Position    

Head and Founder of the Yerevan Center 

of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction

Scientific degree    

DmedSc    

Professor

Work experience    

since 1980

Language proficiency    

Armenian, Russian, English

Education    

Yerevan State Medical University

Scientific activity

Co-author of 3 monographs and over 60 papers

in different medical publications worldwide

Membership in organizations    

ASAMI-BR&ILLRS Societies

Awards    

Visiting Professor, Portland, Oregon, USA

Honorary Professor of Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics, Kurgan, Russia

What I treat    

— Correction of the shape of legs (treatment of “O”/ “X”  type curves)

— Height increase by classical Ilizarov method, LON/LATN

— Solution for various feet esthetic problems: Hallux-Valgus, flatfeet, Brachymetatarsia

— Solution of various orthopedic problems: limb length discrepancy (LLD), nonunion, malunion, etc.

Experience 

— Staff Surgeon, Department of Ambulatory and Rehabilitative Treatment; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  December 1981 - December 1982

— Junior Surgeon, Department of Adult Orthopaedic Pathology - Clinical and Ambulatory Practice; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  December 1982 - March 1985

— Senior Surgeon, Department of Treatment of Bone Defects; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  March 1985 - December 1988

— Chief, Department of Restorative Orthopedics; Mickaelyan Surgical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.  December 1988 - October 1992

— First Reservelaege, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aalborg Hospital; Aalborg, Denmark. March 1995 – 1998

— Director, Yerevan Center of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Yerevan Armenia.  December 1998 – Present

— 2000 -  President, Armaveni Charitable Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia. December 2000 – Present