Education
1988-1994
YSMU Faculty of Medicine, red diploma
09/1989-06/1990
YSMU optional course of medical psychology, diploma of medical psychologist
10/1990-05/1991
Yerevan State Pedagogical University, evening courses of English and French
1994-1997
Institute of Health of MoH RA, Chair of Urology, Clinical Residency in Urology, Certificate of an Urologist
1997-2001
Institute of Health of MoH RA, Chair of Urology, Postgraduate study in Urology, PhD Thesis "Materials on Prostate Cancer Screening"
Trainings
Georgia: twice (1996, 2000)
France: twice (1996, 2001)
Netherlands: 9 times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
USA: 4 times (1998, 2003, 2010, 2013)
Italy: twice (2000, 2013)
Great Britain: thrice (2004, 2009, 2017)
Specialization
Surgeon - urologist - laparoscopist, Urologist - oncologist
Marital Status
Married, has two sons
Professional activity
Expert clinical experience
- Prostate cancer
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Oncourology/Pelvic surgery
- Endoscopic surgery
- Andrology
Since 2022
"Nairi" Medical Center, Head of Laser, Laparoscopic and Oncological Urology Service
Since 2021
President of the Armenian Urological Association
2016-2022
"Slavmed" Medical Center, Founder and Head of Clinic of Urology
2014-2015
"CMS" Medical Center, Founder and Head of the Department of Urology
2011-2014
"Shengavit" Medical Center, Head of the Clinic for General, Laparoscopic and Oncological Urology
2005-2011
Associate Professor of YSMU Chair of Urology
2001-2011
"Arabkir" Medical Center, Founder and Head of the Urological Service
2001-2005
Head of the Armenian section of the Canadian Society for International Health; Project: "South Caucasus Medical Information Technology Project", Phase III
2001-2005
National Institute of Health of MoH RA, Assistant of the Chair of Urology
1998-2002
"Kanaker-Zeytun" Medical Center, Founder and Head of the Urological Service
Publications
36 local and international articles
Scientific works
Since 2005
"Optimization of Prostate Cancer Management" Doctoral Thesis, in process
1997-2000
"Materials on Prostate Cancer Screening" PhD Thesis
Social activity
SInce 2021
President of AUA since December 2021
2016
President of the 18th Annual Meeting of AUA
2013
Co-chair of the 15th Annual Meeting of AUA and organizer of the first online lecture in Armenia from the USA dedicated to robotic surgery and urology
Since 2000
Coordinator of all courses organized by the European School of Urology in Armenia in 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 և 2018. At the invitation of R. Hovhannisyan, more than 20 world-renowned urologists visited Armenia
Since 1999
Permanent member of the orgcommittee of the Annual Meetings of the Armenian Urological Association (AUA)
Memberships
Since 2021
President of the Armenian Urological Association
Since 2008
Armenian Association of Digital Medicine, Founding member
Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU)
Member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Member of the International Federation of Surgical Colleges (IFSC)
