Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mirkhalig Javadov

Surgical approach

The hardest decision in surgery is usually not “how to operate” but “should we operate at all”. The same diagnosis can call for entirely different plans in two patients: age, other illnesses, the site and stage of the tumour, previous operations — all of it shapes the decision. That is why a consultation starts with a conversation, and imaging comes afterwards.

Where possible, the keyhole (laparoscopic) approach is preferred — the incisions are small and recovery is usually faster. But it does not suit every patient; tumour size, adhesions or previous surgery can make the open approach safer. If the situation changes during the operation, converting to open surgery is not a failure — it is a safety decision.

In cancer cases the decision belongs to a team rather than a single doctor. A joint discussion between surgeon, oncologist, radiologist and pathologist — the multidisciplinary approach — determines the order of treatment: surgery first, or drug therapy first.

Research and academic work

Author or co-author of 48 articles in internationally indexed journals, 32 of them indexed in PubMed, with a Google Scholar h-index of 10. Contributor to 6 medical books: chapter author in five books published in Türkiye and co-editor of “Minimal Invasive Surgery”.

Research centres on colorectal and robotic surgery, thyroid and parathyroid disease, breast disease and hernia diagnostics.

2017–2022: lecturer, assistant professor and associate professor at Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, and the faculty’s education coordinator for general surgery.

Full list of articles, congress presentations and awards →

Training, courses and certificates

• Conservative Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Course (ALEXIA) — Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt, 2026
• PCCM’S-ISOS & ABDSA Oncoplastic & Reconstruction Breast Surgery Workshop — Baku, 27–29 August 2026 (30 CME credits)
• 2nd Advanced Oncoplastic Breast Surgical Skills Course — Nasser Institute for Research and Treatment, Cairo, Egypt, 2025 (RCSEd, 12 CPD hours)
• Diploma and certificate in laparoscopic surgery — University of Strasbourg, IRCAD, France, 2023–2024
• Intensive Course in Laparoscopic General Surgery — IRCAD, Strasbourg, 13–17 May 2024 (37.5 European CME credits, EACCME)
• Laparoscopy for General Surgeons Advanced Course — IRCAD, Strasbourg, 16–18 October 2023
• Oncoplastic Breast Symposium — Turkish Federation of Breast Diseases, İzmir, 2022
• Research and laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery cadaver course — State University of New York at Stony Brook, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, USA, 2016

See the diplomas and certificates

Society memberships

• European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) — 2019
• European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) — 2019
• Turkish Surgical Society (TCD) — 2018
• International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO) — 2017
• Azerbaijan Association of Breast Disease Specialists (ASVXMA) — 2025
• Azerbaijan Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgeons Association (AHPBA) — 2024

Updated: 21 September 2026