Odesa National Medical University has become famous far beyond the borders of the country for its surgical school. Over the years of its existence, the university has educated a constellation of scientists, practicing surgeons, whose research and discoveries gave a new impetus to the development of international medical science.
Among the luminaries of the Odesa Surgical School there is Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Hrubnik – Head of the Department of Surgery of ONMedU, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Laureate of State Awards, Member of the Board of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES), Vice President of the Ukrainian Association of Minimally Invasive Specialists, endoscopic and laser technologies.