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.