Dr. David Dallakyan - Pediatric Thoracic and General Surgeon, MD, PhD, Deputy Director for Surgery and Head of the Pediatric Thoracic Surgery Department at SOURB ASTVATSAMAYR Medical Center, Yerevan, ARMENIA. In addition to native Armenian, Dr. Dallakyan is fluent in English, Russian, and can communicate in German and French.
Education and science
Dr. David Dallakyan graduated from the Department of General Medicine of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU), with a Diploma with Honor, in 2006 and the Clinical Residency of the same university, on Pediatric Surgery, in 2009.
During the years of 2009-2012 Dr. Dallakyan completed his postgraduate studies with scientific research, successfully defended his thesis and received а PhD in Medical Science.
Medical practice and related professional experience
- Deputy Director for Surgery at SOURB ASTVATSAMAYR Medical Center (Former Childrens’ Emergency Hospital), Yerevan, ARMENIA, since 2016
- Pediatric surgeon and Head of pediatric thoracic surgery department, SOURB ASTVATSAMAYR Medical Center, since 2009
- Surgeon’s Assistant in the Pediatric Surgery Department, SOURB ASTVATSAMAYR Medical Center, 2006-2009
- Nurse in the Pediatric Surgery Department, SOURB ASTVATSAMAYR Medical Center, 2003-2006
Major surgical skills
- Bronchoscopy
- Abdominal and thoracic surgery (laparoscopy, thoracoscopy)
- Neonatal surgery
Training and conferences
- IPEG Conferences in 2008, 2011, 2013
- All conferences on pediatric surgery in Armenia
- All Russian pediatric surgical conferences in 2006, 2009, 2011-2015, 2017
- 6 months training in liver transplantation in USC UH clinic in Los Angeles, California
- 8 months training in thoracic surgery in N13 Childrens’ hospital after N. Filatov Moscow, Russia, 2011-2012
- 1 month training in Mother and infant health program Kanazawa, Japan 2013
- 1 Month training in pediatric surgery Timon hospital Marseille, France 2015
- 1 year training in thoracic surgery in N13 Childrens’ hospital after N. Filatov Moscow, Russia, 2015-2016
Publications
Dr. David Dallakyan has 24 publications in clinical journals of Armenia, Russia and USA
