Doctor of Medical Sciences, Prof., Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy, President of Yaroslavl State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation (ORCID, eLIBRARY SPIN).

Specialty: vascular surgery.

Research interests: surgery, topographic anatomy, pedagogy in higher education.

Social activities: Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Yaroslavl, Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Rectors.

Awards: Awarded with the State Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (1981), Friendship (1996) and Honor (2005), the Order of the Rising Sun (2017, Japan), the Order of St. Prince Daniel of the Moscow Russian Orthodox Church, the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2004), Honorary citizen of the city of Yaroslavl (1999).

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• He trained 16 doctors and 36 candidates of medical sciences, who later became professors, heads of surgical departments, and leaders in the field of healthcare.
• "Master of Sports of the USSR in Greco-Roman wrestling."
• In 1995 elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, in 2004 an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, since 2014 an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1987).
• In 1967 he was appointed Dean of the Dental Faculty of the Yaroslavl Medical Institute, in 1968 - Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, from 1974 to 2017 he was the head of the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographic Anatomy, and in 1977 to 2007. was elected rector of the institute. From 2007 to the present he has been the President of the Yaroslavl State Medical University.