Biography
POSITION
Head of Thoracic Surgery Service
LANGUAGES
Armenian, Russian, English
EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZATIONS
1988–1994 – Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, General Medicine
1994–1996 – Clinical Residency in Surgery, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg Medical University
1998 – Residency in Thoracic Surgery, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health of RA
2002 – Residency in Thoracic Surgery, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg Medical University
2009 – Residency in Thoracic Oncology, N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, RAMS
2010 – Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery, supported by ESTS, France
2011 – ESTS Exchange Program, Strasbourg, France
2020 – UVATS Training Course, Shanghai, China
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024–present – Head of Thoracic Surgery Service, Erebuni Medical Center
2019–present – Head of Thoracic Surgery Service, Nairi Medical Center
2019–2025 – Head of Thoracic Surgery Service, Fanarjyan Republican Oncology Center
2013–present – Consultant Surgeon, University Hospital Complex #1, YSMU
2012–2015 – Head of Thoracic Surgery Department, Republican Tuberculosis Hospital, Abovyan
1998–present – Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2003–present – Member of Association of Armenian Doctors
2007–present – Member of European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
TRAININGS & CONFERENCES
ESTS – Belgium, Italy, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Russia, Hungary (2011–2023)
IFATS – London, Vienna, Marseille, Birmingham, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Naples, Krakow, Yerevan
PUBLICATIONS
10 scientific articles, including publications in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical Science Monitor, European Surgery annual meetings, and others.