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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Aleppo, Mount Simeon District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Age
71 years
Awards
honorary citizen of Yerevan
 
Second Class Service of the Fatherland Medal
 
Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots
 
National Hero of Armenia
 
médaille « pour les mérites devant la patrie »
 
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Biography

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.

Education

  • 1997 Graduated from the Medical Faculty of the University of Aleppo
  • 1977-1984 retrained at Beckman University in New York
  • 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)
  • Medal of the II degree "For Services to the Fatherland" (Armenia) (2014)
  • 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
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