Pesnya-Prasolov Svetozar Borisovich

Neurosurgeon, Head of the Neurosurgery Department. Svetozar Borisovich pays special attention to an individual approach to each patient. He provides detailed consultations to patients and their relatives, explains the diagnosis, discusses treatment options and prognosis, and accompanies patients at all stages – from diagnostics to postoperative recovery.

Specialises in surgical treatment of diseases of the brain and spinal cord, spine and peripheral nerves. Proficient in modern diagnostic and treatment methods, including:
• Surgical treatment of intracranial haemorrhages (ruptures of arterial aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, haemorrhagic strokes, spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhages);
• Surgery for brain and spinal cord tumours;
• Microsurgical discectomy for intervertebral disc herniations;
• Minimally invasive techniques for removal of intracerebral haematomas (through small openings using local fibrinolysis with puroplazan);
• Endoscopic interventions in neurosurgery;
• Treatment of complicated cases of arterial aneurysm rupture;
• Use of neuronavigation (creation of virtual 3D models of the brain and cranial structures based on CT and MRI data);
• Use of microsurgical equipment (Zeiss Pentero and Muller Wedel operating microscopes);
• Diagnostics using multislice computed tomography (MSCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cerebral digital angiography, transcranial Doppler, etc.

2003–2005 – neurosurgeon at the Neurosurgery Department of City Clinical Hospital No. 33 named after Prof. A.A. Ostroumov.
2005–2016 – neurosurgeon at the Neurosurgery Department of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery".
2016–2019 – neurosurgeon at the 2nd Neurosurgery Department of the State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "City Clinical Hospital No. 67 named after L.A. Vorokhobov" (Moscow Department of Health).
Since 2020 – Head of the Neurosurgery Department at City Clinical Hospital No. 15 named after O.M. Filatov.

1995–2001 – Russian State Medical University, Faculty of General Medicine, specialising in "General Medicine".
2001–2003 – clinical residency in "Neurosurgery" at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine.
2016 – defended Candidate's dissertation on "Cryodestruction of brain tumours under intraoperative sonography guidance" (specialty 14.01.18 – neurosurgery).

Regular advanced training in specialised courses and seminars.

Author of more than 30 printed works, of which 10 are in journals included in the Higher Attestation Commission list.

Repeated speaker at Russian and international scientific conferences;
Supervisor of research on improving treatment strategies for patients with cerebral haemorrhages;
Participation in the training of young specialists and residents.