The Pediatric Neurosurgery Service of Wigmore Women's and Children's Hospital 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
