Education
1984, graduated from Yerevan State Medical Institute, specialization: sanitary medicine
Work Experience
1984–1987, head of the industrial hygiene department
1987–1988, physician, communal hygiene division, Orjonikidze district sanitary and epidemiological station
1988–1992, epidemiologist, Erebouni Medical Center
1992–2011, deputy director for clinical epidemiology, Erebouni Medical Center
2011, advisor to the director-general for clinical epidemiology, Erebouni Medical Center
1994–1999, deputy director, Yerevan Armenian-American state college
1999, head of practical training cycle in epidemiology
2001–2008, advisor to the chief physician for clinical epidemiology, Nork–Marash cardiac surgery center
2002–2011, deputy director for clinical epidemiology, Nairi Medical Center
2011, advisor to the director-general for clinical epidemiology, Nairi Medical Center
2016, advisor to the director-general for clinical epidemiology, Izmirlian Medical Center
1995 (nov–dec), professional exchange visit, Henri Mondor hospital, Paris
2004, researcher, virology research institute
2011–2014, founding director, national center for healthcare-associated infection prevention
2011–2014, chief epidemiologist of the republic of Armenia
2017–present, director of the Armenian representation of MicroMir
1997 (oct–nov), professional exchange, CDC, centers for disease control and prevention, Atlanta, USA
Professional Experience
Organized and chaired four conferences: “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, “the heavy burden of tuberculosis”, “do not harm, help”, “caution: antibiotic”
2010 and 2014, scientific and practical missions to Artsakh, organizing nurse-training conferences and supporting Stepanakert republican hospital
practical support visits to medical institutions in major regions of Armenia
1993, introduced the first CIS local monitoring system at Erebouni Medical Center for antimicrobial resistance prevention (“today is early, tomorrow is late”)
1993, established and led the first infection control committee in the CIS at Erebouni Medical Center
1998, implemented the WHONET antibiotic stewardship program at Erebouni Medical Center
1999, presented implementation results at the conference in Tallinn, Estonia
2000, presented implementation results at the conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan
2001, presented implementation results at the conference in Tbilisi, Georgia
2009, spokesperson of the Armenian delegation at the world forum “fighting tuberculosis”, Beijing
Participated in 26 international conferences in different countries
Scientific Work
PhD in medical sciences
Author of 9 methodological guidelines and approximately 30 scientific publications and theses
Professional Membership
2007–present, founder and president, association of clinical epidemiologists
Awards
Awarded by the minister of health of the republic of Armenia
Aarded by the mayor of Yerevan
