LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: Armenian, Russian, and English
SUMMARY: My background is anesthesiology. I worked as an anesthesiologist for over thirty years. I also have teaching experience, worked as an assistant professor since 1996, starting from the National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health. In 2008, I moved to the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation of the Yerevan State Medical University. M. Heraci as an assistant professor. Currently I teach Armenian and foreign students in three languages: Armenian, Russian and English.
I have experience in palliative care for about thirteen years, starting with individual practice. Since then, I participated in the work of a Task Force of the Ministry of Health to develop conceptual documents on palliative care for Armenia. I mainly work in the field of education, at the same time creating programs, particularly for palliative care; I work in the field of practical palliative care, provide palliative care at home. From January 2012 to December 2013, I participated in the International Initiative for Leadership Development in Palliative Care (LDI) the Second Cohort. To protect my diploma, I developed and implemented a program of postgraduate education in palliative care in academic programs of Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), and also made a “Training Program in Palliative Care for Family Doctors in the Regions of Armenia” for 5 regions of Armenia. I am currently teaching palliative care for family physicians and nurses at Yerevan State Medical University.
EMPLOYMENT / POSITIONS HELD:
Position Held
Name of Institution
City & Country of Institution
Dates of Employment
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and
Intensive Care Chair
Yerevan State Medical University After Mkhitar Heratsi
Yerevan. Armenia
2008 – present
Head of anesthesiology department “Muratsan” University Hospital
Yerevan State Medical University After Mkhitar Heratsi
Yerevan. Armenia
2008 – 2012
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
National Institute of Health
Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia
Yerevan. Armenia
2009 – 2008
Head of Anesthesiology Department
Emergency Medical Scientific Center, city of Yerevan
Yerevan, Armenia
1997-2000
Anesthesiology and intensive care specialist
Emergency Medical Scientific Center, city of Yerevan
Yerevan, Armenia
1991 – 2008
EDUCATION:
Degree / Certification
Name of Institution
City & Country of Institution
Date Degree was Issued
Diploma of the International Palliative Care Leader
OhioHealth Research Institute
Columbus, Ohio, USA
August 01, 2014
Medical Internship Program in Pain Management
AKH university hospital
Vienna, Austria,
September 24 – October 19 2007
Medical Internship Program in Anesthesiology
AKH university hospital
Vienna, Austria
February-March 2005
Residency in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
Department of Surgery
Yerevan State Medical Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
1989-1991
General Physician
Yerevan State Medical Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
1977-1984
PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC AND/OR A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL:
Journal
Title of the Article
Date of Publication
The 12 Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Lisbon Portugal
“Current State of Palliative Care Education in Armenia”
May 18 – 21 2011
13-th EAPC World Congress for Palliative Care, Prague, Republic of Czechoslovakia
“The Advocacy Campaign for Access to Adequate Pain Relief in Armenia”
May 30 - June 2, 2013
17th World Congress on Pain
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Trainings in Pain Management for Primary Care Physicians from Distant Regions of Armenia
September 12-18, 2018
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Name of Organization
Role
Dates of Affiliation
OSF Armenia
"EPEC oncology" seminar,
2013, 2014
OSF Armenia
"Methadone usage for treating pain, training
2014
MOH of Republic of Armenia
Task force in implementation of the palliative care in Armenia
2010 – 2012
MOH of Republic of Armenia
“Key competencies and job description for physicians and nurses in palliative care”
2013
MOH of Republic of Armenia
Guideline for opioids prescription in palliative care
2013
OTHER: I in 2012 I established the Armenian Association for the study of pain, in 2015 I was awarded grant from IASP to create and implement the curriculum in “Pain management for family physicians”, which I successfully realized.
I was awarded grant by OSF Armenia and acknowledged for organization and provision of the Armenia’s 1st International Satellite Symposium on Children’s Palliative care (in the frames of 4th IMCA) July 1, 2015, Yerevan, Armenia.
