Scientific Degree
MD, PhD
Education
1972-1978
Yerevan State Medical University
1978-1979
Lecturing desk as a physician infectionist
Trainings
1987
Certificate program as Chair of infections Disease in NIH, Yerevan, Armenia
1996
Fellowship on infections Disease in Albany Medical Center, NY, USA
Awards
Awarded with the medal of Rudolf Virchow for special merits, given by European Academy of Natural Sciences
Professional activity
1979-1986
№1 Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Department of Hepatology
1986-2021
"NORK" Clinical Hospital of infectious Diseases, Head of Hepatology Department
Head of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Medical University after St.Tereza
Publications
Author of over 184 scientific publications in local and international journals and magazines
Author of Methodical Recommendations: Management of HBV and HCV Infections in Onco/Oncoheamatological Patients in the Republic of Armenia
Clinical Practice Guideline on hepatitis B Reactivation-2021 HBVr (23_3_2021)
Author of Methodical Recommendations: Management of HBV and HCV Infections in Onco/Oncoheamatological Patients in the Republic of Armenia
Conferences
2022
President of APASL STC on NAFLD/NASH in Yerevan, Armenia, October, 2022
2022
Invited Guest as a Speaker/Chair, APASL 2022, Seoul, Korea
2021
Clinical practice guidance for hepatology and liver transplant providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: APASL expert panel consensus recommendations
2021
Invited Guest as a Speaker/Chair, APASL Oncology 2021, Tokyo, Japan
2002-2017
Participation in all annual EASL, APASL and AASLD conferences
2007-2018
Moderator of 17 International conferences
Attendance in over 120 specialized medical conferences (local and international) and was invited as a speaker in many of them
Memberships
Since 2007
President of Armenian Hepatological Forum
Since 2011
Elected member of Editorial Advisory council of scientific-practical journal Blood Armenia
Since 2013
Member of Editorial Advisory council of scintifice-practical journal Actual Infectology, Ukraine
Chairman of APASL STC on HBV Armenia
Full member (Academician) of European Academy of Natural Sciences
Member of APASL ACLF Research Consortium (AARC) working group
Member of APASL executive Council (EC)
Member of EASL ILF (Country Survey Lead)
Member of Global Nash Council
Member of the APASL guidelines development committee for Hepatitis B in Pregnancy
Acute-on-Chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the study of the liver (APASL)
Member of EASL, AASLD, APASL, IASL, CEVHAP
Since 2015
Member of Editorial board of journal of Clinical and Molecular Hepotology of Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL)
