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.^[1]

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)^[2]
• Medal of the II degree "For Services to the Fatherland" (Armenia) (2014)^[3]
• 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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