Hakob Sahak Hovakimyan ( hy, Հակոբ Սահակի Հովակիմյան) better known as Hrayr Hovakimyan ( hy, Հրայր Հովակիմյան) is a famous
Armenian
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doctor
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** Surgeon
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cardiac surgeon
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National Hero of Armenia
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Education
* 1997 Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the
University of Aleppo
University of Aleppo ( ar, جَامِعَة حَلَب, Jāmiʿat Ḥalab, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus.
During 2005 ...
* 1977-1984 retrained at
Beckman University in New York
* 1984-1988 retrained at
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
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in Oregon (cardiopulmonary surgery direction)
* 1988-1989 retrained at
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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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
The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri az ...
(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)
* Medal of the II degree "For Services to the Fatherland" (Armenia) (2014)
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* 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
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