Place of work

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Yaroslavl State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Job title

Head of multidisciplinary Accreditation and Simulation Center, Head of the Department of Medical Cybernetics, with a certificate of completion of a Health Informatics course , Associate Professor of the Department of Surgery with a certificate in Endocrine Surgery named after N. P. Pamputis

Academic degree and title

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor

Education

·         1997 Higher medical education, majoring in General Medicine: Yaroslavl State Medical Academy – physician majoring in General Medicine, diploma with honors.

·         1999 Higher medical education, clinical residency in surgery: Yaroslavl State Medical Academy – surgeon.

·         2000 Postgraduate study in surgery at the Yaroslavl State Medical Academy

·         2011 Degree in Law, majoring in jurisprudence: State educational institution of higher professional education "Yaroslavl State University named after P. G. Demidov".  Professional lawyer, diploma with honors.

·         2014 Professional retraining under the program of additional professional education "Ultrasound diagnostics": State budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Yaroslavl State Medical Academy" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation - ultrasound diagnostics physician

·         2014 Professional retraining under the program of additional professional education "Organization of healthcare and public health": State budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Yaroslavl State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation - expert in the field of healthcare and public health management.

·         2026 Professional retraining under the program of additional professional education: “Creation and application of big data technologies”: Ruskurs LLC – expert in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Main places of work in the past

·         Since 2000, employee at the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Yaroslavl State Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation in the following positions:

·         01.09.2000-21.11.2006                – Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Pediatrics

·         November 22, 2006 to the present – Associate Professor of the Department of Surgery with a certficate in endocrine surgery named after N. P. Pamputis

·         01.12.2008 to the present – head of the multidisciplinary accreditation and simulation center

·         01.03.2012-30.09.2022 – Academic Secretary of the Council

·         September 30, 2016 - March 31, 2022 - Assistant to the Rector for Projects

·         October 3, 2022 to present – Head of the Department of Medical Cybernetics with a certificate in medical informatics

Areas of scientific interest and research

Digitalization, informatization, and artificial intelligence in medical education, medicine, and healthcare, medical simulation technologies in education, and surgery for chronic venous diseases

Honorary titles and awards

·         Certificate of honor of the Department of Health and Pharmacy of the Yaroslavl Region dated October 18, 2010.

·         Honorary Diploma of the Governor of the Yaroslavl Region, 2014.

·         Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation dated December 2, 2020.

Main publications

Total volume of scientific and methodological activity: 178 positions (140 scientific publications, 21 methodological manuals, 13 intellectual property items, co-author of 3 clinical guidelines, 1 monograph).

Evolution of the scientific profile: pancreatic surgery (1998–2003) → surgical endocrinology (2004–2013) → phlebology (2005–present) → medical simulation training (2016–present) → AI/LLM in medicine (2024–present).

Surgical treatment of chronic venous diseases:

·       Potapov, M. P. Incidence and risk factors of varicose veins in the Yaroslavl region / M. P. Potapov, Yu. V. Novikov, I. N. Staroverov, P. P. Potapov // Phlebology. - 2024. - Vol. 18, No. 3. - Pp. 232-245. - DOI 10.17116/flebo202418031232. (HAC - K1; Scopus ; PubMed )

·       Potapov, M. P. Structural features of recurrence of varicose veins of the lower extremities after endovascular laser obliteration: a comparative analysis with classical phlebectomy / M. P. Potapov, Yu. K. Aleksandrov, Ya. I. Bogdanova // Infections in surgery. - 2024. - V. 22, No. 2. - P. 20-27. (HAC - K2)

·       Potapov, M. P. Ways to improve the efficiency of EVLO: factors of stable occlusion of the ostial segment of the great saphenous vein / M. P. Potapov, O. N. Guzhkov , Yu . K. Aleksandrov // Moscow Surgical Journal. - 2025. - No. 1. - P. 87-98. - DOI 10.17238/2072-3180-2025-1-87-98. (HAC - K2)

·       Potapov, M. P. Analysis of the incidence of varicose veins of the lower extremities in one of the large regions of the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation using a multivariant approach / M. P. Potapov, I. N. Staroverov // Russian Medical and Biological Bulletin named after Academician I. P. Pavlov. - 2023. - Vol. 31, No. 3. - P. 367-380. (HAC - K1 ; Scopus )

Simulation training and accreditation of healthcare professionals

·       Potapov, M. P. The Role of Simulation Educational Technologies in the Training of Physicians / M. P. Potapov // Higher Education in Russia. - 2019. - No. 8-9. - P. 138-148. (sole authorship; the journal is included in the list of the Higher Attestation Commission)

·       Potapov, M. P. Integration of digital services into the work of the accreditation and simulation center of a medical educational organization: experience, problems and prospects / M. P. Potapov, A. V. Pavlov, A. G. Akkuratov, S. A. Kostrov // Virtual technologies in medicine. - 2023. - Vol. 38, No. 4. - P. 332-337.

·       Potapov, M. P. Analysis of the effectiveness of mastering endosurgical manual skills using virtual simulators of laparoscopic surgery within the framework of the advanced training program for doctors of surgical specialties / M. P. Potapov, P. A. Klimov, A. V. Strubchevsky // Virtual technologies in medicine. - 2020. - Vol. 25, No. 3. - P. 74-75.

AI and digital technologies in medicine

·       Kostrov, S. A. Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies by Medical University Teachers: Readiness, Barriers, and Development Prospects / S. A. Kostrov, O. V. Kulibina, M. P. Potapov // Scientific Review. Series 2: Humanities. - 2025. - No. 2. - P. 82-91. - DOI 10.26653/2076-4685-2025-2-10. (HAC - K2; 05.08.01 General Pedagogy, History of Pedagogy and Education)

·       Kostrov, S. A. Personalized communication with the patient: large language models / S. A. Kostrov, M. P. Potapov, E. G. Akkuratov // Patient-oriented medicine and pharmacy. - 2025. - Vol. 3, No. 2. - P. 68-79. - DOI 10.37489/2949-1924-0093.

·       Kostrov, S. A. Large language models in medicine: current ethical challenges / S. A. Kostrov, M. P. Potapov // Medical Ethics. - 2025. - Vol. 13, No. 2. - P. 23–34. - DOI 10.24075/medet.2025.008.