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
