Yervand Harutyunyan

Languages: Armenian, Russian, English

Work Experience

From 02.06.2025 to present: "Vardanants" Center for Innovative Medicine, Leading Urologist, Yerevan, Armenia

01.03.2011-30.05.2025: “Vladimir Avagyan” Medical Center, Head of Laser and Endoscopic Department, Yerevan, Armenia

17.10.2005-18.01.2012: Saint Nerses the Great Scientific Medical Center, Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs, Head of the Urology Department, Professor, Yerevan, Armenia

06.02.1998-26.09.2005: “Erebuni” Medical Center, Scientific Head of the Urological Clinic, Yerevan, Armenia

17.07.1989-22.01.1998: “Armenia” Republican Medical Center, Urologist, Yerevan, Armenia

01.05.1985-30.08.1987: Mikaelyan Institute Of Surgery, ECG Laboratory, Laboratory Assistant, Yerevan, Armenia

01.08.1985-25.08.1987: Republican Hospital (now “Armenia” RMC), Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Medical Intern, Yerevan, Armenia

12.09.1984-24.04.1985: Republican Hospital, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Paramedic, Yerevan, Armenia

Teaching Experience

03.2004-03.2015 – Professor, Department of Urology, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health of RA

04.1998-01.2004 – Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University named after M. Heratsi

04.1994-01.1998 – Assistant, Department of Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University named after M. Heratsi

04.1994-01.1998 – Assistant, Department of Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University named after M. Heratsi

Education

10.2015 – Training: “Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer,” Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

04-06.1994 – Training in Female Urology, Kidney Transplantation, and Oncological Urology at Santa Ana Medical Center, Irvine Medical Center, Saint Joseph Medical Center, Orange County, California, USA (Supervisor: Garo Terzakhian, MD, PhD)

01.09.1987-01.07.1989 –I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Clinical Residency in Urology USSR

1981-1987 –Yerevan State Medical University named after M. Heratsi, General Medicine, Armenia

Continuing Professional Development

Continuous professional certificate No. CPD-H-21025

Academic Activity

27.05.2015 – Speaker at seminar: “First Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer Treatment Not Only in Armenia but Also in the Region,” Avagyan Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia

01.03.2004 – Doctor of Medical Sciences, awarded by decision of the Specialized Council of YSMU. Certificate B No. 00500

06.11.1996 – PhD in Medical Sciences, awarded by decision of the Specialized Council of YSMU. Certificate A No. 00304

Practical Contributions to the Armenian Healthcare System

11.2007 – Complete phalloplasty after traumatic total penile amputation, “Saint Nerses the Great” Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia

03.2004 – Urethroplasty for long urethral strictures using buccal mucosa flap (Barbagli undefined Kulkarni method), “Saint Nerses the Great” Medical Center, Yerevan

06.1994 – First radical cystectomy with continent urinary diversion using Koch pouch performed at “Armenia” RMC, Yerevan

04.1994 – First radical prostatectomy performed at “Armenia” RMC, Yerevan

Continuing Medical Education

2018 – Speaker: “Modern Capabilities of Combined Genitourinary System Reconstruction,” EAU Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 – Training within the framework of participation in the BESIDE/BEYOND study, Madrid, Spain

2015 – Participation in the 40th Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) and 2nd World Congress on Pelvic Pain, Nice, France

2015 – Moderator of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Section at the 30th Annual Congress, Madrid, Spain

2014 – Training: “Thulium Laser in Urology,” King's College Hospital, London, UK

2012 – Participation in Meeting of Presidents of European Associations, Paphos, Cyprus

2012 – Participation in International Kidney Cancer Symposium (IKCS), Warsaw, Poland

2011 – Participation in the 26th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Vienna, Austria

2010 – Participation in the 24th Annual Congress of the EAU, Stockholm, Sweden

2010 – Participation in the 25th European Symposium on Renal Cancer, London, UK

2005 – Participation in the Valletta Urological Cancer Surgery Forum, Malta

2004 – Participation in the Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Istanbul, Turkey

1998-2014 – Speaker/Moderator at Annual Congresses of the Armenian Urological Association, Yerevan, Armenia

Scientific Publications

Author and co-author of more than 40 publications in national and international journals.

International Scientific Collaboration

2017-2018 – Genetic Testing for Prostate Cancer, Curlin Biopathology Histology Laboratory, South San Francisco, California 94080

2015-2016 – Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, principal investigator, Mirabegron/Placebo vs. Solifenacin/Placebo. BESIDE/BEYOND study.

Membership in Professional Associations

2000–2001: Vice President of the Armenian Urological Association

Since 2000: Member of the Armenian Diagnostic Association

Since 2000: Member of the Russian Association of Sexologists and Andrologists

Since 2000: Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Since 2000: Member of the European Association of Urologists

Since 2000: Member of the Academic Council for the Defense of Surgical Theses, Yerevan State Medical University named after M. Heratsi