Dr. Hovhannes Stamboltsyan - Board-certified Plastic Surgeon at AVANGARD Medical Center, Member of European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Education and training

Dr. Hovhannes Stamboltsyan graduated from the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU) in 2004, and the Medical Residency of the National Institute of Health Named After Academician S. AVDALBEKYAN (NIH), on plastic surgery, in 2008.

Dr. Stamboltsyan participated in various training programs, local and international seminars and conferences, to enhance his knowledge and professional skills in modern and most advanced cosmetic surgical practices and procedures.

Medical practice

Dr. Stamboltsyan started his medical practice in 2004, at NIH and KANAKER-ZEYTUN MEDICAL CENTER (KZMC). During the years of 2008-2012 he permanently worked as a plastic surgeon at the same medical center (KZMC).

Dr. Hovhannes Stamboltsyan works as a Plastic Surgeon at AVANGARD MEDICAL CENTER, since 2012

Major professional activities

• Rhinoplasty (Reshaping of the nose)
• Septoplasty (Correction of a deviated nasal septum)
• Turbinoplasty (Reduction of hypertrophied nasal turbinates)

Membership

• Armenian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
• European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Dr. Levon Grigor Badalyan - Medical Oncologist, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Department of Medical Oncology at NAIRI MEDICAL CENTER, Yerevan, Armenia.

Education and science

Dr. Levon G. Badalyan graduated from the Department of General Medicine of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU) in 2005, and the Clinical Residency of the Department of Oncology of the same university in 2007. 

During the years of 2008-2012, Dr. Levon Badalyan completed a scientific research in the National Institute of Health Named After Academician S. AVDALBEKYAN (NIH), and successfully defended his PhD thesis on DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENCY CRITERIA IN CANCER PALLIATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY (received Certificate of PhD in 2012).  

Medical practice and related professional activities

Dr. Levon G. Badalyan started his medical practice in 2007, as a medical oncologist, in the National Center of Oncology of Armenia. Dr. Badalyan is the Head of the Department of Medical Oncology at NAIRI MEDICAL CENTER, since 2012.  

Training and Internships

• Institut Curie, Paris, France - 2013
• Hopital Prive Nord Parisien, Paris, France - 2013

Conferences

• ESGO 2017 - 20th ESGO Congress, Vienna, Austria, 2017
• ESMO 2017 - 42th European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, Madrid, Spain, 2017
• ESMO 2016 - 18th ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, Barcelona, Spain, 2016
• ESMO 2014 - 39th European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, Madrid, Spain, 2014
• 2nd International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma”, New York, USA, 2006
• SIOP 2006 - 38th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006
• SIOP 2005 - 37th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Vancouver, Canada, 2005

Publications

• Participation/Abstract presentation on “Second International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma”, New York, 2006
• Participation/Abstract presentation on “SIOP International Congress 2007”, Geneva, 2007
• Abstract presentation on “2nd European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic Oncology (EMCTO)” Lugano, Switzerland, 2009
• Abstract presentation on “6th Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of CIS Countries” Dushanbe, 2010
• Abstract presentation on “8th Congress of Oncologists and Radiologists of CIS and Eurasia” Kazan, 2014
• 11 more publications in local medical journals dedicated to chemotherapy.

Membership

• European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), since 2012
• European Society for Gynecological Oncology (ESGO), since 2015
• Association of Armenian Oncologists, since 2008
• Association of Young Doctors of Armenia (Board member), since 2015

Social activities

Stuff member of FRIENDS OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER NGO, since 2006

Dr. Margarita M. Grigoryan - Reproductive specialist, gynecologist and endocrinologist at the Department of Reproductology of SHENGAVIT MEDICAL CENTER.

Education and training

Dr. Margarita M. Grigoryan graduated the College after Ananya Shirakatsi in 1998, and the Department of General Medicine of the Yerevan State Medical University in 2004, with a Diploma of Honor. Later, in 2004 she successfully completed her Medical Residency in the Moscow Medico-Stomatological Institute, and received qualification of Obstetrician - Gynecologist. During the years of 2009-2010 Dr. Grigoryan accomplished the second Medical Residency on Ultrasound Diagnosis at the Department of Radial Diagnosis, National Institute of Health of Armenia.

Dr. Margarita M. Grigoryan participated in several training programs, including:

• Refresher training as a Gynecologist – Endocrinologist (140 h), “Scientific Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology”, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Moscow, Russia, 2006
• Refresher training in “ Diagnostic Hysteroscopy”, “Scientific Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology”, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 2006
• Refresher training in “Ultrasound Diagnosis in Obstetrics and Gynecology”, RA National Institute of Health, Yerevan, Armenia, 2009-2010

Medical practice and related professional experience

Dr. Margarita M. Grigoryan works in the Department of Reproductive Health of SHENGAVIT MEDICAL CENTER as Obstetrician – Gynecologist, since 2006. Main areas of professional activities are:

• Conservative Gynecology
• Ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
• In vitro fertilization (IVF)
• In vitro fertilization without hormonal stimulation (in natural menstrual cycle)
• The use of donor eggs
• The use of donor sperm (Department has a large bank of donor sperm)
• Surrogacy
• Artificial insemination with husband's sperm or donor sperm
• Treatment of diseases, leading to infertility, including hormonal and immune abnormalities, inflammation
• Correction of endocrine disorders
• Conservative treatment of uterine fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
• Stimulation of ovulation with hormonal and ultrasound monitoring
• Membership
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
• Armenian Association of Reproductive Medicine

Conferences

• The First International Congress on Reproductive Medicine, Moscow, 2006
• 5th Congress of World Association of Reproductive Medicine, Moscow, 2010
• 27th Annual meeting of ESHRE (CME ACCREDITATION), Stockholm, Sweden, 2011
• Best Practices of ASRM and ESHRE, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, 2012
• Assuta - MSD Advanced Reproductive Care Update Course, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2012
• Annual meeting of ESHRE (CME ACCREDITATION), London, 2013
• Annual meeting of ESHRE (CME ACCREDITATION), Munich, 2014
• Annual meeting of ESHRE (CME ACCREDITATION), Lisbon, 2015
• Annual meeting of ESHRE (CME ACCREDITATION), Helsinki, 2016

Publications

Dr. Margarita M. Grigoryan is author and co-author of numerous scientific publications.

Dr. Albert Y. Lalazaryan – MD, Pediatric Urologist and Surgeon at ARABKIR MEDICAL CENTER & INSTITUTE OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALT.

Education and training

Dr. Lalazaryan graduated from the Department of Pediatrics of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU), in 2001, and the Medical Residency of the National Institute of Health named after Academician S. AVDALBEKYAN (NIH) - on Pediatric Surgery, in 2004.

Medical practice and related professional experience

Dr. Albert Y. Lalazaryan started his medical practice as an on-duty surgeon. He served in the Armenian Army from 2004 to 2006, as Chief of the Medical Service at Military Regiment. Since 2006 Dr. Lalazaryan works in the ARABKIR MEDICAL CENTER, as pediatric urologist and surgeon. During the years of 2006 - 2009 Dr. Lalazaryan worked in the Second Department of Pediatric Surgery of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, as an Assistant Professor.

Main areas of professional activities include:

• Pediatric surgery
• Urology
• Impaired urination
• Urinary incontinence
• Other related medical fields

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan - Laboratory doctor, MD, Virologist and Immunologist, Head of Laboratory Service at ARABKIR MEDICAL CENTER & INSTITUTE OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALT.

Education and science

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan graduated from the Department of Pharmacy of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, with honors, in 1988. Later, in 1996, she successfully completed a special professional and educational program and training on Laboratory Diagnostics in the National Institute of Health named after Academician S. AVDALBEKYAN (NIH).  Dr. Hovsepyan received her Ph.D. Diploma on Virology and Immunology in 2012. 

Training

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan participated in several training programs, including:

• Regional Hospital of Porrentruy, Switzerland, 1999
• University Pediatric Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, 2004
• University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium, 2008
• «Saint-Louis» Hospital of Paris, France, 2009
• Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany, 2012
• Infectious Diseases, Salzburg Seminar, 2013
• Regional Hospital of Porrentruy, Switzerland, 2017

Medical practice and related professional activities

Dr. Marine Hovsepyan started her medical practice in the Laboratory of Policlinics of NOR HAJN community, in 1988. Since 1996 Dr. Hovsepyan is the Head of Laboratory Service of ARABKIR Medical Center, a leading children hospital of Armenia. 

Publications

• The 1F7 Idiotype is selectively expressed on CD5+ B cells and elevated in chronic hepatitis C virus infection; Immunology and Cell Biology (2009), p. 1-7. Davtyan T., Hovsepyan M., Mkhitaryan L., Hakobyan G., Brazil A., Barett L., Hirsch G., Peltekian K. and Grant M.
• Congenital hypothyroidism screening program setup in laboratory, in Armenian
• Medical Laboratory Diagnosis, Collection of Articles, pages 15-17, 2006, M.Hovsepyan; I.Tovmasyan, A. Babloyan, in Armenian
• Comparison of heterogeneous and molecular genetic studies of hepatitis C virus in some risk groups; Armenian Medical Science (2010), pages 82-89; M. Hovsepyan, in Armenian

• Interaction of expression of 1F7 iodotype in antibodies to hepatitis C virus with viral load and serum aminotransferases; Armenian Medical Science (2011), pages 44-52; T. Davtyan, M. Hovsepyan; in Armenian

Dr. Sona Termenjyan - Pediatrician, MD, United Nations Examining Physician (UNEP); Head of Department at University Clinical Hospital Complex N1, HERATSI, Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU); General Pediatrician at VARDANANTS Center for Innovative Medicine; WORLD VISION Armenia expert and trainer; Training Coordinator of the Family Center project of SWEDISH SUPPORT MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

Medical practice and related professional experience

Dr. Sona Termenjyan started her medical practice as a school doctor in the Policlinic of MURATSAN University Hospital of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, in 1999. The above mentioned Policlinic was the former policlinic of the 4^th Pediatric hospital. Later, in 2000 she became Head of Head of Department in the same Polyclinic and worked there till 2010.

Since 2015 Dr. Sona Termenjyan is the Head of Department in the Polyclinic of the University Clinical Hospital Complex N1, HERATSI of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi. Meantime, Dr. Termenjyan has part time work in several local and international medical and professional institutions, such as:

• UNITED NATIONS EXAMINING PHYSICIAN (UNEP)
• VARDANANTS CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE MEDICINE, Pediatrician
• WORLD VISION ARMENIA, Expert and Trainer
• SWEDISH SUPPORT MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, FAMILY CENTER PROJECT, Training coordinator

Education

Dr. Sona Termenjyan graduated from the Department of Pediatrics of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi and received her Diploma in Medicine in 1997. She also successfully accomplished the postgraduate education of the same university and received a special certificate of completion in 1998. Later, during the years of 2005-2006, Dr. Termenjyan passed the FAMILY MEDICINE RETRAINING COURSE of the YSMU. 

Training

• “Contemporary Approaches for the Most Common Dermatological, Rheumatological and Gastroenterological Diseases” (13 theoretical, 6 practical CME), Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, World Vision Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2017
• “Women's Health” Seminar, (11 CME), Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, MC “Astghik”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• “Psychotherapeutic approaches for treatment of newborn babies, children, teenagers and their families” (4 practical CME), Master Class on updates in Mental Health, Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, Mental Health Development program Swithzerland, Armenian Pediatric Association, Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• “Psychotherapeutic approaches for treatment of newborn babies, children, teenagers and their families” (7 theoretical, 1 practical CME), Seminar on updates in Mental Health, Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, Mental Health Development program Swithzerland, Armenian Pediatric Association, Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• “Basic level of Molecular Allergy Diagnostic” (5 CME),
• Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, Medical University of Vienna, Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care, Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• “Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training” (5 CME), Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, American University of Armenia, Global Bridges, Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• “Teaching course on Pediatric Nephrology” (15CME), International Pediatric Nephrology Association, Armenian Pediatric Association,  Arabkir MC,  Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2015
• “Contemporary issues of management and organization in Healthcare” YSMU, Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• Re-training course on “Early detection, management and prevention of precancerous conditions and cervical cancer” Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, National Institute of Healthcare after S. Avdalbekyan, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• Re-training course on “Non-Communicable diseases management and treatment” Ministry of Health of Republic of Armenia, National Institute of Healthcare after S. Avdalbekyan, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• “Actual Questions on HIV infection” , National Institute of Healthcare after S. Avdalbekyan, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• Training Course of Pediatric School (10 hours), Armenian Pediatric Association, Ministry of Health of Republic Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• “Family Medicine” Seminar (34CME), Duke University Medical Center, Vienna Medical University, American-Austrian Foundation, Open Medical Institute, Salzburg, Austria, 2014
• “Pediatric Pulmonology” Seminar (25 CME), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Medical University of Graz, American-Austrian Foundation, Salzburg, Austria, 2013
• “Treatment and care of HIV infection”, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2012
• “Prevention of non-communicable diseases and the most common cardiovascular diseases”, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2012
• “Continuing Medical Education” Scientific and practical training, Academic Unit of Family Medicine, Yerevan, Armenia, 2011
• Advanced Training Course on “Bases of Medical-social expertise”, National Institute of Healthcare after S. Avdalbekyan, Yerevan, Armenia, 2011
• Training Course of Pediatric School, Armenian Pediatric Association, Yerevan, Armenia, 2008-2009
• Post-graduate Second Armenian Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT-Bobath) Course for MDs, Republican Children’s Rehabilitation Center, Yerevan, Armenia, 2007
• Practicee in Family Centers and Health Care institutions in Jonkoping, Stockholm, Granna, Gotheburg. Jonkoping County Council, Sweden, 2007
• Workshop for Immunization teams of measles and rubella Supplementary Immunization Activities, Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2007
• Neonatology Training Courses, Arabkir Medical Center, VAD Association Switzerland, Yerevan, Armenia, 2007
• Training Course on “Well Child Care and Revealed Disorders”, Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia, UNICEF, Children of Armenia Fund, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004 (120 hours)
• Practicee of Family Doctor, Primary Care in Uppsala, Vasteras, Children’s care in University Hospital in Jonkoping, Sweden, 2003

Membership

• SWEDISH SUPPORT MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
• ARMENIAN PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION

Conferences

• V International Symposium on Family Medicine, Yerevan, Armenia, 2017
• 5th National Conference of Pediatricians of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• IV International Symposium on Family Medicine (8CME), Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• NOBEL DAYS IN YEREVAN scientific event, Yerevan, Armenia, 2016
• I Annual Global Health Armenia Conference, YSMU, University of Utah, Armenia, 2015
• III International Symposium on Family Medicine, Yerevan, Armenia, 2015
• Modern Principles of Correction of Basic Functional Disorders in Infants, International Scientific Conference, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• VIII International Osteoporosis Symposium, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• II International Symposium on Family Medicine (10CME), Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• International Symposium on Family Medicine (10 CME), YSMU, Royal College of General Practitioners , Armenian Medical Association-Great Britain, Yerevan, Armenia, 2013
• OMI Satellite symposium on Diabetes (8 hours), Yerevan, Armenia, 2013
• Conference of Pediatricians of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2012
• Conference of Armenian Rheumatologists Association, “New approaches in the treatment of juvenile arthritis”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2012
• International Congress Dedicated to the 90^th Anniversary of YSMU Foundation (10CME), Yerevan, Armenia, 2010
• III Annual Conference of Gynecologists-Endocrinologists, Yerevan, Armenia, 2009
• Conference of Pediatricians of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, 2008
• Conference concerning Quality and Security in Healthcare System, Reforms, Microsistems in Health Care, Management reforms, Prosperous team work, organized by County Council of Jonkoping, Yerevan, Armenia, 2008
• II Congress of Academy of Family Medicine, Yerevan, Armenia, 2008
• Conference on System thinking, Improvement model,  Microsystem patient involvement, Coaching, organized by County Council of Jonkoping, Yerevan, Armenia, 2007
• IV International Festival Conference of Clinical Microsystem , Jonkoping, Sweden, 2007
• IV Conference of Armenian Cardiologists, Yerevan, Armenia, 2003

Awards

• Certificate for the appreciable professional success in Healthcare System, YSMU, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014
• The jubilee “90^th Anniversary Silver Medal” of the Yerevan State Medical University for professional and educational activities and contribution in development of Medical Science, Yerevan, Armenia, 2010
• Letter of Acknowledgement for the appreciable success in Healthcare System, Medical Centre HAYK, Yerevan, Armenia, 2002

Publications

• Number of scientific publications – 1
• Number of medical brochures – 1 (YSMU, 2007)

Dr. Ashot S. Vardanyan - maxillofacial surgeon, MD, Head of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at ARAMYANTS Medical Center.  

Education and training

Dr. Ashot Vardanyan graduated from the Department of Stomatology of the Yerevan State Medical Institute (currently – the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi) in 1992, and medical internship at Dental Clinic N8, Yerevan, Armenia. He also successfully accomplished the Medical Residency of MIKAELYAN INSTITUE OF SURGERY, on Maxillofacial Surgery, in 1997.

Dr. Ashot Vardanyan participated in several training programs, conferences, workshops and other professional activities in Europe, Russia and other countries.   

Medical practice and relevant professional experience

Dr. Vardanyan started his medical practice as a maxillofacial surgeon in MIKAELYAN INSTITUE OF SURGERY, in 1998. Since 1999 Dr. Ashot Vardanyan works in the ARAMYANTS Medical Center, as a senior medical doctor / maxillofacial surgeon. In 2013 he became the Head of Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at ARAMYANTS Medical Center. 

Dr. Mikael Y. Adamyan - Interventional cardiologist, MD, Director of NORK-MARASH Medical Center.

Education and training

Dr. Mikael Y. Adamyan graduated from the Department of General Medicine of the State Medical University of Samara, Russia, in 2001, and the Residency of the same university on Cardiology, in 2003. He studied Interventional Cardiology at NORK MARASH Medical Center, Armenia, during the years of 2004-2005. Later he continued his professional development in Interventional Cardiology, in Marseille, from 2005 to 2006.

Medical practice and relevant professional experience

• Medical Residency in the Regional Cardio Dispensary, Samara, Russia, 2001-2003
• Interventional Cardiologist, NORK MARASH Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia, 2003-2005
• Cardiologist, Interventionist at the laboratory of roentgen-catheterization, Yerevan, Armenia, 2005-2008
• Head of department of cardiology at ARAMYANTS Medical Center, 2008-2012
• Head of department of cardiology at MALATIA Medical Center, since 2012

Main professional activities are related to the following fields

• Cardiology, EKG, Echocardiography
• Invasive Cardiology - Coronography, Coronary Angioplastics
• Invasive catheterization of heart camera
• Indirect Angiography, Stenting of kidney arteries

Scientific activities

• V congress of Cardiologists Association in Armenia. "The influence of early revascularization on left ventricle contractility", 05.2007
• I French - Armenian International Cardiologists Congress, 11.2007
• "Analysis of cases of early and later thrombosis"

Dr. Khachatur Kyurkchyan - Pediatric anaesthesiologist-reanimatologist, MD, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at ARABKIR Medical Center.  

Education and training

Dr. Kyurkchyan graduated from the Pediatric Department of the Yerevan State Medical Institute (present day Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi / YSMU) in 1978. Later, Dr. Kyurkchyan participated in training programs Worldwide. 

Medical practice and relevant professional activities

Dr. Khachatur Kyurkchyan started his medical practice as an Intern in the HOSPITAL N2 in 1978. Then he worked as a pediatrician in: 1) the 1st Pediatric Polyclinic, since 1979, and 2) the 3-rd Medical Union of Kirovakan (currently Vanadzor) city, in 1981. Later, Dr. Kyurkchayn worked in several healthcare institutions, such as:

• Anesthesiologist-Reanimatologist in 3rd Medical Union, Kirovakan, 1981-1982
• Anesthesiologist on duty in 3rd Medical Union, Kirovakan, 1982
• An ambulance doctor, 1983
• Anesthesiologist-reanimatologist in the 3rd Pediatric Hospital, 1983-1990
• 1990-1993-RPCH-Anesthesiologist in Urological Department, 1990-1993
• Head of operation department, 1993-1997
• Assistant of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology in the National Institute of Healthcare after Avdalbekyan, 1992-2007
• Head of department of Anesthesiology and Intensive care in ARABKIR Medical Center, since 1997
• Head of Surgical Anesthesiology and Intensive care services in ARABKIR Medical Center, since 2008
• Founding president in PO AIRWAY management, since 2009
• Assistant of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology in the Faculty of Postgraduate Education of YSMU, since 2011

Awards

Special award of the President of Armenia - 2014

Membership and professional activities

Founding member of the Armenian Association of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists

Dr. Merujan Saghatelyan – Interventional cardiologist, MD, Head of the Department of Angiography and Intervention. Dr. Saghatelyan is specialized in Coronary, Peripheral Interventions and other related fields.  

Education and training

Dr. Merujan Saghatelyan graduated from the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU) in 1997 and the Residency of Cardiology of the same university in 2002. During the years of 2006-2009 Dr. Saghatelyan successfully completed several training and educational programs, such as: the Fellowship of Invasive Cardiology at Nork Marash Medical Center (NMMC), Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Therapeutics, the Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, Russia.    

Medical practice and relevant professional activities

Dr. Merujan Saghatelyan started his medical practice at NMMC in 2003, as a Clinical Cardiologist, then Invasive Cardiologist (since 2006), and Interventional Cardiologist (since 2008). Since 2012 Dr. Saghatelyan works in the EREBOUNI Medical Center as Interventional Cardiologist and Head of the Angiography Department.      

Main professional activities are related to the following fields:

• Coronary
• Peripheral Interventions
• Determination of chest pain reasons and location of vessels' thrombosis if there is
• Measurement of the oxygen concentration in intracardiac vessels blood - oximetry (assessment of hemodynamics)
• Measurement of intracardiac blood pressure
• Cardiac tissue biopsy
• Diagnostics of congenital anomalies (defects) of the heart
• Assessment of the contractile function of the heart
• Evaluation of the heart valves
• Contrast visualization of the aorta and peripheral vessels
• angiography of the aorta and its branches
• angiography of carotid and intracranial arteries
• angiography of renal arteries
• angiography of the arteries of the uterus
• angiography of the arteries of the upper and lower extremities
• Balloon dilatation and stenting of coronary arteries
• Ablation in cardiac arrhythmias
• Stenting of stenotic peripheral artery, including renal artery
• Embolization of arteries feeding the tumor
• Embolization of the uterine arteries in myoma
• Closing of the defects in the septum of the heart and in great vessels

Most of the endovascular interventions are painless. The main approach is the transradial access - through the radial artery, which reduces the rate of local complications after interventions, it is more comfortable and recovery takes less time. 

Rehabilitation after cardiac catheterization usually takes a few hours. In case of endovascular interventions (angioplasty and stenting) the hospital stay may take 2-3 days.

Membership 

Association of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Radiology of Armenia

European Society of Cardiology /EAPCI   

Publications    

TOPIC Syllabus: Tough and excellent cases: Primary PCI and CTO recanalization in a patient with heart failure, 2012

CRT Online: Interesting Cases 2014:CTO PCI and Unprotected LM angioplasty in post-CABG patient with failed grafts, 2014