About Op. Dr. Dilara Hasanova

• 1999–2005: Azerbaijan Medical University, First Faculty of Medicine and Prevention (general medicine)
• 2005–2007: Clinical residency, Department of Surgical Diseases III named after Academician M.A. Topchubashov, AMU
• Since 2007: Clinical and academic work at the same department
• 2015: University of Minnesota, USA — “78th Annual Principles of Colon & Rectal Surgery” course

Detailed career path

Dr. Hasanova has worked at Modern Hospital since its early years. She took part in building the hospital's coloproctology service and the Women's Proctology Center. On Modern Hospital's official website, the Women's Proctology Center is described as a center “within the Coloproctology Department, formed of female doctors and medical staff.” There, operations are performed by female surgeon-proctologists, and anesthesia is given by female anesthesiologists.

In the early 2010s, Dr. Hasanova created an educational page titled “Qadın Proktologiyası — Woman's Proctology”. Its goal was to reduce the reluctance and embarrassment women feel and to encourage them to see a doctor in time. In her own words: “If a woman in a family is healthy, that family is healthy.” However, she also sees and treats male patients.

Every patient is unique. The aim is not only to relieve symptoms but to find the cause of the problem and to ensure the patient's emotional comfort. Dr. Hasanova prefers to stay with the patient from the examination to the end of the operation, and afterward at follow-up visits. In operations performed under spinal anesthesia, she is at the patient's side from the start of the operation.

• She is a member of the staff of the Department of Surgical Diseases III at AMU (since 2007).
• She has performed operations at the AMU Teaching Surgery Clinic.
• At AMU, she has taught the “Surgical Diseases” course to 5th-year students of the English-language section in the general medicine program (since 2020).
• Some of her former students are her colleagues today.

• Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (Türk Kolon ve Rektum Cerrahisi Derneği) — member
• Turkish Surgical Society (Türk Cerrahi Derneği) — member

• 2011: “Surgeon-Proctologist of the Year” title in the “Doctor of the Year” competition
• 2012: “Professional Doctor – 2012” national award (listed on her tibb.az profile as “winner-nominee”)

Azerbaijani (native language), Russian and English.

Proctological problems sometimes require the involvement of other specialties as well. When needed, Dr. Hasanova refers the patient to colleagues at Modern Hospital: endoscopists (colonoscopy, gastroscopy), radiologists (ultrasound, MRI), gastroenterologists, gynecologists, endocrinologists and physiotherapists. The treatment plan is drawn up jointly.