Amankulov Zhandos Muktarovich

Work experience

• 04.2014–09.2020 — Radiology Physician, Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology, Almaty

• 10.2014–07.2015 — CT Physician, Central City Clinical Hospital, Almaty

• 09.2015–08.2016 — CT and MRI Physician, Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical Center of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty

• 09.2015–08.2021 — Assistant / Clinical Mentor, Department of Visual Diagnostics, S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty

• 08.2018–09.2020 — PET/CT Physician, Orhun Medical, Almaty

• 08.2020–Present — Head of PET/CT Department, Orhun Medical, Almaty

• 09.2020–Present — Head of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology, Almaty

Education

• 2005–2011 — S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Bachelor’s Degree in General Medicine, GPA: 4.0/4.0

• 2011–2012 — S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Internship in Surgery

• 2012–2014 — S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Residency in Radiology

• 2016–2019 — S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, PhD in Medicine

• Professional Development:

• 2009 — Leadership Course “Top 100 KazNMU”, S.D. Asfendiyarov KazNMU, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2013 — Visiting Scholarship Program, Radiology, University of California, San Diego, USA

• 2014 — “PET Radiochemistry” Course, FMBA, Moscow, Russia

• 2015 — European School of Radiology, Astana Tutorial, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2015 — Nuclear Medicine Workshop, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic

• 2016 — Focused Assessment with Sonography for Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Italy

• 2017 — Cycle “Current Issues in CT and MRI”, KRMU, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2017 — 2nd Radiology Seminar (RAD-AID USA–Kazakhstan), KazNIIoR, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2017 — European School of Radiology, Graz Tutorial, Medical University of Graz, Austria

• 2018 — Cycle “Positron Emission Tomography”, RNTsRKhT, Saint Petersburg, Russia

• 2019 — Cycle “Planning and Evaluation of Effective Projects in Health Research”, TDR/WHO Project

• 2019 — Cycle “Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)”, TDR/WHO Project, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2019 — Cycle “Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)”, TDR/WHO Project, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2020 — Cycle “Ensuring Radiation Safety”, NCOZ, Almaty, Kazakhstan

• 2021 — Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar, Weill Cornell Medicine and Medical University of Vienna, Open Medical Institute, Austria, December 7–9

• 2022 — OIC – Oncologic Imaging Course, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 30 – July 2

• 2022 — Asian Oceanian School of Radiology Youth Club, Astana, Kazakhstan, August 24–25

• 2025 — Modern Challenges in Clinical Medicine and Radiology

Membership in Professional Organizations

• 2013–2019 — American Roentgen Ray Society

• 2013–2019 — Radiological Society of North America

• 2014–2022 — Kazakhstan Radiological Society

• 2014–2022 — European Society of Radiology

• 2016–2022 — Association of Oncologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• 2017–2022 — European Society for Oncologic Imaging

• 2017–Present — European Society for Medical Oncology

• 2017–Present — European Society of Coloproctology

• 2018–2022 — European Society for Hybrid, Molecular and Translational Imaging

Awards and Scholarships

• 2007–2010 — President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Scholarship

• 2011 — Scholarship of the A.N. Syzganov National Scientific Center of Surgery

• 2017 — Young Scientist Award, Kazakhstan Association of Oncologists

• 2022 — Best Young Researcher of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Oncology

Publications

• Amankulov J.M. Association of natural killer cell activity with the detection rate of colorectal neoplasms during screening. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2022, 2(64), 14–18.

• Panina A., Kaidarova D., Zholdybay Z., Ainakulova A., Amankulov J., Toleshbayev D., Zhakenova Z., Khozhayev A. Lung Cancer Screening With Low-dose Chest Computed Tomography: Experience From Radon-contaminated Regions in Kazakhstan. J Prev Med Public Health. 2022 May;55(3):273–279. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.21.600. Epub 2022 Apr 14. PMID: 35678001; PMCID: PMC9201089.

• Dauytova Y.T., Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Zhakenova Zh.K., Amankulov J.M., Baigulova S.S. PET/CT in assessing lymphoma response to treatment. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2022, 1(63), 32–35.

• Filippenko E.V., Amankulov J.M., Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Zhakenova Zh.K., Panina A.S., Kasenova S.L. Computed tomography features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with lung cancer. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2022, 1(63), 36–40.

• Amankulov J., Kudaibergen D., Zholdybay Z., Zagurovskaya M., Shatkovskaya O., Ainakulova D., Orazgaliyeva M. Natural killer cell activity level in colorectal cancer screening in an average risk population. Archives of Medical Science, 2021.

• Amankulov J., Kaidarova D., Zholdybay Z., Zagurovskaya M., Baltabekov N., Gabdullina M., Ainakulova A., Toleshbayev D., Panina A., Satbayeva E., Kalieva Z. Colorectal Cancer Screening with Computed Tomography Colonography: Single Region Experience in Kazakhstan. Clin Endosc, 2021.

• Amankulov J., Akhmetova G., Toleshbayev D., Zholdybay Z., Mangitova L., Kaidarova D. Single-centre evaluation and staging of rectal carcinoma on a 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and correlation with histological profile. Polish Journal of Radiology, 2021, 86(1), 217–224.

• Arnankulova A.S., Zholdybay Z.Z., Kaidarova D.R., Inozemtseva N.I., Gabdullina M.O., Zhakenova Z.K., Panina A.S., Toleshbayev D.K., Amankulov J.M. Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography without and with a delayed image for diagnosing malignancy among mass lesions in dense breast. Contemporary Oncology (Poznan, Poland), 2021, 25(1), 18–22.

• Karakoshin K.E., Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Toleshbayev D.K., Amankulov J.M., Dynakulova D.S. Informativeness of multiparametric MRI and PET/CT in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. KazNMU Bulletin, 2020, 2, 148–152.

• Akhmetova A.R., Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Amankulov J.M., Olzherov G.T., Dkizhanova D.I., Toktasynsyz M. Clinical application of 18F-FDG PET/CT in oncology: rare gastrointestinal tumors (literature review). Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2020, 3(51), 39–43.

• Kainazarova M.A., Sarsembasova S.A., Kasymbekova A.B., Amankulov J.M. Application of porous orbital implant KOculfib for the formation of an oculo-motor stump after enucleation in patients with uveal melanoma. Field of Vision, 2020, 6, 35–36.

• Tazhedinov I., Krasnoshtanov V.K., Khan O.G., Satbayeva E.B., Nietpaeva O.V., Amankulov J.M., Toykin B.S., Ilyasov L.U. Preclinical studies of the drug “Fluorodeoxyglucose 18F” for injections. KazNMU Bulletin, 2019, №4, 347–351.

• Karakulov R., Amankulov Zh.M. Treatment stratification of non-Hodgkin large B-cell lymphoma patients based on the identification of mutational c-MYC gene. Annals of Oncology, 2019, №30 (suppl_9): ix93–427.

• Zholdybay Z., Akhmetova G., Toleshbayev D.K., Amankulov J., Ainakulova D. Accuracy of 3T MRI for local staging and extramural vascular invasion assessment in rectal cancer with pathological correlation. ECR 2019 Congress Abstracts, Poster C-0518.

• Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Amankulov J.M., Abdrasilova Zh. et al. Virtual colonoscopy. KazNMU Bulletin, 2018, №3, 58–64.

• Kaidarova D.R., Adilbay G.G., Amankulov J.M. et al. Prospects of nuclear medicine in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. II. Radioiodine therapy of recurrence and metastases of differentiated thyroid cancer. Medicine, 2018.

• Amankulov J.M., Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Orazgaliyeva M. Computed tomographic colonography and natural killer cell activity test in screening for colorectal cancer. Innovation of Imaging: Value-based Radiology for Patients. Abstract Book, Korean Congress of Radiology, 2018, 114–175.

• Amankulov J.M., Sadibekova A.K., Olzherov G.T. Virtual colonoscopy in the diagnosis of colorectal tumors. Materials of the XIV International Scientific-Practical Conference of Students, Masters, Postgraduates, Doctoral Candidates, and Young Scientists “Youth, Science and Innovation”. Almaty, 2018. Volume I, 12.

• Amankulov J.M., Zholdybay Zh.Zh. et al. New biomarkers in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Eurasian Oncology Journal, 2018, Volume 6, №1, 197.

• Amankulov J.M., Mangitova L.A., Kozhabekova A.E., Olzherov G.T. Computed tomographic colonography in the diagnosis of colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Collection of Proceedings of the International Scientific-Practical Conference of Young Scientists “Akanov Readings: Current Issues of Medicine and Healthcare”, 2018.

• Tazhedinov I., Amankulov J.M. Some promising radionuclides in nuclear medicine of Kazakhstan. Bulletin of the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2018, №1(73), 31–35.

• Kaidarova D.R., Adilbay G.G., Amankulov J.M. et al. Prospects of nuclear medicine in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. I. Radioablation stage of radionuclide therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer. Medicine, 2018, №6 (192), 21–26.

• Amankulov J., Kaidarova D., Zholdybay Z. et al. Virtual Colonoscopy as a primary screening tool for colorectal cancer in Kazakhstan. Colorectal Disease, 2017, Vol. 19, Issue S2, 19.

• Tazhedinov I., Amankulov J.M., Talaeva Sh.Zh. et al. Opportunities of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases of breast cancer. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2017, №3(45), 25–26.

• Tazhedinov I., Seysenbayeva G.T., Khan O.V., Amankulov J.M. Radionuclide therapy – a key area in the development of nuclear medicine. Medicine, 2017, №7(181), 2–8.

• Tazhedinov I., Nurgaliev N.S., Amankulov J.M. Prospects for the application of nuclear medicine in oncourology. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2017, Special Issue, 114.

• Tazhedinov I., Nurpeisov S.O., Seysenbayeva G.T., Amankulov J.M. Nuclear medicine in oncology of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2011, Special Issue, 39.

• Tazhedinov I., Amankulov J.M., Talaeva Sh.Zh., Seysenbayeva G.T. Prospects of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2017, Special Issue 88.

• Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Amankulov J.M. et al. Epidemiology of colorectal cancer in Kazakhstan. KazNMU Bulletin, 2017, №1, 162–168.

• Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Isamatov B.K., Amankulov J.M., Zhakenova D.K. Virtual colonoscopy in early diagnosis of colorectal neoplasms. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2016, №1(39), 38–39.

• Amankulov J.M., Tazhedinov I.T., Plunusov K.T. Five years of operation of a domestically produced 99mTc generator. Bulletin of the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2016, 139–141.

• Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Akhmetova G.S., Amankulov J.M. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of colorectal tumors. KazNMU Bulletin, 2015, №4, 130–132.

• Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Akhmetova G.S., Zhakenova D.K., Amankulov J.M. Multislice computed tomography in the diagnosis of colon tumors. Oncology and Radiology of Kazakhstan, 2015, №4(38), 34–35.

• Amankulov J.M., Bekbosynov N.N., Toymetov Sh.P. Virtual colonoscopy in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer. YUGFA Bulletin, 2014, №4(69), 245–247.

• Zholdybay Zh., Amankulov Zh. Dose reduction techniques in pediatric CT. REJR, 2014, №4(3).

• Tazhedinov I.T., Talaeva L.Zh., Serikbaev G.A., Amankulov J.M. et al. Prospects for implementation of radionuclide sentinel lymph node detection in Kazakhstan. Collection of Abstracts of the V Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of Kazakhstan, 2014.

• Tazhedinov I.T., Adilbayev G.B., Amankulov J.M. et al. Planning radionuclide diagnostics and therapy of thyroid cancer in Kazakhstan. Collection of Abstracts of the V Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of Kazakhstan, 2014.

Scientific Presentations

• Research Projects

• 2016 — Evaluation of safety, efficacy, and administration regimen of the pharmacological agent “Phytat-99mTc, injection solution” (funding: RSE INP MES RK)

• 2016 — Evaluation of safety, efficacy, and administration regimen of the pharmacological agent “MDF-99mTc, injection solution” (funding: RSE INP MES RK)

• 2017–2019 — No. 55110/PCF-MZ RK-OT-19 “New molecular-genetic methods for presymptomatic diagnosis and treatment of several significant diseases” (funding: MES RK)

• 2021 — “New approaches to presymptomatic diagnosis of lung cancer using modern radiological technologies” (funding: Boehringer Ingelheim)

• 2021–2023 — AP09057870 “Application of innovative surgical technologies and plasma powder in oral surgery” (funding: MES RK)

• 2021–2023 — BR11065390 “Development and advancement of innovative technologies for early diagnosis and treatment of malignant diseases considering modern genomic approaches” (funding: MoH RK)

• Conference Presentations

• 2014 — IV Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Prospects for implementing radionuclide sentinel lymph node detection in Kazakhstan (oral)

• 2016 — Scientific-practical conference of CT and MRI specialists “Modern achievements of CT and MRI in diagnostics,” Almaty, Kazakhstan. MRI and CT in colorectal cancer diagnostics (oral)

• 2017 — VI Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Virtual colonoscopy and its validation in colorectal cancer diagnostics (oral)

• 2017 — XV Conference of Young Medical Scientists of the CIS “Current Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine,” Almaty, Kazakhstan. CT colonography in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer (oral)

• 2017 — XI All-Russian National Congress of Radiologists and Therapists “Radiology – 2017,” Moscow, Russia. MRI of rectal cancer (oral)

• 2017 — International Scientific Forum dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Promising radiological technologies in nuclear medicine (oral)

• 2017 — 17th Scientific and Annual Meeting of the European Society of Coloproctology, Berlin, Germany. Virtual Colonoscopy as a Primary Screening Tool for Colorectal Cancer in Kazakhstan (poster)

• 2017 — 101st Congress of the Russian Society of Radiologists and Radiotherapists, Moscow, Russia. Virtual colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening (oral)

• 2018 — “Akanov Readings: Current Issues in Medicine and Healthcare,” V International Scientific-practical Conference of Young Scientists “Science and Medicine: Modern Perspective of the Youth,” Almaty, Kazakhstan. CT colonography in the diagnosis of colorectal polyps and cancer (oral)

• 2018 — X Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of CIS and Eurasia, Sochi, Russia. New biomarkers in colorectal cancer diagnostics (oral)

• 2018 — Second Scientific-practical conference of CT and MRI specialists “Role of CT and MRI in Oncology and Pediatrics,” Almaty, Kazakhstan. Virtual colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening (oral)

• 2018 — Korean Congress of Radiology, Seoul, Korea. CT Colonography and Natural Killer Cells Activity Test in Screening for Colorectal Cancer (oral)

• 2018 — Symposium “Role of PET/CT in Oncology,” Almaty, Kazakhstan. Basics of PET/CT and RFP radiochemical technology (oral)

• 2018 — Symposium “Innovative Solutions in Radiology,” Taraz, Kazakhstan. PET/CT in oncology (oral)

• 2019 — Scientific-practical conference “Innovative Solutions in Radiology,” Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Clinical application of PET/CT (oral)

• 2019 — European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Vienna, Austria. Accuracy of 3T MRI for local staging and extramural vascular invasion assessment in rectal cancer with pathological correlation (ePOS)

• 2019 — ESMO Asia Congress, Singapore. Treatment stratification of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients Based on c-MYC gene (poster)

• 2020 — International Conference “Oncology of Kazakhstan: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow,” Almaty, Kazakhstan. Modern methods of colorectal cancer diagnostics (oral)

• 2021 — Scientific-practical conference “Modern Opportunities in Diagnosis and Treatment of Genitourinary Tumors,” Association of Oncologists of Kazakhstan and Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology. 1. Modern approaches in radiological diagnostics of prostate cancer; 2. Imaging diagnostics of kidney cancer

• 2021 — Extraordinary Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of CIS and Eurasia in honor of N.N. Trapeznikov, Moscow, Russia. CT colonography in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer

• 2021 — VIII Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of Kazakhstan, Turkestan, Kazakhstan. Virtual colonoscopy in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer

• 2021 — Weill Cornell Seminar in Diagnostic Imaging. Multimodal imaging of the pancreas (clinical case presentation)

• 2022 — XIII Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of CIS and Eurasia. PACS for teleradiology: challenges, priorities, and development prospects

• 2022 — II Siberian NeuroCongress 2022 with International Participation. Radiological assessment of treatment efficacy in metastatic spinal lesions

• 2022 — International Congress of Radiologists of the Association of Radiologists of the Kyrgyz Republic “Multimodal Approaches in Diagnostics,” Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Role of radiological methods in diagnosing bone metastases (oral)

• 2022 — 3rd International Conference “Nuclear and Radiation Technologies in Medicine, Industry, and Agriculture” within the IV International Scientific Forum “Nuclear Science and Technologies,” dedicated to the 65th anniversary of RSE INP, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Experience and prospects of nuclear medicine development within public-private partnership programs

• 2022 — International Scientific-practical Conference dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Professor Zh.Kh. Khamzabayev, Astana, Kazakhstan. Role of radiological methods in diagnosing bone metastases

Books and Chapters in Scientific Books

• Book. Model of Medical Education at S.D. Asfendiyarov KazNMU: Through the Eyes of Future Physicians. Collective authors. Almaty, 2012.

• Methodical Guidelines. Amankulov J.M., Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Redzhe D. Virtual Colonoscopy. Almaty, 2019.

• Patent. Zholdybay Zh.Zh., Akhmetova G.S., Amankulov J.M., Zhakenova D.K., Bekbosynov N.N. Method for Diagnosing Colon Cancer. Kazakhstan Patent Office, 2015.