Born and raised in Kyiv in the family of a doctor, Oleksandr Stakhovskyi graduated from the National Medical University in 2004. After completing his residency at the “National Medical Academy and the Institute of Urology, he spent six months at the Institute Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris (France), learning laparoscopic urological surgery. He then graduated from the University of Toronto (Canada) and returned to the National Cancer Institute of Ukraine to join the urological department. He completed his PhD thesis on kidney cancer operative management in 2015.
Oleksandr was a cofounder of the Ukrainian Society of Clinical Oncology (USCO) which became a major platform for communication between Ukrainian oncologists, organizing conferences and promoting knowledge and educational opportunities for the next generation of oncologists. After completing his final Doctor of Medicine thesis, Oleksandr joined the Ukrainian Military Medical Academy as a professor in 2023, while providing care for uro-oncological patients in NCI. His research focusses on molecular biomarkers of advanced bladder cancer, prostate and kidney cancer surgical management and minimally invasive urological surgery.
In 2023, he was accepted to the Surgical Leadership Program of Harvard Medical School and is looking to graduate from this world-renowned university in 2024.