Alexander Sazhin

Head of the Department of Faculty Surgery No. 1 at the Faculty of General Medicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU). Supervisor of surgical and oncological (abdominal oncology) services at the Kommunarka Multidisciplinary Clinical Center. Operating surgeon.

Key areas of practice include laparoscopic oncological procedures on the stomach and colon, as well as the full spectrum of general surgical operations—both elective and emergency.
Throughout his career, he has been a proponent of and active participant in integrating minimally invasive techniques into routine surgical practice. He is proficient in a wide range of abdominal and retroperitoneal procedures, including complex gastrointestinal surgeries performed using modern electrosurgical equipment and surgical staplers.

2022–present: Surgeon at the Kommunarka Multidisciplinary Clinical Center (Moscow Department of Health); Head of Surgical Services at N.I. Pirogov City Clinical Hospital No. 1; Director of the Institute of Surgery at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Ministry of Health of Russia)
2016–present: Head of the Department of Faculty Surgery at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Ministry of Health of Russia)
2007–2016: Head of the Department of General Surgery (Pediatric Faculty) at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Ministry of Health of Russia)
2002–2006: Associate Professor, then Professor, Department of General Surgery at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Ministry of Health of Russia)
1995–2002: Novomoskovsk City Clinical Hospital (Tula Region). Surgeon; Head of the Surgical Department
1987–1989: Novomoskovsk City Hospital No. 1. Hospital orderly

1995 – Diploma in General Medicine, Ryazan State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov (Ministry of Health of Russia)
1996 – Internship in Surgery, Ryazan State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov (Ministry of Health of Russia)
1999 – Defense of Candidate of Medical Sciences dissertation: "Principles of a differentiated approach to selecting laparoscopic interventions for complicated cholelithiasis"
2006 – Defense of Doctor of Medical Sciences dissertation: "Endoscopic surgery of the previously operated abdomen,"
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Ministry of Health of Russia)
2010 – Professional retraining in Oncology, Ryazan State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov (Ministry of Health of Russia)

2002. Professional retraining in Oncology
2012. Training in Strasbourg, France: Laparoscopic bariatric surgery
2016. Training in Cleveland, USA: "Anterior abdominal wall reconstruction for complex hernias"
2017. Training in Seoul, South Korea (Severance Hospital): "Laparoscopic and robotic surgery for gastric cancer"
2018. Training in Annapolis, USA (Anne Arundel Medical Center): "Endovideosurgical and robotic surgery for ventral hernias"
2024. Training in Istanbul, Turkey; obtained daVinci Xi console surgeon certification

He is the author of over 315 scientific publications and a co-author of a number of national clinical guidelines. Under his supervision, eight Candidate of Sciences theses and one Doctor of Sciences thesis have been successfully defended.

Member of the Board of the Russian Society of Surgeons. Secretary General of the Russian Society of Endoscopic Surgeons.
Member of the Academic Council of RNIMU. Member of the Dissertation Council on Surgery at RNIMU.