Work Experience
2011-present Assistant Professor, Chair of Internal Medicine No. 4, Yerevan State Medical University
2008 – 2011 Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Muratsan University Hospital
Assistant Professor, Chair of Internal Medicine No. 2, Yerevan State Medical University
2008 May – Aug Health Scientist (ORISE Fellowship), Division of Heart Diseases and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
2007 Jun – Aug Intern, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Division of Heart Diseases and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
2006 Dec – 08 May Research Associate (part-time), “Performance Improvement in Nutrition and Exercise Counseling Project”, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2006 May-Aug Project Manager, “Tobacco Control Legislation Monitoring Project”, Armenian Medical Association, Yerevan, Armenia
2006 Feb-May Project Coordinator, “Tobacco Control Policy in Healthcare Institutions”, Armenian Medical Association, Yerevan, Armenia
2005 Feb-06 Apr Health Coordinator, “Mobile Medical Teams” Project, World Vision Armenia, Yerevan
2003 Aug-05 Jan Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center “Nairi”, Yerevan, Armenia
Memberships
2012 – present General Secretary, Armenian Association of Gastroenterology (AAG)
2014 – present Member of National Societies Forum (representing AAG), United European Gastroenterology (UEG)
2016 – present Elected as Member of Meeting of Members (former General Assembly), United European Gastroenterology (UEG)
Attended conferences and trainings
2017 Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training, certificate granted
2010-2016 United European Gastroenterology Weeks – annually in October (2010, 2015- Barcelona, 2011- Stockholm, 2012-Amsterdam, 2013-Berlin, 2014-Vienna)
2015 EASL Monothematic conference on Microbiota, metabolism and NAFLD, Innsbruck, Austria
2014 The First Transcaucasus International Conference on current problems of Liver diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia
2011, 2013 1st and 2nd Biannual International Conference of Armenian Hepatological Forum, Yerevan, Armenia
2012 EASL endorsed International Liver Symposium, Tbilisi, Georgia
Languages
Fluent in English and Russian. Fair knowledge of French.