Dr. Nurlan Seitbekuly is Head of the Department of Trauma Surgery at the Central Military Hospital of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty. With more than a decade of surgical experience, he has performed outpatient, planned, and emergency surgeries in both district and urban hospitals. He holds a medical degree and residency in general surgery from Kazakhstan-Russian Medical University and a master’s degree in health management from Kazakh Medical University. His professional interests include laparoscopic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery with a focus on reducing postoperative complications.

Mentor: Jose G. Trevino, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, VCU School of Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, VCU Massey Cancer Center