Yervand S. Sahakyan
Vice-Rector for External Affairs and International Partnerships, Associate Professor
DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH
17th of February, 1952, Gyumri, Armenia
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1959 – 1969 – Secondary School N102, Yerevan, Armenia,
1970 – 1976 – MD, Faculty of General Medicine, Yerevan State Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
1977 – 1978 – Internship at the Clinical Hospital N4, Yerevan, Armenia
1981 – Postgraduate Education in Healthcare Organization and Social Hygiene, Tbilisi State Medical Institute of Postgraduate Doctors’ Training
1988 – Professional training in Forensic Medicine, N2 Medical Institute after Pirogov, Moscow, Russia
1992 – Ph.D. research thesis defended at the Forensic Medicine Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Author of 28 research articles, holds 1 copyright (jointly with the Radiophysics and Electronics Institute of RA National Academy of Sciences)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1976 – 1979 – First Secretary of the LCYU Committee, Yerevan State Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
1980 – 1983 – Deputy to the Head Physician, Central Hospital in Masis Region, Forensic Physician at Inter-regional Department in Artashat, Armenia
1983 – 1984 – Assistant Professor, Department of Normal Anatomy, Yerevan State Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
1985 – 1994 – Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Yerevan State Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
1993 – 1994 – Deputy Dean of International Students, Yerevan State Medical Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 1994 – Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
1994 – 2002 – Dean of International Students, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 2003 – Vice-Rector for International Relations, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Since 24 January 2014 – Vice-Rector for External Affairs and International Partnerships, Associate Professor
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2000 – YSMU “Gold Medal”
2005 – Certificate of Honour of RA Minister of Education and Science
2010 – Memorial Medal of RA Prime Minister
2010 – YSMU “Gold Medal”
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Member of Association of Armenian Therapists
PERSONAL DATA
Married, has a son and a daughter.