Dr. Stepan Garnik Poghosyan – Medical Doctor-Endoscopist, PhD, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology at DIAGNOSTICA MEDICAL CORPORATION, Yerevan, Armenia; President of the Association of Endoscopists of Armenia.

Education and Training

Dr. Stepan G. Poghosyan graduated from the Department of General Medicine of the Yerevan State Medical Institute (current Yerevan State Medical University named after Mhkitar Heratsi) in 1976, and the internship of the Institute of Oncology and Radiology / X-ray.

From 1979 to 1981 Dr. Stepan Poghosyan accomplished his post graduate study and training at Clinical Residency of the First Moscow Medical Institute named after I.M. Sechenov, and successfully defended his PhD thesis in 1983. Major areas of specialization were X-ray endoscopy and gastroenterology.

Medical practice and related professional experience

Dr. Stepan G. Poghosyan started his medical practice as a medical doctor and X-ray specialist in the main hospital of Gugark region, VANADZOR city (previous KIROVAKAN), Armenia, in 1976.

Dr. Poghosyan continued his medical practice in the First Moscow Medical Institute named after I.M. Sechenov, Russia since 1979. Later he worked in the Second Emergency Hospital of Yerevan City (current St. GRIGOR LUSAVORICH MEDICAL CENTER), from 1983 to 1985.

Since 1986 Dr. Stepan Garnik Poghosyan is the Head of the Department of Gastroenterology at DIAGNOSTICA MEDICAL CORPORATION, Yerevan, Armenia.

Membership

President of the Association of Endoscopists of Armenia - since 2017