Armen Kocharyan, Ph.D., DABR, MRSE, Senior Imaging Physicist at Houston Methodist Hospital and Associate Professor of Weill Cornell Medical College, is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Medical Physics at Yerevan State Medical University and specializes in magnetic resonance imaging.
24/05/2022Professor Levon Nazarian is the person who made an invaluable contribution to the development of ultrasound diagnosis in Armenia. He was born in the United States, New Jersey. He is a Professor of Radiology and Vice Chair for Education at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, as well as the President of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
It has already been four years since Armenian Professor of Surgery and Oncology Sarkis Meterissian, who lives and works in Canada, has joined the list of Adjunct Professors at YSMU.
One of the priorities of the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi is the expansion of the educational network through the establishment of inter-university and intercultural communication frameworks. The World Health Organization recognizes YSMU as the only state medical university in the Republic of Armenia, which is included in the “World Directory of Medical Schools”.
April is traditionally celebrated by the UN as “Autism Awareness Month”. Scientists around the world are focusing on autism spectrum disorders due to the apparent increase in their prevalence over the last decade and its severe consequences.
YSMU adjunct professor Stella Aslibekyan is the head of the genetic epidemiology group at the company “23andMe” in Silicon Valley. Additionally, she is an adjunct associate professor of epidemiology at two universities: University of Alabama and University of Kentucky.
Visiting Professor of the YSMU Chair of Oncology Greg Kalemkerian is a Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan in the fields of Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine.
YSMU Visiting Professor Lawrence Faulkner is a renowned pediatrician specialized in childhood cancer and blood disorders, is a at Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi. He is a Medical Advisory Board Coordinator at Cure2Children Foundation, specialized in pediatric hematology-oncology and stem cell transplantation.
Director of Sibley Memorial Urologic Oncology Hospital at prestigious Johns Hopkins University, Assistant Professor of Urology, Doctor Armine Smith is a Visiting Professor of Yerevan State Medical University. We talked to our compatriot, a leading specialist, who has made significant achievements in the United States, about the choice of profession, as well as the challenges and advantages encountered on the way to the world of medicine.