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