YSMU congratulates the Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Associate Professor Yervand Sahakyan on his anniversary.
Yervand Sahakyan, who has been the acting vice-rector of the Mkhitar Heratsi State Medical University for almost 20 years, has expanded and continues to expand the geography of the university, and today it has already crossed the equator. Among more than 30 countries, YSMU already has students from the Seychelles and Australia.
The former surgeon and forensic doctor, lecturer and dean raised the international prestige and rating of the 100-year-old medical forge to a whole new level because of his hard work and various connections.
At the event organized on the occasion of the anniversary, Rector Armen Muradyan, congratulating Yervand Sahakyan, mentioned that over the years, each person puts his achievements and dreams on two scales. “Yervand Sahakyan still has great potential and many goals to work for the benefit of the medical university,” the rector emphasized.
Words of homage were addressed to the well-deserved jubilee from his professors and students. Those present referred to the high professional abilities and skills of the vice-rector, as well as the established family.
Professor of the Chair of Histology Artashes Aznauryan, who taught Yervand Sahakyan, stated that the latter was an all- rounded and very smart student.
The director of the Military Medical Scientific Education Center, Samvel Galstyan, revealed that very few people know, but the vice-rector had a great contribution to the process of establishing and internationalizing the military medical faculty.
Gayane Avetisyan, the head of the Dean's Office for International Students, who was the student of Yervand Sahakyan, proudly mentioned that she had known him for 30 years, and it was thanks to him that she became interested in forensic medicine.
Dean of the Faculty of General Medicine Karine Baroyan noted that the vice-rector is a greatly-balanced person in his daily work, who has always maintained his principles.
Yervand Sahakyan himself, lavishing words of gratitude on his colleagues, said that he never disregards learning from both senior and junior colleagues and he will continue to invest everything for the development of the university.