6th International Medical Congress of Armenia – Presenters

Bagrat Alekyan MD
Director for Innovative Technologies
A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Russia
Chief of Cardiosurgical Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart and Vessels
Institute of Cardiosurgery of Moscow

Haroutune Armenian MD
Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor in Residence of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
President Emeritus of the American University of Armenia (AUA)
Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Rafi Avitsian MD, FASA
Professor of Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44195

Viken Babikian MD
Professor of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
720 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Tel +1. 617.638.8456
babikian@bu.edu

Naira Baregamian, MD, MMS, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Endocrine Surgery)
Division of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37232

Garni Barkhoudarian, M.D., FAANS
Associate Professor of Neuroscience / Neurosurgery
Co-director: Pacific Pituitary Disorders Center
Director: Pacific Facial Pain Center
Director: Pacific Adult Hydrocephalus Center
Director: PNI/SJCI Multidisciplinary Neuroanatomy and Surgical Skills Laboratory
Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2125 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404

John P. Bilezikian
Silberberg Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology
College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine for International Education and Research
Chief, Emeritus, of the Division of Endocrinology
Director of the Metabolic Bone Diseases Program at Columbia University Medical Center

Iacopo Baussano M.D., Sp. ID, M.SC. Ph.D.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO)
Early Detection, Prevention and Infections (EPR) Branch
69366 LYON CEDEX 07, France

Sharon Chekijian MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
464 Congress Ave, Suite 260
New Haven, CT 06511

Dereck DeLeon MD
Chief Academic Officer, Nuvance Health
50 SAW MILL ROAD DANBURY, CT 06810

Wayne W. Grody, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Professor, Human Genetics,
Professor, Pediatrics,
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732

Roger Hajjar MD
Director, Gene & Cell Therapy Institute
Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, MA
Arthur & Janet C. Ross Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

David Hovsepian MD
Clinical Professor, Radiology
Associate Director of Radiology Quality and Safety, Department of Radiology
Stanford Health Care Interventional Radiology
300 Pasteur Dr Rm H3649
MC 5642
Stanford CA 94305

Nora Pashayan MD, CCT, MSc, MSt, PhD
Professor of Applied Cancer Research, University College London (UCL)
Head of Department of Applied Health Research, UCL
Director of Training, International Alliance for cancer Early Detection (ACED),
Cancer Research UK

Mikael Petrosyan MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Chief, General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Children's National Hospital
Washington, C 20010

David Rogers MD
Rogers Wellness and Spine Surgery Glendale
Immediate Past Chief of Staff, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
222 W. Eulalia Street, Suite 309, Glendale, CA 91204

Shant Shekherdimian MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia
Associate Director- Healthcare Outreach, Promise Armenian Institute (PAI)
Visiting Associate Professor, Yerevan State Medical University
Interim Chief, UCLA Division of Pediatric Surgery
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Raffi Tachdjian M.D., MPH, FAAAAI, FACAAI
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
UCLA School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology
Providence St. John Medical Center
1301 20th Street, Suite 380
Santa Monica, CA 90404