Education
1973-1979
Student at Yerevan State Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
1979-1980
Internship on General Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital #3, Leninakan, Armenia
1991-1992
6 months fellowship in Pediatric Rehabilitation at Children’s Hospital, Richmond, VA, USA
Trainings
1989
4 months training in General Pediatrics at National Institute of Health, Yerevan, Armenia
1990-1992
Postgraduate Training in Pediatric Rehabilitation, “Project HOPE” Pediatric Rehabilitation Program, Yerevan, Armenia
1994
1 month training in Pediatric Rehabilitation, Portland, OR, USA
1997
1 month training in Pediatric Rehabilitation at Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
1998
1 month training in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Rehabilitation at Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
1999
1 month training in Assessment and Treatment of a Child with Cerebral Palsy, Olshten, Poland
2002
1 month training in Pediatric and Adults Rehabilitation (EMG and SSEP’s) at Cincinnati Medical Center and Shriners Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
2003
2 weeks training in General Pediatrics, Neonatology and IC, Cairo, Egypt
2003
2 weeks training in General and Pediatric Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2004
2 weeks training in Pediatric Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2003
2 weeks training in Maternal and Child Health Care, Cairo, Egypt
2004
2 months training in Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT Bobath), Yerevan, Armenia
2005
2 weeks training in Hemophilia, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006
1 week seminar in Neurology, Salzburg, Austria
2007
1 week seminar in Epilepsy, Eilat, Israel
2008
1 week seminar in Rehabilitation Medicine, Salzburg, Austria
2009
4 week observership in PM&R at the Medical University-General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
2015
1 week seminar in Rehabilitation Medicine, Salzburg, Austria
2015
4 weeks training in “Current Issues and Modern technologies in Medical Rehabilitation” YSMU , Yerevan
2019
7 weeks training in “Current Issues and Modern technologies in Medical Rehabilitation” YSMU , Yerevan
2023
Training in Dysphagia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Awards
2014
Recipient of the Community Service Award of the 2014 Universal Rights Awards, given by the U.S. Embassy of Armenia in recognition of “outstanding efforts to provide rehabilitation services to children with disabilities.”
2015
Nominated for CNN hero of the year
2015
Excellent Case Presentation-Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar, Rehabilitation Medicine
2015
For Academic Excellence - Salzburg Weill Cornell Seminar, Rehabilitation Medicine