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Abstracts presented

1. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV. Comparative characteristics of some methods of vaginal cuff closure. Jubilee Session of Oncological Scientific Center. Yerevan 1996.
2. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV, Malchasyan NV. Cytological control of vaginal stump healing after hysterectomy. First Congress of Trans-Caucasian oncologists. Tbilisi, Georgia 1998.
3. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV. Leucocytar infiltrations index in treatment of inflammatory complications after radical hysterectomy. Actual Questions of Surgery. Yerevan 1998.
4. Stepanyan AV. The impact of vaginal cuff closure on vaginal stump healing in hysterectomy. Oncology 2000. Second Conference of Oncologists of CIS. Kiev, Ukraine 2000.
5. Stepanyan AV, Jilavyan GA. The impact of method of vaginal cuff closure on inflammatory complications after hysterectomy. Oncology 2000. Second Conference of Oncologists of CIS. Kiev, Ukraine 2000.
6. Stepanyan AV. The impact of tumor’s stage on post hysterectomy pelvic inflammatory complications in oncogynecological patients. The 4-th International Medical Congress of Students and Young Scientists. Ternopil 2000, Ukraine.
7. Stepanyan AV. Prophylactics of parametrial inflammatory complications after hysterectomy in oncogynecology. Materials and Reports of Reproductology problems. Yerevan 2000.
8. Stepanyan AV, Jilavyan GA. Comparative analysis of frequency and character of complications after hysterectomy in patients with open and combined methods of vaginal cuff closure. The First Pan-Army Medical Conference. Yerevan 2001.
9. Stepanyan AV. Leucocytar infiltration index in diagnostics of local inflammatory complications after hysterectomy in oncological patients. Third Congress of Trans-Caucasian Oncologists. Yerevan 2004.
10. Stepanyan AV. Risk factors of local inflammatory complications after hysterectomy in oncological patients. Third Congress of Trans-Caucasian Oncologists. Yerevan 2004.
11. Stepanyan A; Sirounyan A. Early detection of pelvic cellulites after abdominal hysterectomy. Abstract book 3-rd Young Medics International Conference. 2005 Yerevan, Armenia. p. 176

12. Stepanyan A; Sirounyan A. Hysteroscopic surgery as an alternative to hysterectomy in woman with dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Abstract book 3-rd Young Medics International Conference. 2005 Yerevan, Armenia. p. 177

13. Sirounyan A; Stepanyan A. Transobturator tape – a new minimally invasive treatment of stress urinary incontinence in woman. Abstract book 3-rd Young Medics International Conference. 2005 Yerevan, Armenia. p. 174

14. Stepanyan A.V., Sirounyan A.S., Tevosyan R.V., Kazaryan A.B. Radical hysterectomy using Liga-Sure vessel sealing system. Actual problems of obstetrics and gynecology. Abstract book of International Scientific-Practical Conference. 2006 Yerevan, Armenia. P 187-189.

15. Sirounyan A.S., Stepanyan A.V. The use of Liga-Sure Vessel sealing system in vaginal hysterectomy. Actual problems of obstetrics and gynecology. Abstract book of International Scientific-Practical Conference. 2006 Yerevan, Armenia. P 184-187.

16. Asibekyan G., Stepanyan A. Vessel-by-vessel technique of lateral parametria resection in radical hysterectomy. The New Armenian Medical Journal. 2009, Vol.3 N3, p. 63

17. Stepanyan A., Asilbekyan G. Nerve sparing radical hysterectomy: our experience. The New Armenian Medical Journal. 2009, Vol.3 N3, p. 74

18. Stepanyan A., Asilbekyan G., Lekhlyan A., Hayrapetyan E. Nerve-Sparing versus classical Okabayashi radical hysterectomy, comparison of radicality and functional outcomes. 3-rd International Medical Congress of Armenia. Yerevan 2011. Abstract book P264.

19. Stepanyan A., Asilbekyan G., Lekhlyan A., Hayrapetyan E. Electrosurgical technique of pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy performed for gynecological malignancies. 3-rd International Medical Congress of Armenia. Yerevan 2011. Abstract book P264-265.

20. Urumyan S., Stepanyan A., Sirunyan A. Role of laparoscopy in the management of advanced ovarian cancer. 3-rd International Medical Congress of Armenia. Yerevan 2011. Abstract book P265-266.

21. Stepanyan A., Zola P., Reed N., Lax S. ESGO affiliated virtual tumor board in Armenia, preliminary report. First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and Health “Armtelemed Road to the Future” Yerevan, 2011 Congress proceedings P 189-190

Dr. Artem Stepanyan - Gynecologic oncologist, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Head of Gynecological Oncology Service. Dr. Stepanyan has 30 publications and 2 patents.

Education and postgraduate training

• Yerevan State Medical Institute, MD, 1988-1994
• Residency: general oncology, Yerevan State Medical University, 1996-1998
• Residency: obstetrics and gynecology, Yerevan State Medical University, 1994-1996

Other trainings and fellowships

• “Laparoscopic Gynecology”, Malzoni Medical Center, Avellino Italy, 2014
• “Laparoscopic Gynecological Oncology”, Charite University Hospital, Berlin Germany, 2011
• “Gynecology-oncology”, OMI Internship, Department of General Gynecology, University Hospital of Graz, Austria, 2010
• “Gynecology-oncology”, IGCS fellowship, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital: Oncogynaecological Centre, Prague Czech Republic, 2009
• “Gynecology-oncology”, IGCS fellowship, Division of Gynecological Oncology Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, 2009
• “Video-Endoscopic Surgery”, training by KULeuven, Center for Surgical Technologies Faculty of Medicine Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, 2009
• “Gynecology-oncology”, ESGO fellowship. Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital: Oncogynecological Centre, Prague Czech Republic, 2008
• “Operative Gynecology (Microsurgery, Laparoscopy)”, DAAD Internship, Otto-Von-Guericke University Women’s Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany, 2006-2007
• “Operative Gynecology (Gynecology-oncology, Laparoscopy)”, OMI Internship, Department of General Gynecology, University Hospital of Graz, Austria, 2006
• “Gender, Reproductive and Sexual Health and Fertility” course of Amsterdam Master’s in Medical Anthropology; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2005
• “Oncology”, Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar under the auspices of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Salzburg, Austria, 2005
• “Maternal and Infant Health”, Salzburg Columbia Medical Seminar; Salzburg, Austria, 2005
• «Contemporary update on female urology», European School of Urology Organized Course Yerevan, Armenia, 2003
• WHO Workshop on Cervical Cancer Screening, Sevan, Armenia, 2000

Degrees

Ph.D. Supreme Certifying Commission of the Republic of Armenia, 2004

Medical practice and relevant professional experience

• Head of Gynecological Oncology Service, NAIRI Medical Center, Yerevan, since 2013
• Associate professor, Oncology Department, Yerevan State Medical University, since 2011
• Assistant professor, Oncology Department, Yerevan State Medical University, 2009-2011
• Deputy Director, SHENGAVIT Medical Center, Yerevan, since 2006
• Chief, gynecology-oncology service, SHENGAVIT Medical Center, Yerevan, 2006-2011
• Chief, Division of Gynecology, Department of General Surgery - Ministry of Internal Affairs Hospital, Yerevan, 2002-2005
• Responsible executor, State Sponsored Research - Gynecological Department National Center of Oncology, Yerevan, 2000-2005
• Attending physician, Gynecological Department - National Center of Oncology, Yerevan, 1998-2002
• Male nurse, No 11 Municipal Outpatient, Yerevan, 1993-1994

Membership and societies

• International member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2012
• Member, European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), 2009
• Board, Armenian Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2007
• Member, European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO), 2007
• Member, International Gynecological Cancer Society (IGCS), 2006
• Chairman, Scientific Society of “Shengavit” Medical Center, Yerevan, 2005
• Member, Association of Armenian Oncologists, Yerevan, 2004
• Chairman, Council of Young Scientists National Center of Oncology, Yerevan, 2000-2005
• Board: Armenian Anticancer Society, 2000-2004
• Member, Council of Young Scientists National Center of Oncology, Yerevan, 1998-2000
• Board: Armenian Medical Student Scientific Society, Yerevan, 1992-1994

Publications

1. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV. Combined method of vaginal stump closure in abdominal hysterectomy. Armenian Surgery Messenger 1997; 2(15): 74-77.
2. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV. Doubled draining of parametria as prophylactics of lymphocysts in radical hysterectomy. Armenian Surgery Messenger 1997; 3(16): 58-60.
3. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV. Prophylactics of lymphocysts after radical hysterectomy. Issues of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine. Yerevan 1999; 4(11): 47-48.
4. Jilavyan GA, Stepanyan AV, Madoyan RA, Karapetyan UG. Treatment of vaginal stump inflammation by “NARINE-K” in hysterectomized oncogynecological patients. Armenian Surgery Messenger 1999; vol. 3-4(21): 55-60.
5. Stepanyan AV. The impact of inflammatory complications in parametria and vaginal stump on long-term results of treatment of oncogynecological patients. Medical Science of Armenia. Yerevan 2000; vol. XL, No4, p.63-69.
6. Stepanyan AV. Differential approach to the method of vaginal cuff closure in hysterectomy in oncogynecological patients. Medical Science of Armenia. Yerevan 2001; vol.XLI, No2, p. 65-72.
7. Stepanyan AV, Jilavyan GA. Time interval between stages of combined treatment in oncogynecological patients. Armenian Surgery Messenger 2002; vol. 6(36): 5-9.

8. Jilavyan GA, Ter-Poghosyan ZR, Stepanyan AV. The impact of interferon inductor – cycloferon on immunoreactivity of cervical cancer patients. Armenian Surgery Messenger 2002; vol. 6(36) 22-24.

9. Stepanyan A.V., Sirounyan A.S. Management algorithm of oncogynecological patients with high risk of postoperative local inflammatory complications after hysterectomy. Medical Science of Armenia 2005; vol. XLV (2): 43-53.

Patents

1. Method of vaginal cuff closure in abdominal hysterectomy. Patent No 440 of Armenian State Patent Bureau, given 05.15.98
2. Method of retroperitoneal space drainage in radical hysterectomy. Patent No 477 of Armenian State Patent Bureau, given 09.15.98