Knigavko Oleksandr Volodymyrovych

  • Urologist of the highest qualification category, urologic andrologic surgeon, pediatric urologist

  • Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, Department of Medicine.

    Professor of the Department of Urology, Nephrology and Andrology at Kharkiv National Medical University. Chief Researcher at the Problem Laboratory of Andrology and Human Reproduction. One of the leading Ukrainian scientists in the field of andrology and penile surgery.

  • He is the author of 220 scientific papers, including 3 monographs and textbooks and 19 patents.

  • He has 21 years of experience.

  • Initial consultation – 1000 UAH. She sees English-speaking patients.

Diagnoses, that patients come to us with:

  • erectile dysfunction
  • Ejaculation disorders (premature, retrograde, delayed ejaculation)
  • male infertility
  • Peyronie’s disease
  • male menopause
  • sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • prostatitis
  • varicocele
  • hypospadias
  • urethral stricture
  • recurrence of urolithiasis
  • penile dysmorphophobia associated with penile curvature.

Directions. work:

  • Surgical and conservative methods of treatment of STIs, male infertility, erectile dysfunction;
  • All types of surgeries to correct congenital and acquired tissue defects and deformities of various localizations of the male genital organ;
  • All types of operations to enlarge the male genital organ;

Methods, that a doctor has:

  • conservative treatment
  • methods of increasing the length and girth of the penis (ligamentomy, penis straightening, corporoplasty, implantation)
  • testicular prosthetics
  • prosthetics of the penis (phalloprosthetics)
  • plasmapheresis (PRP) of the penis
  • injection of hyaluronic acid into the glans penis
  • injection of polylactic acid into the penis shaft
  • introduction of stem cells into the penis to treat erectile dysfunction or Peyronie’s disease
  • injection of botulinum toxin into the penis to improve erection or in the treatment of premature ejaculation
  • laser dissection of a short bridle
  • laser excision of the scrotal sail (scrotum)
  • surgical treatment of premature ejaculation (denervation of penile nerve branches)

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Education

  • Kharkiv National Medical University (KhNMU), with honors, 2002.
  • He received his master’s degree in 2004.
  • Internship and postgraduate studies at Kharkiv Medical University (2002-2007). Kharkiv

Professional development

  • Internship in urology and andrology at AKH, Vienna, Austria (2013).
  • Doctor of Science degree and professor position – 2019.
  • Professor of the Department of Urology and Andrology since 2023
  • He participated in the Ukrainian part of the INUENDO project (the Pan-European project to study the effects of dioxins on human reproduction) as an andrologist. (2003-2005 р.)
  • Member of the European and International Society of Sexual Medicine. He presented some of his works at the 16th-22nd annual ESSM congresses (since 2014).
  • Member of the American Society of Andrology since 2017.
  • Member of the Arab Association of Urology since 2020.
  • Active member of the Global Andrology Forum.

The work of a doctor:

  • He is the author of 19 patents for inventions, new methods of treatment and new surgical techniques. (The latter patent was for a form of treatment for erectile dysfunction caused by venous leakage using autologous stem cells, PRP microinjections, and veno-occlusive surgery).
  • Author of the training course “Male Infertility” and “Erectile Dysfunction”, “Ejaculatory Disorders” for urologists.