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.
Specialists in plastic and reconstructive medicine, dermatosurgery, and oncoplastic mammology have united into an association to establish modern medical standards.
As reported to the “Interfax-Ukraine” agency, the Ukrainian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Dermatologic Aesthetic Surgery and Oncoplastic Mammology (UPRADAS) brings together four key areas: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, dermatosurgery, and oncoplastic mammology. This will create a new model of collaboration among doctors.
UPRADAS is developing a system of continuous education, creating expert commissions to support doctors in complex clinical cases, and providing access to international training programs and congresses.
For patients, the association’s activities mean the emergence of transparent mechanisms for assessing the quality of medical care, higher safety standards, and increased trust in specialists.
“UPRADAS is not just another organization. It is a structure that creates unified ethical rules focused on the safety of both patients and doctors. We are forming a professional system where the main value is knowledge, and the main standard is responsibility. Ukraine has strong specialists, but they need space for development, education systems, and mutual support,” said Serhiy Derbak, President of Upradas in the field of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and founder of the Lita Plus clinic.
He emphasized that the main goal of UPRADAS is to create unified professional standards that regulate not only the technical aspects of surgery but also the ethical, educational, and communication principles of the industry.
Among the strategic areas of activity are the development of methodological recommendations, the creation of a Medical Care Quality Commission, the implementation of continuous training programs, and the enhancement of international integration for Ukrainian specialists.
Furthermore, UPRADAS plans to create an independent expert commission where both patients and doctors can turn for the review of complex clinical cases, consultations, and professional opinions.
Key priorities for the association will be improving doctors’ qualifications through continuous education and international exchanges, establishing ethical and professional norms that protect both the patient and the doctor, and enhancing the quality of medical services through the standardization of processes and clinical protocols.
Upradas members are regular participants in world congresses such as AMWC (Monaco), IMCAS (Paris), Global Breast Surgery Congress, European School of Reconstructive Microsurgery (Barcelona), and others.
The annual Ukrainian conferences Breast Meeting, Anatomy of Beauty, and Difficult Cases Conference with the participation of international speakers are planned.
“UPRADAS creates a platform where a doctor has everything necessary for quality work, and a patient has everything for confidence in their treatment. Together, we are forming new standards that will improve the quality of care and strengthen trust in Ukrainian medicine,” said Oleg Savenkov, President of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery direction of UPRADAS.
“The future of medicine lies in knowledge and ethics. We combine science, practice, and international experience so that Ukrainian dermatosurgery and aesthetic medicine develop according to world standards,” commented Oleksandr Turkevych, President of the Dermatosurgery direction of UPRADAS.
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