EDUCATION

Medical Diploma, June 1980

Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Internship, Department of Open Trauma; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  August 1980 - December 1981

Research Fellow, Department of Adult Orthopedic Pathology - Clinical and Ambulatory Practice; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  December 1982 - March 1985

Research Fellow, Department of Treatment of Bone Defects; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  March 1985 - December 1988

Research Fellow, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children; Portland, Oregon.  July 1993 - June 1995

EXPERIENCE

Staff Surgeon, Department of Ambulatory and Rehabilitative Treatment; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  December 1981 - December 1982

Junior Surgeon, Department of Adult Orthopedic Pathology - Clinical and Ambulatory Practice; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  December 1982 - March 1985

Senior Surgeon, Department of Treatment of Bone Defects; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia.  March 1985 - December 1988

Chief, Department of Restorative Orthopedics; Mickaelyan Surgical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.  December 1988 - October 1992

First Reservelaege, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aalborg Hospital; Aalborg, Denmark. March 1995 – 1998.

Director, Yerevan Center of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Yerevan Armenia.  December 1998 – Present.

President, Armaveni Charitable Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia. December 2000 – Present

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Visiting Professor of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Oregon Health Sciences University; Portland, Oregon.  September 1993 - June 1994.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Candidate of Medical Sciences “Treatment of Congenital Pseudoarthrosis with Ilizarov Technique”, May 1987; N.N. Priorov Central Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics; Moscow, Russia.  (United States PhD equivalency granted October 1993)

Doctor of Medical Sciences “Treatment of Patients with Severe Trauma Using of Ilizarov Technique” May 2004; Ilizarov Center in Kurgan, Russia.

LICENSES

Oregon State Board of Medical Examiners:  Visiting Professor limited license.  License number:  LL05014.  Status:  Active.  Valid:  6/1/92 - 9/1/92.

License number:  LL05487.  Status:  Active.  Valid:  9/20/93 - 6/30/94.

Russian Federation State Medical Certificate:  РМА 120029

Registration ИН-70-8955.