Arshak E. Mirzoyan
| Profession | Orthopedist-traumatologist |
| Service | Limb Reconstruction and Lengthening |
| Position | Founding director at Yerevan Center of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction |
| Academic Degree | DmedSc professor |
Arshak E. Mirzoyan, MD, DMedSc, Professor, founder and chief traumatologist-orthopedist at “Yerevan Center of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction”.
In 1980 – 1989, trained and worked in Kurgan, Russia, under the direct leadership of Professor Ilizarov. During this period, he successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis with the Ilizarov technique. That was the last candidate dissertation corrected directly by Professor Ilizarov.
After establishing the practice of the Ilizarov technique in Armenia, Dr. Mirzoyan was invited to Portland, Oregon, USA, where he taught for two years as a licensed visiting professor.
From there he went to Denmark to help to establish an Ilizarov center at the Aalborg Sygehus. In 2003, in Ilizarov Center in Kurgan, Russia, he successfully defended his scientific dissertation for Doctor of Medicine degree. The topic of the dissertation was “Use of Ilizarov Method in Cases of Mass Admission of Patients with Severe Trauma”.
In his more than 40 years of practice, he has treated over 5000 patients and co-authored three monographs and 60 papers in different medical publications worldwide.
Biography
Position
Head and Founder of the Yerevan Center
of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction
Work experience
since 1980
Language proficiency
Armenian, Russian, English
Education
Yerevan State Medical University
Scientific activity
Co-author of 3 monographs and over 60 papers
in different medical publications worldwide
Membership in organizations
ASAMI-BR&ILLRS Societies
Awards
Visiting Professor, Portland, Oregon, USA
Honorary Professor of Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics, Kurgan, Russia
What I treat
— Correction of the shape of legs (treatment of “O”/ “X” type curves)
— Height increase by classical Ilizarov method, LON/LATN
— Solution for various feet esthetic problems: Hallux-Valgus, flatfeet, Brachymetatarsia
— Solution of various orthopedic problems: limb length discrepancy (LLD), nonunion, malunion, etc.
Experience
— Staff Surgeon, Department of Ambulatory and Rehabilitative Treatment; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia. December 1981 - December 1982
— Junior Surgeon, Department of Adult Orthopaedic Pathology - Clinical and Ambulatory Practice; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopaedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia. December 1982 - March 1985
— Senior Surgeon, Department of Treatment of Bone Defects; Kurgan All Union Research and Technical Center of Restorative Orthopedics and Traumatology; Kurgan, Russia. March 1985 - December 1988
— Chief, Department of Restorative Orthopedics; Mickaelyan Surgical Center, Yerevan, Armenia. December 1988 - October 1992
— First Reservelaege, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aalborg Hospital; Aalborg, Denmark. March 1995 – 1998
— Director, Yerevan Center of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Yerevan Armenia. December 1998 – Present
— 2000 - President, Armaveni Charitable Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia. December 2000 – Present
