Dr. Hrant Zaven Kalenteryan – Neonatologist, Anaesthesiologist-reanimatologist; Head of pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in MURATSAN University Hospital of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU); Chief Pediatric Anesthesiologist and Reanimatologist of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia; Chief Neonatologist of Yerevan city; Assistant Lecturer at N2 Pediatric and Pediatric Surgery Chairs of the YSMU; President of the Armenian Association of Neonatal Medicine.
According to the Decree of the President of Armenia (September 16, 2015), Dr. Kalenteryan was awarded MKHITAR HERATSI MEDAL - the highest medal in the healthcare sector of Armenia.
Education and training
Dr. Hrant Z. Kalenteryan graduated from the Department of Pediatrics of YSMU, in 1982. His educational and professional development continued in SPITAK MEDICAL CENTER, where we worked as a pediatrician, from 1982 to 1986. Later, Dr. Kalenteryan successfully completed his Medical Residency on Pediatric Reanimatology and Anesthesiology, in Leningrad, Russia, 1988. Residency Pediatric reanimatology and anesthesiology, Leningrad, Russia 86-88.
Later, Dr. Kalenteryan studied at Cornell medical college, New York, USA, 1995, and attended the observership in the ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY DEPARTMENT, in 2003. Further educational and professional development includes:
- The Division of Emergency Medicine of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; AAF, Salzburg, 2006
- International Advanced Neonatology Workshop, Egypt, 2008
- Head of the program “Neonatal care and intensive therapy” supported by UNICEF, 2010
Medical practice and other relevant professional experience
- Head of pediatric intensive care unit in ARABKIR MEDICAL CENTER, 1989-1997
- Head of pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in N1 University Hospital, 1997-2011
- Head of pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in “Muratsan” Universiti Hospital of YSMU, since 2011
- Chief neonatologist of the Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia, 2002-2013
- Chief Pediatric Anesthesiologist and Reanimatologist of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia; since 2013
- Chief Neonatologist of Yerevan city, since 2013
Membership
- President of Armenian Association of Neonatal Medicine
- Member of Armenian Association of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists
Publications
- 28 scientific and professional articles
- Co-author of 3 textbooks
- Co-author of 2 guidelines
