Orest Palamar

About myself

Experience in neurosurgery over 30 years. Main areas of surgical work: skull base surgery, pituitary surgery, craniofacial tumors surgery and other craniofacial pathology (traumatic, congenital), craniovertebral tumors surgery (C1-C2 vertebrae) and other craniovertebral pathology (traumatic, congenital). Posterior fossa tumors surgery (vestibular schwannomas, petroclival meningiomas). Surgery of intraventricular tumors (tumors of 3, 4 and lateral ventricles) and brainstem tumors. Intracerebral tumors surgery. Treatment of craniovertebral pathology (C1-C2 vertebrae), traumatic, congenital. Microsurgical treatment of the spine and spinal cord pathology. Surgery performed with minimally invasive endoscopic and microsurgical techniques, skull base approaches, endonasal and transoral approaches.

Undergraduate education

YearsSpecialtyInstitution
1983-1989Degree in General MedicineKyiv Medical Institute named after O. Bogomolets (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Postgraduate education

YearsADVANCED TRAINING
1991Internship at the Department of Neurosurgery ( headed by prof. G. Pedachenko) Shupyk Kyiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (Kyiv, Ukraine)
10.1992-12.1992Clinical Attachment in the Gough-Cooper Department of Surgical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom (Head of Department, Prof. Lindsay Simon)
01.1993-01.1994International Neurosurgical Fellowship (under Mr. Alan Crockard, FRCS),
Department of Surgical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1, United Kingdom
02.1994- 03.1994Clinical Attachment (under Mr. Henry Marsh FRCS) in the Department of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Moorley’s Hospital, Copse Hill, Wimbledon, London,United Kingdom
07.1994-11.1994Sugita Scholar Trainee Course in Vascular and Tumor Microneurosurgical Techniques in the Department of Surgical Neurology (Head of Department Prof. Kenichiro Sugita), Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya 466, Japan
1994-1997PhD program at the Romodanov Neurosurgical Institute PhD thesis: “Trauma to the cranio-vertebral junction. Diagnosis and treatment” (headed by prof. Y.Zozulya) (Kyiv, Ukraine)
March 2000Visitor Neurosurgical Department at the Bethisraeli hospital, New York, USA (headed by prof. Fred Epstein)
July 2005Three days attendance of the Saint Louis University craniofacial surgery workshop led by prof. James T. Goodrich).
March 2008One week attachment at the International Neurosurgical Institute, Hannover, Germany, headed by prof Samii.
May 2008One week attachment at the dep. Of neurosurgery, Ljubliana University, Slovenia (head of the department, prof. Vinco Dolenc)
August 2008One week attachment at the dep. Of neurosurgery, Nordshtadt hospital, Hannover, Germany (head of the department, prof. Gaab)
August 2010Visitor (two days) to the dep. of neurosurgery, Helsinki University, Finland (head of the department prof. Juha Hernesniemi)
28 March 2011- 8 April 2011Clinical attachment at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery. 200 Lathrop Street, Suite B-400. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (head o the department Dr. Paul Gardner)
01.02.2011-03.02.20113-days clinical attachment at the department of vascular pathology Herriot hospital, Lion University Hospital, France
29.01-06.02.2011Clinical attachment at the department of Neurosurgery (chief dep. Prof. Sindou), Neurological Hospital Pierre Wertheimer, Lion, France
25.08.2011-7.09.2011Course on vascular neurosurgery at the dep. Of neurosurgery, Helsinki University, Finland, (chief dep. Prof. Juha Hernesniemi)
24.10-29.10.2011Course on cerebro-vascular pathology, spinal pathology and skull base surgery Barrow Neurological Institute, Feniks, Arisona, (chief dep. Prof. Robert Spetzler)
02.06.2012Master class “Fundamentals of endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery. Possibilities extended approaches “. Storz, Moscow.
13.11– 16.11.2013Surgical training course entitled “Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery of the Cranial Base and Pituitary Fossa” conducted by Drs. Fernandez-Miranda, Paul Gardner and Carl Snyderman at the Dep. Of Neurosurgery Pittsburg University, USA, (chief dep. Prof. Friedlander)
June  2018One Month attachment in skull base tumors surgery. Department of Neurosurgery (School of Medicine, Keio University), under prof. Kazunari Yoshida, prof. Takeshi Kawase (Tokio, Japan).
October 3-7, 2021eEANS 2021  – Surgical tactics of treatment craniofacial tumors, their intra-extracranial spread – Intraventricular and brain stem tumors. Endoscopic possibilities
October 3-7, 2021 eEANS 2021  – Surgical tactics of treatment craniofacial tumors, their intra-extracranial spread – Intraventricular and brain stem tumors. Endoscopic possibilities
 August 21-25, 2021 AANS 2021 Third Ventricle Surgery With The Endoscopic Frontal Transcortical Approach. Decreasing the risks. – Transbasal approaches to the anterior skull base tumors. – Could hormonal remission in prolactinomas be achieved with surgery? Our experience
 26.11.2021 Oncology/Skull Base Surgery WFNS Symposium Extended endoscopic endonasal approaches to skull base tumors
 October 16-20, 2022 EANS 2022 – Endoscopic frontal transcortical transventricular approach to thalamic tumors. Risks and limitations
Apr 29 – May 02, 2022 AANS 2022 – Thalamic tumors. Risks and limitations of endoscopic transventricular surgery.
April 21-24, 2023 91st AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles – Thalamic Tumors. Risks and Limitations of Endoscopic Transventricular Surgery 
September 9–12, 2025VIII Congress of the Ukrainian Association of Neurosurgeons, Kyiv, Ukraine. Oral presentation: “Endoscopic Surgery of the Third Ventricle”
September 19, 2025Lviv Oncology Forum, Lviv, Ukraine. Oral presentation: “Surgical Strategy for Craniofacial Tumors”
October 18, 2025Scientific and Practical Conference “Synergy of Specialists in the Treatment of Head and Neck Diseases”, Kyiv, Ukraine. Oral presentation: “Surgery for Craniofacial Tumors and Reconstruction of Complex Craniofacial Defects”
April 3–4, 2026International Scientific and Practical Conference “Craniofacial Surgery. Skull Base Surgery. Multidisciplinary Approach”, Kyiv, Ukraine. Oral presentation: “Surgery of Craniofacial Tumors”
May 1–4, 2026Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), San Antonio, Texas, USA. Poster presentation by the Department of Endoscopic and Craniofacial Neurosurgery
June 1–3, 2026Helsinki Live Course in Exoscopic Microneurosurgery, Helsinki, Finland. International training course focused on advanced techniques in exoscopic microneurosurgery

WORK EXPERIENCE

YearsWork place
1989-1991 yyNeurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery, Kiev City Emergency Hospital, Bratislavska street 9, Kiev, Ukraine (headed by prof. M.Polishchuk)
1992-1994 yyPostgraduate medical training in neurosurgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK; Atkinson Moorley’s Hospital, Copse Hill, Wimbledon, London,UK; Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Japan
12.1994-12.1997 yy.Neurosurgeon in the Spinal Surgery Department. Romodanov Neurosurgical Institute (headed by prof. V.Myhajlovskyi)
1998 y. – 09.2009 y.Neurosurgeon in the Department of extracerebral tumors surgery at the Romodanov Neurosurgical Institute (headed by prof. Y.Zozulya)
09.2009-04.2012 yy.Neurosurgeon, Kiev Regional Clinical Hospital. Neurosurgical center (headed by prof. M.Ankin.)
2002-2016 yy.Consultant-Neurosurgeon at the Kolomiychenko Otolaryngological Institute (headed by prof. D.Zabolotnyi)
2014- till nowNeurosurgeon, Department of endoscopic and craniofacial neurosurgery, Romodanov Neurosurgical Institute (headed by prof. E. Pedachenko)