Kanan Yusif-zada


Kanan Yusif-zada is an Azerbaijani surgeon, a professor of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, an honorary doctor, past-Head of the Military Medical Division of the State Border Service (Azerbaijan), retired colonel of medical services, and a member of international medical organizations.

Early life

Kanan Yusif-zada was born in Gakh, Azerbaijan on June 28, 1973.
He started his primary education in Khutul, Mongolia. Later he came to Azerbaijan and completed his secondary education at the gymnasium of physics and mathematics in Sumgayit with a "Silver" medal.
In 1990, he started his undergraduate education at Azerbaijan Medical University and graduated from this faculty in 1996 with honors.
During 1996-1998, he studied general surgery at Azerbaijan Medical University.
During 1998–2004, he completed his residency in General Surgery of Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey.
In 2004, he protected scientific work under the name “Role of Anandamide at mesenteric ischemia-reperfusion” and was awarded the title of Ph.D. in Medicine.
In 2004, he carried out research work in the framework of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey sponsored NATO-PC "B" scholarship program in Ankara, Turkey and earned the highest qualification certificate.
In 2004 he completed research work within the NATO-PC "B" scholarship program supported by TUBITAK in Ankara, Turkey, and received a certificate of higher specialization.
In 2008, he started a research fellowship in the Department of Colorectal Surgery in Cleveland Clinic in the United States, and that December, worked as a visiting physician at the Department of General Surgery and Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at Mayo Clinic.
He enrolled in the MBA program at the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2015 and earned an Executive MBA at the ADA University in Azerbaijan from 2013 to 2016.
In 2016, he defended the Ph.D. thesis on "Minimally invasive interventions in pathologies of extrahepatic biliar system structures".

Career

He specializes in general and military surgery, gastroenterology and surgical endoscopy, breast and endocrine surgery, hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, colorectal surgery, military trauma, and business management.

Medical work

Kanan Yusif-zada gained his first medical experience in 1991–1996 as a senior preparator in the department of "Operative surgery and topographic anatomy" of Azerbaijan Medical University. Later he worked at the division of clinical ordinatura there.
In 2016 he began working as a Professor teaching Fundamentals of Medical Aid in Civil Defense at the Department of Chemical Engineering in Baku Higher Oil School.
From 10.2022 up to now - Lecturer at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Healthcare Management
Presidium of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences elected Yusif-zada Kanan Rafael - Professor of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences by the decision dated July 17, 2019.

Societies

Research

Author of 1 invention, 1 working model, 6 books, more than 100 scientific articles, and thesis.
Reviewer in such publications as "Clinical Case Reports", "Frontiers", a member of the editorial board of the journal "News of Surgery" and a member of the International Advisory Board of Fujita Medical Journal.

Books

  • 2002: General Surgery, co-author.
  • 2005: Gynecologic and Obstetrical Surgery, Ventral Abdominal Hernias, and Malign and Benign diseases of breast
  • 2011: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 2012: Surgical Endoscopy, Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 2016: Semi-Public Hospital Management, Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 2017: Fundamentals of Civil Defense and Medical Aid, Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 2018: Military-Medical Explanatory Dictionary, Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 2022: Comprehensive Explanatory Dictionary of Medical Terms, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Recognition

Patents

  • “Method of treatment of peritonitis” registered by the State Committee of Science and Technology of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the state register in 18.12.98 ;
  • “Laparoscopic Trainer” registered by the State Committee of Standardization, Metrology and Patent of Azerbaijan Republic in 05.11.2014