Igor Povzhitkov, MD
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Interventional Pain Management
MEDICAL EDUCATION:
08/1975-06/1983
Doctor of Medicine, M.D.
State Medical Academy
Tver, USSR
POSTGRADUATE DEGREE:
1988
Candidate of Medical Sciences
(Ph.D. equivalent)
Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:
07/1997-06/2000
Resident in Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
University Hospital for the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, NY
0811994-06/1997
Resident in General Surgery
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, NY, NY
08/1983-07/1986
Resident in General Surgery
Kiev Medical School
Department of General Surgery # 1, Kiev, USSR
FELLOWSHIP:
08/1986-07/1987
Fellow in Hepato-Billiary Surgery
Kiev Medical School
Surgery Center of Liver,
Bile Ducts and Pancreas, Kiev, USSR
ACADEMIC and CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS:
2003 - Igor M. Povzhitkov, M.D., P.C.
2001- 2003
Jacobi Hospital Medical Center
Attending Anesthesiologist
NY,NY
2000- 2001
Ramapo Anesthesiologists, P.C.
Attending Anesthesiologist
Suffern, NY
1989-1990
Principal Scientific and Medical Advisor
"Ecosorb" Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
Kiev, USSR
1989-1990
Associate Professor of Surgery
Kiev Medical School
1987-1990
Co-Di rector
Department of Artificial Organs
Kiev Medical School and
Institute of Oncology
Acadcmy of Science, Ukraine
1987-1989
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Kiev Medical School
08/1987-10/1990
Attending surgeon
City Hospital # 14, Kiev Ukraine
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