The international medical conference Breast Weekend 3.0 took place in Uzhhorod, focusing on modern approaches in breast surgery—including aesthetic plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, and breast oncology.
The conference was opened by Uzhhorod Mayor Bohdan Andriyiv, who emphasized the importance of such events for the development of the city and region as a modern medical and professional hub.
The conference brought together Ukrainian and international specialists and served as a platform for interdisciplinary discussion of modern treatment methods, recovery, and aesthetic outcomes in patient care.
According to the organizers, a key feature of the event is the combination of oncological, reconstructive, and aesthetic approaches, which aligns with current global practice.
“Today, breast cancer treatment is a team effort. Oncology, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery cannot exist in isolation. It is their combination that allows us to achieve the best results for the patient—both medical and aesthetic,” said the conference’s main organizer and founder of the Lita Plus clinic, Serhiy Derbak.
This year, the conference featured international speakers from the Czech Republic, Germany, and Moldova, who traveled to Ukraine to exchange clinical experience and discuss modern approaches in breast surgery.
According to the organizers, the participation of European experts is a crucial component of the industry’s development, as it allows for the integration of Ukrainian experience into an international context and the formation of a shared professional environment.
The conference program devoted special attention to new trends in breast surgery. In particular, plastic surgeon Oleksandr Karpinsky presented the concept of “tissue preservation”—an approach that involves preserving tissues and utilizing natural anatomical structures during surgery.
“Today we are living in a period of changing philosophy in plastic surgery. The current trend is minimal trauma. We work with anatomy while preserving tissues, which allows us to significantly shorten the recovery period and at the same time achieve stable results. This is a new stage in the development of breast surgery,” — noted Karpinsky.
According to him, this approach is already actively used abroad in aesthetic surgery and will shape the development of the field in the coming years.
Uzhhorod Mayor Bohdan Andriyiv emphasized the importance of hosting international medical events for the region’s development.
“Hosting such conferences is a key factor in the development of the city and the region. It fosters a professional environment, attracts international partners, and shapes Uzhhorod’s image as a platform for medical advancement and professional exchange,” he noted.
The conference was held with the support of the Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Dermatological Aesthetic Surgery and Oncoplastic Mammology (UPRADAS) and included a charitable component—a portion of the proceeds was directed toward supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The organizers note that Breast Weekend 3.0 marked another step in building a professional community that advances modern approaches to breast surgery and interdisciplinary collaboration in Ukraine.
On April 18–19, 2026, the international conference Breast Weekend 3.0 will take place in Uzhhorod, dedicated to breast surgery — plastic, aesthetic, and oncoplastic reconstructive surgery. The event will be held at the Old Continent hotel in the city center and will become the seventh event of the educational project Live Surgery Transcarpathian.
The international status of the conference is confirmed by the participation of foreign speakers. Among the announced and confirmed speakers are plastic and reconstructive surgeon Petros Christodoulou (Prague, Czech Republic), plastic and reconstructive surgeon Anna Lukyanova (Düsseldorf, Germany), as well as Ukrainian specialists Serhii Derbak and Denys Pomynchuk.
The Breast Weekend 3.0 program is focused on modern approaches in breast surgery. The organizers’ announcements mention lectures, clinical cases, and professional dialogue in the fields of oncoplastic surgery, reconstruction, and aesthetic breast surgery. Separate announced topics include breast fat grafting techniques, inframammary fold formation, as well as the analysis of practical clinical cases and modern European approaches in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
The key goal of the conference is to unite Ukrainian and foreign specialists around practical exchange of experience, raising the standards of breast surgery, and integrating the Ukrainian professional community into the international educational context. The organizers position the event as a platform for live professional communication, learning from real clinical examples, and discussing solutions applicable in the daily practice of a surgeon.
Live Surgery Transcarpathian is an educational project under the patronage of Lita Plus Clinic; it already has seven organized events, more than 95 speakers, and over 120 presentations to its credit.
Lita Plus is a plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine clinic in Uzhhorod founded in 2018 by plastic surgeon Serhii Derbak.
UPRADAS (Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Dermatologic Aesthetic Surgery and Oncoplastic Mammology) is the first Ukrainian association uniting plastic surgeons, reconstructive surgeons, dermatologic surgeons, and oncoplastic mammologists; the organization develops postgraduate education, international cooperation, and the raising of professional standards.
Interfax-Ukraine is the media partner of the conference.
