Surgeon and Doctor of Medical Sciences with nearly five decades of clinical and research experience. Honored Doctor of Ukraine and laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology for the electric welding of soft living tissues. Author and co-author of more than 200 scientific works across general, oncologic and reconstructive surgery, transplantology and the surgical treatment of diabetes mellitus. Leading staff scientist at the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, where he co-develops electric welding technologies for surgery.
FLAGSHIP PROJECT
DOPOMOGA – Portable Mobile Tissue Welding Unit for Emergency Surgical Help
Medical & Scientific Advisor (external consulting) – clinical expertise (15+ years in medical HF LTW device use), expert review and integration feedback.
DOPOMOGA is the first portable, battery-powered, high-frequency bipolar electrosurgical device for high-frequency live tissue welding (HF LTW) in extreme and infrastructure-compromised environments – natural-disaster zones, mobile clinics, remote areas and emergency-response units. Whereas conventional HF LTW systems depend on continuous AC power and are confined to stationary hospital settings, DOPOMOGA enables off-grid, infrastructure-independent urgent surgical interventions, extending high-end electrosurgery to humanitarian missions, rural medicine and emergency stabilisation far beyond the traditional operating room.
Keywords: biomedical engineering · power electronics · portable devices · emergency medicine · tissue welding.
EDUCATION
1976 – Qualified Physician (Medicine), Kyiv Medical Institute named after O.O. Bogomolets (now Bogomolets National Medical University)
1977 – Qualified Surgeon, Kyiv Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
1981 – Candidate of Medical Sciences (Surgery), Thesis: indications for surgical treatment and choice of the scope of operative intervention in pancreatic necrosis
2005 – Doctor of Medical Sciences (Surgery), National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology named after O.O. Shalimov – thesis: organ-preserving surgical treatment of purulent-necrotic foot lesions in patients with diabetes mellitus
HONORS & AWARDS
2004 – State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology for the electric welding of soft living tissues.
2005 – Honored Doctor of Ukraine
1979 – LKSMU Prize named after M. Ostrovsky, for the development and clinical testing of the cryosurgical apparatus “Cryoelectronics-2”.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1976 – 1987 Surgeon → Head of the Department of Transplantation, Kyiv Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
1988 – April 2026, Deputy Chief Physician → Surgeon, Kyiv Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 1
2010 – 2021 Chief, Kyiv Teaching Center of Welding Surgery and Newest Surgical Technologies
Leading Staff Scientist (part-time)
2009 – present, E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, Department “Welding and Related Technologies in Medicine and Ecology”
2026 – present Surgeon, Adonis private clinic
2025 – Researcher, Nanotechcenter LLC
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Scientific analysis and development of novel surgical and non-surgical methods for the treatment of abdominal wall hernias, diseases of the abdominal organs, diabetic foot and diabetes mellitus, acute and chronic wounds and ulcers, and tumors.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- Cryosurgery for liver and pancreatic tumors – determined critical temperatures, duration of cold exposure and the limits of its propagation in organs.
- Liver and pancreas transplantation technologies; extracorporeal perfusion of the spleen and sorbents – defined hepatic vascular exclusion, organ-preservation methods, and the efficacy of detoxification and immunostimulation.
- Treatment of pancreatic necrosis and purulent pancreatitis – developed indications and methods of operative intervention.
- Reliable mesh fixation in abdominal wall hernia repair – restoring full functionality and preventing disease recurrence.
- Electric welding of living tissues in surgery – controlled tissue restructuring; bloodless dissection and organ separation; sealing of ducts and major vessels up to 12 mm in diameter; ablastic mobilization of locally advanced large tumors of the breast, abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space; and creation of inter-intestinal anastomoses.
- Transcutaneous application of prostaglandins in the treatment of diabetic foot – established the potential and efficacy of transcutaneous effects on systemic blood flow.
- Application of synthesized coatings, artificial materials and probiotic agents in complicated wounds – effects on tissue regeneration and the microbiome that govern the quality and speed of healing.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Author and co-author of more than 200 scientific works, including:
- Tissue-preserving high-frequency electric welding surgery. Atlas. Eds. B.E. Paton & O.N. Ivanova. Kyiv, 2009.
- Conservative and surgical treatment of various forms of diabetic foot. Atlas. Ed. S.E. Podpryatov. Kyiv, 2016. 95 pp.
- Podpriatov S., Podpriatov S., Bondar S., Levitska O. “Reliable and cost-effective method of groin hernia surgery, based on open pre-peritoneal approach and original mesh fixation.” British Journal of Surgery, Oct. 2022, 109 (Suppl. 7). DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac308.019
- Podpryatov S.E. et al. “Changes in insulin resistance after ileoduodenoplasty.” Hospital Surgery. Journal named after L.Ya. Kovalchuk, 2023(3), 28–33. DOI: 10.11603/2414-4533.2023.3.14147
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