Biography
LANGUAGES
Armenian (native), Russian (fluent), English (advanced), French (intermediate)
EDUCATION
1978–1984 – Yerevan State Medical University, Faculty of General Medicine (with honors)
1984–1985 – Internship in General Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Department of Field Surgery, Leningrad
1987–1990 – PhD in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Moscow; clinical base: Emergency Hospitals No. 1 and 53
1994–1997 – Doctoral studies, Doctor of Medical Sciences, N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine, Moscow
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011–present – Professor, Department of Surgery No. 3, YSMU
2004–present – Head of the First Surgical Department, Nairi Medical Center, Yerevan
2000–2004 – Founder and Head of General & Laparoscopic Surgery Department, St. Nerses the Great Hospital, Yerevan
1997–2000 – Founder and Head of Endoscopic Surgery Department, Emergency Hospital, Yerevan
1994–1997 – Senior Researcher, Surgical Department, N.V. Sklifosovsky Institute, Moscow
1990–1994 – Surgeon and Department Head, 8th Clinical Hospital, Yerevan
1990–1994 – Researcher, Department of Surgery, S. Avdalbekyan Institute
1987–1990 – Research Assistant, Department of Surgery, Moscow
1985–1987 – Surgeon, Railway Hospital, Yerevan
1984–1985 – Research Fellow, Military Medical Academy, Leningrad
TRAININGS AND CONFERENCES
2022 – International Masterclass on Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery, Yerevan
2021 – Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2019 – Modern Approaches in Esophageal, Gastric, Liver and Biliary Surgery
2018 – International Symposium on Laparoscopic Surgery, Paris
2018 – Oncology Forum "White Nights", St. Petersburg
and more
PUBLICATIONS AND INVENTIONS
– 46 scientific publications
– 3 patented inventions
– Co-author of international surgical guidelines (EHS, EAES)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
– Armenian Association for Endoscopic Surgery (AAES)
– Russian Association for Endoscopic Surgery (RAES)
– French Surgical Association (SFCE)
– European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
– European Hernia Society (EHS-GREPA)
– French Hernia Club (SFCP-CH)
SURGICAL FIRSTS PERFORMED IN ARMENIA
– Laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy
– Thoracolaparoscopic esophagogastrectomy (McKeown technique)
– Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (Billroth I)
– Subtotal gastrectomy (Billroth II with Roux-en-Y reconstruction)
– Laparoscopic gastric wedge resection
– Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with double-tract reconstruction
– Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
– Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection of the rectum
– Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
– Laparoscopic splenectomy
– Laparoscopic hernioplasty using the IPOM technique
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