Hrayr Hovakimyan
Hakob Sahak Hovakimyan (Armenian: Հակոբ Սահակի Հովակիմյան) better known as Hrayr Hovakimyan (Armenian: Հրայր Հովակիմյան) is a famous Armenian doctor, cardiac surgeon, National Hero of Armenia.[1]
Education
- 1997 Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the University of Aleppo
- 1977-1984 retrained at Beckman University in New York[verification needed]
- 1984-1988 retrained at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon (cardiopulmonary surgery direction)
- 1988-1989 retrained at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Career
- In 1990 he participated in the creation of the "Biotronic EDP-30" pulse generator
- 1992-1993 worked at the Mickaelyan Institute of Surgery in Yerevan
- In 1993, he founded the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the "Nork-Marash" Medical Center
- In 1996, a department of cardiac surgery for adults was also opened
- Chief Cardiac Surgeon of the Nork-Marash Medical Center
- Trained a large number of Armenian doctors in the field of cardiac surgery
Awards and honours
- Honorary Citizen of Yerevan (1997)
- Honorary Doctor of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (1999)
- Member of associations of a number of foreign medical companies
- 1st Place in Respiratory Surgery, Oregon Medical University.
- Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (2008)[2]
- Medal of the II degree "For Services to the Fatherland" (Armenia) (2014)[3]
- The title of the National Hero of Armenia, awarded the Order of the Fatherland (2020) - for many years of selfless work to save many lives
References
- ^ "Բժիշկ Հակոբ (Հրայր) Հովակիմյանին շնորհվել է Ազգային հերոսի բարձրագույն կոչում" (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ Հայաստանի Հանրապետության շքանշանով և մեդալներով պարգևատրելու մասին
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- Jivan Abrahamyan [hy; ru]
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