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Indian students of YSMU celebrated the “Festival of colors” – Holi

One of the colorful and joyful holidays – Holi – is celebrated today in India.

02/03/2018

Dinesh Pendharkar: The team of Armenian young oncologists is very hard working and conscientious

Dinesh Pendharkar… Head of the Department of Cancer Chemotherapy at Asian Cancer Institute Mumbai, President of Indian Society of Oncology, Chair of International Affairs Committee of American Society of Clinical Oncology, Visiting Professor of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi. Dr. Pendharkar is one of the first practitioners of cancer chemotherapy in India. He has many publications including internationally recognized, practice-changing research.

02/03/2018

Alain Hovnanian Visiting Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at Yerevan State Medical University

Since November 15, 2017 Alain Hovnanian, Professor of Medical Genetics and Director of an INSERM department at the Necker Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris, France, has become Visiting Professor of Medical Genetics at Yerevan State Medical University.

23/02/2018

German journalists and public figures were the guests of YSMU

A delegation of German journalists and public figures was the guest of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi. Journalists and editors, as well as famous people from various German cities, met with YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan and vice-rectors.

22/02/2018

24-year-old future Indian surgeon: Knowledge got from Armenian professors is very important

24-year-old Indian student of Yerevan State Medical University Vigneshwer Dulasidaran dreamt of becoming a surgeon before coming to Armenia and entering the university.

19/02/2018

Caroline Apovian: My grandmother fought the Turks: she gave me the courage to live and be happy

My grandmother gave me the courage and strength to live and be happy. She watched her entire family beheaded by the Turks; she became a fedayee and fought the Turks. Armenian American doctor Caroline Apovian is proud of her Armenian origin.

08/02/2018

Frits Rosendaal: I don’t know any negative side about being a doctor

Frits Rosendaal… A doctor, a researcher, a fan of football and history… And just a happy man… Frits Rosendaal is a Professor at Leiden University and former President of International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis. Ever since, he has been appointed jointly at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and the Department of Thrombosis and Hemostasis. He became Professor of Clinical Epidemiology in 1997, with a chair that was aptly named “Clinical Epidemiology of Thrombosis and Hemostasis”. 

22/01/2018

Ara Nazarian: Medicine is a noble profession: my advice – staying true to one’s main reasons to become a physician

There really wasn’t a magical panache to success. I simply worked hard and tried to figure out the next step in life to the best of my abilities…
Ara Nazarian, Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, has worked with and mentor 131 undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from his early career days to date. 

15/01/2018

The only Armenian in the House of Lords – Ara Darzi: Armenian people are special

Lord Ara Darzi… Or Ara Vardges Terzyan… Born 7 May 1960 in Mosul, Iraq… An Armenian-British surgeon, former health minister of Great Britain, a member of the House of Lords. Ara Darzi is one of the world's leading surgeons and holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London, specialising in the field of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, having pioneered many new techniques and technologies.

22/12/2017