The Pediatric Neurosurgery Service of Wigmore Hospital for Children carries out diagnosis, conservative and surgical treatment of various diseases of the central nervous system, including:
- Malformations of the brain and spinal cord: hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, cranial and spinal hernias (spina bifida), diastematomyelia, etc.
- Skull reconstructive surgeries (syndromic and non-syndromic craniosynostosis, skull defects)
- Acute cerebral blood circulation disorders and vascular defects (ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, arteriovenous and cavernous malformations, aneurysms, etc.)
- Central nervous system benign and malignant neoplasms
- Infectious, parasitic and fungal diseases of central nervous system
- Craniocerebral and spinal cord injuries
- Neuroendoscopy
- Spasticity and other movement disorders
- Epilepsy surgery
The neurosurgical service is equipped with modern necessary medical equipment, patient treatment tactics are discussed with the best specialists from abroad, based on the best standards of evidence-based medicine.
The culture of multidisciplinary teamwork and round-the-clock availability of the service allow us to achieve the best possible results in the most complex situations requiring urgent medical care.
The neurosurgery service offers a treatment plan that not only cures the disease, but also improves the quality of life.
Education
2016
Ph.D. in Medicine, thesis "Surgical treatment of pediatric focal epilepsy"
2011-2014
St-Petersburg Neurosurgery Research Institute, Postgraduate study on Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
2008 - 2011
Yerevan State Medical University, Residency on Pediatric Neurosurgery
2002 - 2008
Yerevan State Medical University, General Medicine, M.D.
Trainings, certificates
2017
"Neuroendoscopy course", Burdenko neurosurgry institute, Moscow, Russia
2018
"Neurooncology course", Salzburg medical seminars, Salzburg, Austria
Work experience
2022 - up to now
Wigmore Hospital For Children, neurosurgeon
2015 - 2022
"Sourb Astvatsamayr" MC, Yerevan, Armenia, Pediatric neurosurgical department, neurosurgeon
2011-2015
St-Petersburg Neurosurgery Research Institute, Pediatric neurosurgical department, neurosurgeon, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Education
09.2017 - 07.2022
Yerevan State Medical University, Faculty of Neurosurgery
09.2019 - 07.2017
Yerevan State Medical University, Faculty of General Medicine
Work experience
12.2022 - up to now
Wigmore Hospital For Children, Neurosurgeon
09.2020 - 12.2022
Sourb Astvatsamayr MC, Neurosurgeon
04.2019 - 01.2020
Neurozentrum Bern, Intraoperative neuromonitoring specialist/neurophysiologist
Education
2021 - 2022
Health Governance and Management, Loma Linda University, CA, USA
2017
Pediatric Neurosurgery Observership and Fellowship, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK
2011 - 2014
Pediatric Neurosurgery Residency, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
2005 - 2011
Yerevan State Medical University, General Medicine, M.D.
Trainings, certificates
2023
WFNS Educational Symposiums: Intracranial Meningiomas, Neuro-Traumatology: TBI and Spinal Trauma
CAANS, WFNS/AASNS/MANS Collaboration Seminars: Pediatric Tumors and Pediatric TBI
2022
EANS Seminars (Neuro-oncology, TBI, Endoscopic-Assisted Microsurgical Approaches, ETV, Emergencies in Pediatric Neurosurgery)
3rd Congress of the Mediterranean Association of Neurological Surgeons (MANS), Cairo, Egypt
East European & Mediterranean Meeting for Cerebral Palsy & Development Medicine, Yerevan, Armenia
2021
Weill Cornell OMInar in Neurosurgery (Brain), Salzburg
Annual Virtual Congress, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
2020
EANS Skull Base 3 Sections
European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy Congress
7th Annual EANS Vascular Section Meeting
2019
International Lifestyle Medicine Conference (Consultant Certification), Kaunas, Lithuania
2018
Neurology & Neuro-Oncology Seminars, Salzburg, Austria
2018
International Conference on Pediatric Surgery & Neurosurgery, Yerevan, Armenia
2017
European Congress of Neurosurgery, EANS, Venice, Italy
2016
Epilepsy Days in Armenia, International Conference, Yerevan, Armenia
2014
2nd Global Conference on Health, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Training of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Mainz, Germany
Comprehensive Approach to Focal Non-Idiopathic Epilepsies, CRSS, Dilijan, Armenia
2012
Training Course in Acute neurology and neuro-oncology, EPNS, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011
Neurotrauma, International School of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia
Epileptology and Paroxysmal States, International Forum, Yerevan, Armenia
Work experience
2023 - up to now
Wigmore Hospital For Children, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Yerevan, Armenia
2013 - 2023
"Sourb Astvatsamayr" MC, Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Yerevan, Armenia