We are pleased to announce that an obstetrician, gynecologist and fertility specialist, Natalia Potapova has joined the medical team of Clinic Reproductive and Prenatal medicine EMC.
Dr. Potapova got her General Medicine diploma in Ivanovo State Medical Academy. In 2006 she completed a clinical residency “Obstetrics and gynecology” of Post degree Professional Medical Education Faculty of Sechenov First Moscow Medical Academy of Health care Ministry of Russia, based in Federal State Institution “V. I. Kulakov Scientific Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology”. She continued her professional educationon following courses: “Ultrasound Diagnostics in obstetrics and gynecology” in Federal State Institution “V. I. Kulakov Scientific Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology” (2007), “Assisted Reproductive Technologies in treatment of male and female infertility” (2012), internship in «Prague Fertility Centre» (Prague, Czech Republic) headed by Daniel Hlinka, MDF, PhD, Senior EHRE Embryologist (2014).
Starting from 2007 Natalia Potapova consulted patients in “The Center of Immunology and Fertility” (Moscow). From the middle of 2009 she worked as an obstetrician gynecologist in “Altra Vita Clinic” (Moscow). In 2011 – 2013 she worked in the Russian-French medical center “Alliance Francaise” in Moscow as a gynecologist and fertility specialist, and was also a Chief Doctor of the center. In 2013-2014 she worked as a fertility specialist and obstetrician-gynecologist in “Vita Nova Clinic” in Moscow.
Dr. Potapova has a great experience in cooperative work on in vitro fertilization (IVF) in joint programs with such clinics as «Prague Fertility Centre», «Sanatorium Repromeda», Brno, Czech Republic), cooperative work with French specialists in gynecology and fertility, also she worked in obstetrics department in a hospital and gynecological surgery. Also she has an extensive experience of IVF with donation of oocytes and surrogate motherhood using a method of synchronization of donor’s and donee’s (or a surrogate mother) cycles, and cryo IVF programs as well.
Doctor’ research and practice interests are overcoming of infertility due to immune factors of a patient or in a couple, complicated pregnancy follow-up after IVF and ET (Embryo Transition), including multifetal pregnancy, also if a woman has complicated history of previous pregnancy interruptions (abortions). She is a member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and a participant of annual congresses of Russian Association of Human Reproduction and ESHRE. Speaks English.