Head of the office- endoscopist, Vladimir A. Makhinya
The office is part of the Department of Endoscopy and Office of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostics.
In the 1970s, an endoscopic service was organized as a part of the Department of Surgery under the leadership of Prof. V.A. Klimansky. At that time, doctors like I.A. Zagrekov, V.S. Shavlokhov and A.V. Tochenov actively worked on mastering this new method for the whole of the country. Since 2002, with the arrival of doctors V.A. Makhinya and O.Y. Popova, the number of endoscopic examinations have increased significantly. In 2011, the endoscopic service became the Department of Endoscopy and in 2022, the Department of Endoscopy was transformed into the Department of Endoscopy & Office of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostics.
In close cooperation with the Intensive Care Unit, under the leadership of G.M. Galstyan, methods of performing bronchoalveolar lavages were developed and improved, the technique of installing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and the technique of installing tracheostomy by puncture dilation method were mastered. Currently, the department is equipped with modern digital equipment with high resolution (HD quality), the latest generation mounts, an electrosurgical unit, and an argonoplasmic coagulation apparatus, which allows for a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities of the department, as well as the possibility of surgical endoscopy.
For both outpatient and patients of the round-the-clock hospital, more than 2,500 thousand diagnostic and therapeutic studies of various complexity are conducted annually in the department.
The treatment of endoscopes is carried out strictly in accordance with all the requirements specified in the sanitary rules and regulations and methodological guidelines for ensuring epidemiological safety. All employees of the department, including doctors, undergo training every five years on “Epidemiological safety of non-sterile endoscopic interventions” at the G.N. Gabrichevsky Moscow State Medical University.
KEY EMPLOYEES
Olga Y. Popova — Head of the Department of Endoscopy & Office of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostics, endoscopist
Vladimir A. Makhinya — Head of the Office of Endoscopy, endoscopist
Olesya V. Onishchenko — senior nurse
