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Vahe Gasparyan
Vahe Ch. Gasparyan, M.D., Assistant Professor in Cardiac Surgery
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Background
1. Doctor of Medicine Degree - MD, Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), Yerevan, Armenia, 1987 - 1993
2. Consultant Degree, Cardiovascular Surgery, YSMU Residency, Mikaelyan Surgery Institute, Yerevan, Armenia, 1993 - 1995
3. Cardiac Surgery training in Westchester Medical Center under Pr. George E Reed, New York, USA, 1995
4. Cardiac Surgery training under Pr. Alain Carpentier, Pr. Philippe Menasche` and Dr. Arrigo Lessana, Paris, France, 1998
5. Assistant Professor Degree - A/Prof, Graduate School, National Institute of Health, Dissertation: "Method of determination of aortic valve parameters for its reconstruction with autopericardium", Yerevan, Armenia, 1999 - 2000
6. Cardiac Surgery Clinical Fellowship under Prof. Chuen Neng LEE, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department (CTVS), National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore, 2002 - 2003
7. Chief of Cardiac Surgery Department, "Erebouni" Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia, 2003 - 2005
8. Chief of Cardiac Surgery Department, "Zeytun" Cardiovascular Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia, 2006 - 2008
9. Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery Department, "Erebouni" Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia, 2009 - to present
Other Interests
1. Mitral valve repair procedures (Carpentier technique)
2. Total reconstruction of the heart valves with autopericardium
3. Failing heart surgery (Batista and SAVE procedures, LVADs)
4. Endoventricular Circular Patch Plasty of LV (Dor procedure)
5. Aortic valve sparing procedures (Yacoub and David procedures)
6. Surgical correction of atrial fibrillation (pulmonary veins isolation)
7. Post myocardial infarction VSD repair (David procedure)
8. Bilateral mammary composite Y-grafting technique (total arterial revascularization)
Research
1. “Reconstruction of Aortic Valve with Autologous Pericardium: An Experimental Study”
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1999; 117: 197 - 198
2. “Method of Determination of Aortic Valve Parameters for its Reconstruction with Autopericardium: An Experimental Study”
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2000; 119: 386 - 387
3. “Total Reconstruction of the Mitral Valve with Autopericardium: Anatomical Study”
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2002 June; 10 (2): 137 - 140
4. “Large Pedunculated Left Atrial Myxoma”
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2007 February; 15 (1): 78
5. "Giant Left Atrial Diverticulum with Thrombus Inside: Case Report"
Journal of Cardiology & Current Research 2015 July; Volume 3, Issue 1
6. "Gasparyan Method of Total Autologous Reconstruction of the Mitral Valve: Case Report"
American Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2020; 5 (2): 1 - 3
7. "Gasparyan Method of Total Autologous Reconstruction of the Aortic Valve"
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2020; 35 (5): 821 - 823
8. "Gasparyan Method of Total Autologous Reconstruction of Heart Valves"
Lambert Academic Piblishing, October 2020, Editor: ljardan; ISBN: 978-620-0-30821-4; Project ID: 212579
Additional Educational Information
ASCVTS:
- 8th Annual Meeting (speaker), Fukuoka, Japan, 2000
- 13th Annual Meeting (participant), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2005
- 16th Annual Meeting (faculty and poster presentation), Singapore, 2008
- 23rd Annual Meeting (participant), Hong Kong, 2015
- 25th Annual Meeting (participant), Seoul, Korea, 2017
AATS
- 2008 Aortic Symposium (participant), New York, USA, 2008
ESCVS
- 63rd Annual Meeting (participant), Nice, France, 2014
EACTS
- 32rd Annual Meeting (participant), Milan, Italy, 2018
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
- Rocky XVII - Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium (participant), Missoula, Montana, USA, 2007
AWARDS
- Young Doctors Award (Total Autologous Reconstruction of the Mitral Valve), Singapore, August, 2002
PATENTS
- Patent # 717, NԳՓ-1262, (Method of Human Aortic Valve Reconstruction), Armenia, May 1, 2000
- Design Patent, D2003/118/A (Surgical Instrument - Template for Mitral Valve), Singapore, February 4, 2003
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Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Coronary disease
- Heart failure
- Valve disease
- Aorta
- Critical Care