Profession - urologist

Service - urology

Surgeon - yes

Academic degree - Candidate of medical sciences

Position - Head of the department of laser, laparoscopic, and oncological urology

Languages - Armenian, English, Russian, Italian, French

Autobiography

Appointed to work in Nairi MC: 2022

10.1997 – 10.2001 PhD graduation, defended postgraduate study in urology on the theme of “Materials about the screening of the prostate cancer” at the Department of Urology of the National Institute of Health of the RA Ministry of Health.

10.1994 – 10.1997 Urology residency at the Department of Urology of the National Institute of Health of the RA Ministry of Health, urologist's certificate

1988 – 1994 Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), faculty of general medicine, diploma of excellence

1996 “West-East” Urological Symposium organized by the European Association of Urology, Tbilisi, Georgia.

EUA 12th Annual Congress by the European Association of Urology Paris, France.

1998 Specialized in the Erasmus University Urology Clinic with the fellowship program of the European Urology Fund, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

5th International Symposium on the theme of “Advances and Controversies in Oncological Urology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Stand report.

84th Annual Clinical Congress of the American Surgeons’ Academy, Orlando, Florida, USA.

1999 Clinical training in oncological surgeries "Santa Maria" Medical Center of the San Raffaele University Hospital Complex, Castellanza, Italy.

2000 Specialization course organized for the urologists of Black Sea countries, Tbilisi, Georgia.

2001 Training in General Urology, Saint-Joseph and Saint-Luke Hospital Center, Lyon, France.

Annual "European Association of Urology EUA meets National Associations" meeting, Arnhem, The Netherlands.

2003 Clinical and Research Training, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MSKCC Department of Urology, New York, USA.

2004 Residency in the Royal Marsden Oncology Hospital, in the urological department, with UICC Fellowship, London, UK.

2005 Clinical training in oncological surgery of the pelvic organs, department of urology, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland.

Course of the European School of Urology "Women's urology, urethral reconstruction and urolithiasis", Yerevan, Armenia.

2006 Course of the European School of Urology “Oncological Urology”, Yerevan, Armenia:

2007 Mini-residency in laparoscopic urology with UICC fellowship program, department of urology of the Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. 

2008 Course of the European School of Urology, Yerevan, Armenia.

2009 Advanced specialization course about “Laparoscopic surgery in oncological urology”, department of urology of the Western Medical Center, Edinburgh, UK.

2010 Laparoscopic urology training/ introduction to robotic surgery, Erasmus University Urology Clinic, Rotterdam. 

Speaker at the Annual 96th Clinical Congress of the American Academy of Surgery, on the topic "Urology in Armenia: yesterday, today, and tomorrow", Washington, USA. 

Clinical and Research Training on “Prostate cancer management, laparoscopic and robotic urology”. Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2011 Speaker at the EUA 26th Annual Congress by the European Association of Urology, on the topic "Faces of Armenian urology", Vienna, Austria.

Speaker at the 31st "Urology Days in Athens" Congress on the topic "Prostate cancer risk calculator. benefits and risks of application", Athens, Greece.

2012 Course of the European School of Urology on “Minimal invasive technologies in urology”, Yerevan, Armenia. 

2013 EUA 28th Annual Congress by the European Association of Urology in Milan, Italy.

“LA Live International” Symposium, on “Open and Robotic Surgery in Urology”, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

108th Annual Clinical Congress of the American Urologists’ Association, San Diego, California.

Advanced Specialization Course on "Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in Urology", Urological Institute of the Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

 2014 Annual "European Association of Urology EUA meets National Associations" meeting, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Course of the European School of Urology, Yerevan, Armenia.

1998 July – 2002, Founder and Director of the urological service in “Kanaker-Zeytun” MC.

2001 November – 2005, Assistant at the Department of Urology of the National Institute of Health of the RA Ministry of Health

2001 November - 2005 August, Head of the Armenian department of the Canadian Society for International Health, “South Caucasian project of Health sector information technologies, III stage:

2001 November - 2011 October, Founder and Director of the urological service in “Arabkir” MC.

2005 September - 2011 October, Docent at the Urology department in Yerevan State Medical University.

2011 September - 2014 June, Director of the general, laparoscopic and oncological urology clinic in “Shengavit” MC.

2014 June - 2015 December, Founder and Director of the urological department in “CMS” MC.

 2016 January – 2022 April, Founder and Director of the urological clinic in “Slavmed” MC.

PhD thesis on “Materials about prostate cancer”, 1997 – 2000

Doctoral thesis on “Optimization of the prostate cancer management”, on the process since 2005 until today.

1989-1990 YSMU, optional course of medical psychology, diploma of medical psychologist.

What do I treat?

• Urinary incontinence
• Penile fracture
• Cryptorchidism
• Renal pathologies during pregnancy
• Epididymitis
• Hydrocele
• Urinary retention
• Bladder diverticulum 
• Bladder cancer
• Urinary stone disease
• Urethral stricture
• Prostate adenoma
• Prostate cancer
• Urethritis
• Peyronie disease
• Priapism
• Prostatitis
• Spermatic cord veins varicose enlargement 
• Male infertility
• Male sexual dysfunction
• Cystitis
• Lumps in scrotal organs
• Chronic pyelonephritis
• Orchitis
• Phimosis 
• Functional renal failure