in Healthcare Management and Public Health in 2015 and Oncology in 2020.

In 2008, he defended his Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD) dissertation entitled “Prevention of Pancreatitis in Patients with Abdominal, Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Trauma without Direct Mechanical Injury to the Pancreas.”

In 2018, he defended his Doctor of Medical Sciences (DSc) dissertation entitled “Computer-Assisted Surgery for Kidney Diseases.” His research focuses on the implementation of computer technologies, artificial intelligence, and preoperative modelling in the surgical treatment of kidney diseases.

Since 2011, he has worked at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Since 2020, he has served as Professor at the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health, Head of the Center for Neural Network Technologies at University Clinical Hospital No. 2, and practicing urologist.

He is a member of Dissertation Council DSU 208.001.26 in the specialty 3.1.13 “Urology and Andrology” at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

Professor Sirota specializes in open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgery in urology and urologic oncology. He performs a broad range of urological and general surgical procedures.

One of his principal areas of clinical expertise is reconstructive surgery of the upper urinary tract, including ureteral reconstruction, reconstruction using intestinal segments, pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction, and other complex reconstructive procedures.

He performs nephron-sparing and radical surgery for kidney tumors and upper urinary tract tumors, as well as surgical treatment of prostate cancer and bladder cancer. He has extensive experience in laparoscopic surgery and in the management of patients with complex urological and urologic oncological conditions.

Professor Sirota leads the development and implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in clinical urology. He heads the development team behind the registered AI-based medical device “Sechenov.AI_nephro — Clinical Decision Support Service for Surgical Planning in Patients with Kidney Diseases” (Sechenov.AI_nephro).

He is Head of the Innovative Scientific School of the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health.

Research

Professor Sirota is the author and co-author of one monograph, 88 scientific publications, and 14 patents for inventions. He has delivered 35 presentations at Russian and international scientific and medical conferences and congresses.

H-index: Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) — 6, Scopus — 5, Web of Science — 2.

He holds current professional qualifications in Urology, Surgery, Oncology, and Healthcare Management and Public Health.

He is a member of the Russian Society of Urology, Russian Society of Urologic Oncology, and European Association of Urology.

Patents and Achievements

Patent No. 2673384 — “Method for Assessing Renal Function Using Multislice Computed Tomography.”

Utility Model Patent No. 185706 — “Non-Biological 3D-Printed Soft Kidney Model.”

Patent No. 2691524 — “Simulator for Training in Kidney Surgery.”

Patent No. 2736908 — “Method for Assessing the Probability of Adherent Perinephric Fat Attached to the Renal Capsule During Planning of Nephron-Sparing Kidney Surgery.”

Patent No. 2804234 — “Method for Assessing the Risk of Malignancy of a Kidney Tumor.”

Utility Model Patent No. 184014 — “Computing Device for Generating Three-Dimensional Models of Internal Organs from Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Data.”

Fellowships and Professional Training

• 2004 — Advanced training in endoscopic surgery, Novosibirsk State Medical Academy.
• 2006 — Professional retraining in Urology, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.
• 2013 — Advanced training program in “Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology,” I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
• 2015 — Professional retraining in Healthcare Management and Public Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
• 2015 — Training at ORSI Academy, Belgium; certified console surgeon for the da Vinci Surgical System.
• 2019 — Certification course in Surgery, Sechenov University.
• 2020 and 2025 — Certification courses in Urology, Sechenov University.
• 2020 — Professional retraining in Oncology, Sechenov University.
• 2026 — Certification course in Oncology, Sechenov University.

MD, Urologist

In 2022, she graduated with honors from Sechenov University, with a degree in General Medicine. In 2024, she completed her clinical residency in Urology at the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health, Sechenov University.

Since 2023, she has been pursuing postgraduate studies under the supervision of Prof. M.E. Enikeev. Her thesis is titled: “Comparative Analysis of Simultaneous and Staged Correction of Urogenital Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence.”

She is the author of more than 15 scientific publications in both international and Russian medical journals and regularly represents the university at various conferences.

Her main clinical and research focus lies in the field of uro-oncology with a particular focus on advancing surgical approaches to kidney tumors. She is also engaged in exploring new techniques in robot-assisted prostate surgery (nerve-sparing and anatomical approaches), as well as organ-preserving kidney surgery in oncological settings.

Her other area of interest is urogynecology. Together with her academic advisor, she works on implementing innovative and improving established methods of treating female stress urinary incontinence, including urethral ligament plication and mid-urethral sling procedures (TOT, TVT-O). In 2024, she received training in Istanbul from Emmanuel Delorme, one of the founders of these techniques.

Urologist, Candidate of Medical Sciences degree candidate

Area of activity: minor urology, endourology (BPH, ICD), urogynecology (postcoital cystitis, urethral masses), conservative treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system.

Applicant for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences.

Graduated from the postgraduate program on specialty “Urology” in the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education of the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov.

Participation in Russian and international scientific-practical conferences and congresses (5 reports).

5 scientific publications (including foreign ones).

Developed 1 patent for invention.

Urological surgeon, oncologist at the Urology Clinic of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Graduated from the Medical Institute of the N.P. Ogaryov Mordovian State University in 2008, then completed clinical residency and postgraduate studies in urology at the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

Scientific activity is devoted to modern methods of diagnostics and treatment of incidental prostate cancer.

She has experience in emergency operative urology, minor urology, endoscopic urology, treatment of urolithiasis, prostate adenoma.

Specializes in the treatment of prostate cancer, bladder cancer. Plastic surgeries for urethrovesical fistulas.

Surgical treatment of hernias in combination with urologic pathology.

Possesses modern methods of percutaneous surgery - in the treatment of kidney stones, ureter stones, endoscopic surgery - in prostate adenoma and bladder tumors.

He is a member of the Russian Society of Urologists and the Russian Society of Oncourologists.

Urologist, researcher and head of the Laboratory of Laser Technologies at the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health

In 2016 graduated from the First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University with a red diploma, then completed a clinical residency at the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health.

His scientific activity is devoted to laser technologies in the treatment of urological diseases (prostate adenoma, bladder cancer), minimally invasive methods of prostate cancer treatment: brachytherapy, cryoablation, nano-knife. He is proficient in all methods of surgery in minor urology (circumcision, Marmar operation, Bergman operation).

He is a member of the Russian and European societies of urologists. Repeatedly represented Sechenov University at domestic and foreign conferences.

He is a member of the EAU Section of Urological Imaging and Young academic urologists of EAU.

Reviewer for BMC Urology, High Power Laser Science and Engineering.

Urologist, andrologist, candidate of medical sciences

Specializes in the treatment of chronic prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, urolithiasis.

In 2004 he graduated from II Tashkent State Medical University majoring in “medical business”, studied in clinical residency and postgraduate studies at the Department of Urology of the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

He is a member of the Russian, European and American societies of urologists.

Urologist, researcher at the Institute of Urology and Human Reproductive Health of Sechenov University

Specialization - pelvic floor prolapse in women, urinary incontinence, minimally invasive surgery for postcoital cystitis, reconstructive surgery of the female pelvic floor.

In 2015, she graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University with a degree in “medical business”, then completed a clinical residency at the Department of Urology. Trained in France (Chalon-sur-Saône) on reconstructive surgery of the female pelvic floor for prolapse.

He is a member of the Russian, European and American societies of urologists.

Urologist at the Sechenov University Urology Clinic

PhD (Cand. Med. Sci.), Urologist of the highest category, Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health, Sechenov University

In 2013, Dr. Lobanov graduated from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University with a degree in General Medicine. In 2015, he completed his clinical residency in Urology, and in 2018, finished his postgraduate studies at the Institute of Urology and Reproductive Health of the same university. In 2022, he was awarded the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences (PhD). His dissertation was devoted to contemporary surgical aspects of laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

He is the author of more than 15 articles published in leading Russian and international scientific journals and holds 7 patents. Dr. Lobanov regularly represents the Institute of Urology at national and international conferences and is an active member of the Russian Society of Urology (ROU).

His professional expertise includes endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeries for urolithiasis, diseases of the upper and lower urinary tract, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and bladder tumors. He is also skilled in urogynecological interventions and innovative organ-preserving surgical techniques using 3D modeling.

Professional competencies:

• Endoscopic treatment of urolithiasis (ureteroscopy, retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS), percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL), including mini-PCNL and aspiration sheath).
• Laparoscopic reconstruction of the upper urinary tract for strictures and vascular conflicts.
• Urogynecology: treatment of postcoital cystitis, removal of urethral polyps, paraurethral cysts, and sling procedures for urinary incontinence.
• Minor urology (phimosis, short frenulum, varicocele, hydrocele, cysts).
• Oncourology — surgical treatment of testicular malignancies.
• Active implementation and use of modern technologies: laser en-bloc resection, 3D modeling for planning surgeries for kidney tumors and stones.

Dr. Lobanov continually advances his professional qualifications and undertakes training with leading specialists, including the author’s course on percutaneous kidney surgery under Professor N.A. Grigoriev (2022).

He is fluent in English.