Dr. Arman Pargev Hakobyan - Endoscopic Neurosurgeon, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Department of Brain and Spine Endoscopic Surgery at NAIRI MEDICAL CENTER; Chairman of the Armenian Association of Minimal Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Surgery.

Contribution to Neurosurgery

• Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar disc surgery - since 2007 
• Intervertebral disc laser ablation - since 2009 
• Vertebroplasty in case of spine fractures or tumors - since 2009 
• Spine reconstructive surgery - since 2010 
• Endoscopic surgery of some types of brain and pituitary tumors - since 2011
• Different types of nerve blocks under CT and X-ray control - since 2013
• Pain treatments with Cosman RF technology- since 2013
• Brain tumor surgery with StealthStation navigation system - since 2016
• Laser ablation of spine and brain tumors with Cosman RF technology - since 2016 
• Minimally invasive surgery of intracerebral hemorrhages - since 2016
• Pain treatment: Spine Stimulation - since 2018

Scientific activities

• 65 published scientific works
• Participation in international scientific conferences - 35
• Nominated as "Military doctor of 2014" by "National Trust" 
• Development of a new type of  instrument for endoscopic lumbar spine surgery (Discobore, Patent No. 463 C, 2016).

Membership 

• NASS (North American Spine Society) - since 2014
• ISMISS (The International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery) - since 2014
• The vice president of Armenian Association «Stroke» - since 2016
• The president AAMIESS (Armenian Association of Minimal Invasive and Endoscopic Spine Society) - since 2015