CV biography of Dr. Ara Hayrapetyan

Education:

1987–1993 — Yerevan State Medical University, Faculty of Dentistry (graduated with honors).
1993–1995 — Clinical residency in Maxillofacial Surgery at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University, and at the Institute of Surgery named after A.L. Mikaelyan, Yerevan, Armenia.
2003–2005 — Dissertation: “Prevention of post-rhinoplasty nasal valve obstruction using open rhinoplasty with cartilage autografts.” Awarded the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences (02.09.2005).
2009–2010 — Clinical residency in Plastic Surgery at the Department of Plastic Surgery, National Institute of Health named after Academician S. Avdalbekyan.
2008–2011 — Armenian Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine.
2017 — Defense of doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Revision rhinoplasty in aesthetic facial surgery.” Awarded the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences

Work Experience:

1998 – present — Head of the Maxillofacial and Aesthetic Surgery Service, Erebouni Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.
1996–1998 — Maxillofacial Surgeon at Erebouni Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.
1993–1995 — Clinical residency in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at the Institute of Surgery named after A.L. Mikaelyan, Yerevan, Armenia.
1995–2015 — Private consultant for the Peace Corps, Yerevan, Armenia.
1987–1993 — Physician assistant in the Department of Pediatric Maxillofacial Surgery at the Clinic of Pediatric Maxillofacial Surgery.

Professional Internships, Trainings & Conferences:

July 26, 1998 – October 15, 1998 — Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
December 2, 1996 – January 26, 1997 — Craniofacial Department, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, USA
January 27, 1997 – February 20, 1997 — Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, US Naval National Medical Center, Bethesda, USA
February 10, 1997 – February 20, 1997 — Preparatory course of the American Board of Examiners of Maxillofacial Surgery: Oral Surgery & Oral Pathology, National Medical Center of the US Navy, Bethesda, USA
May 7, 2002 – July 27, 2002 — Plastic Surgery Course, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
June 6, 2002 — One-day course: Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck, Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, and Burns, Jerusalem, Israel
October 29, 2004 – November 1, 2004 — 42nd Course: “The Art of Rhinoplasty,” San Francisco, USA
February 28, 2006 – March 22, 2006 — Center for Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, Baltimore (Timonium), USA
April 12, 2006 – April 14, 2006 — International Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Yerevan, Armenia
November 2, 2007 – November 4, 2007 — 1st Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons of Armenia, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia
September 25, 2009 – September 27, 2009 — BSCOSO International Conference on Orthognathic Surgery and Orthodontics, Vilnius, Lithuania
October 8–10, 2009 — International Congress on Plastic Surgery “Global Cooperation,” Yerevan
June 4–6, 2011 — International Training Course in Aesthetic Surgery, St. Petersburg, Russia, “ISAPS – St. Petersburg Course”
October 24–26, 2013 — 4th International Congress of the Armenian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons: “TIPS – Technological Innovations in Plastic Surgery,” Yerevan
July 4–6, 2014 — 8th International Congress on Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic Surgery and Cosmetology
October 2–3, 2015 — European Congress on Aesthetic Medicine and Plastic Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
October 23–25, 2015 — Advanced Aesthetic Rhinoplasty, Otoplasty, and Facial Contour Plastic Surgery — 2015 International Symposium on Aesthetic Surgery, 3rd St. Petersburg Live Surgery & Injections Course
October 21–23, 2016 — Advanced Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast and Body — 2016 International Symposium on Aesthetic Surgery, 4th St. Petersburg Live Surgery Course
October 22, 2016 — Course: Aesthetic Intimate Plastic Surgery — 2016 International Symposium on Aesthetic Surgery, 4th St. Petersburg Live Surgery Course
November 17–19, 2017 — 3rd Emirates Congress on Plastic Surgery & 6th ISPRAS Congress on Lipofilling, Dubai, UAE
July 6–8, 2018 — 12th Congress on Dermatology and Plastic Surgery “Kolkhida,” Tbilisi, Georgia
December 4, 2018 — Expert Course: Formation of a Narrow Waist with Rib Preservation, Course by Kazbek Uruskhanovich Kudzaev, International Society of Plastic Surgery Experts (ISPSE), St. Petersburg
December 1–2, 2018 — Expert Course: Genital Aesthetic Surgery in Men and Women, Course by Ramon Vila-Rovira, Spain; ISPSE, St. Petersburg
December 1, 2018 — Course: Orthognathic Surgery: Eastern Approach, Professor Tae-Geon Kwon, EDMED, St. Petersburg, Russia
October 24–27, 2019 — «Advanced Aesthetic Rhinoplasty and Facial Contouring», International Symposium on Aesthetic Surgery, Live Surgery
September 26–27, 2019 — 1st International Congress of AACHLOH, Yerevan, Armenia
November 28–29, 2020 — Course: «Closed Atraumatic Rhinoplasty», Istanbul
April 9–10, 2021 — Preserving and Structural Rhinoplasty, Intensive Course, St. Petersburg, Russia
July 2–4, 2021 — Speaker at the 15th International Congress on Plastic Surgery and Dermatology (hybrid course) «Colchis», Tbilisi, Georgia
January 20–23, 2022 — 7th Emirates Congress on Plastic Surgery, Dubai, UAE
March 22–24, 2022 — Participation in the Seventh Open Rhinoplasty Course, Bergamo, Italy
May 5–7, 2023 — Participation in the Second World Congress ICOPLAST Dubai 2023, UAE, Dubai
June 21–22, 2024 — Annual Meeting of the European Rhinoplasty Society, Riga, Latvia
2024 — 18th International Congress of Plastic Surgery and Dermatology «Kolkhida 2024»
February 3–4, 2025 — World Conference on Maxillofacial Surgery, Dubai

Publications:

1994 — “Our experience in treating malignant tumors of the maxillofacial region”, Armenian Surgery Bulletin
1994 — “Efficiency of combined interventions in the single-stage treatment of actual anomalies”, Theses on New Aspects in Reconstructive Surgery
1994 — “Surgical treatment of secondary cleft lip”, Theses on New Aspects in Reconstructive Surgery
2000 — “Combined use of bone autografts for the reconstruction of mandibular defects”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2001 — “Use of a muscle flap from the subcutaneous muscle of the neck for the treatment of hemifacial atrophy”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2002 — “Comparative characteristics of open and closed rhinoplasty”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2002 — “Complex surgical and orthodontic treatment of retained teeth”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2002 — “Use of cartilaginous autografts in the prevention of obstructions of the internal and external nasal valves”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2002 — “Use of cartilaginous autografts in open rhinoplasty”, Medical Bulletin of Surgery
2004 — “Mathematical justification for the use of expansion grafts for the prevention of post-rhinoplasty obstructions of the internal nasal valve”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2004 — “Surgery of the nasal valves”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2004 — “Method of measuring the angle of the internal nasal valve using silicone impression materials. Use of the method in aesthetic rhinoplasty”, Bulletin of Surgery of Armenia
2005 — “New method of reconstruction of the internal nasal valve for prevention of post-rhinoplastic disorders of nasal breathing”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2005 — “Bilateral congenital cleft of the face: Clinical case”, Erebouni Medical Bulletin
2005 — “Prevention of post-rhinoplastic obstructions of the internal nasal valve”, Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2006 — “Retrobulbar cavernous hemangioma of the orbit: Clinical case”, Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2008 — “Bilateral congenital cleft of the face: Clinical case”, Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2009 — “Rhinoplasty in twins”, Medical Herald of Erebouni
2009 — “Our experience using flattened cartilage autografts in secondary rhinoplasty”, Medical Herald of Erebouni, 3-39, 15
2011 — “Aesthetic efficiency of combining rhinoplasty with lipofilling of individual areas of the face”, Experimental and Clinical Medicine
2011 — “Complications in the use of polypropylene mesh ‘Marlex’ in secondary rhinoplasty”, Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2011 — “Surgical correction of a short nose in revision rhinoplasty”, Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2013 — D. Hayrapetyan, N.M. Sukiasyan. Clinical case of reconstruction of hemimandibular defect of the lower jaw with free bone autografts using barrier titanium meshes for guided bone regeneration, Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
2014 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Use of autograft from the perichondrium of the auricle for correction of contour deformations of the nose in revision rhinoplasty
2014 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Experience in using fascial, fascial-cartilaginous, and fascial-bone autografts in revision rhinoplasty. Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, No. 4, pp. 58–68, ISSN 2072-8093, Moscow, Russia
2014 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Use of bone spreader autografts in revision rhinoplasty. Medical Herald of Erebouni
2014 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. New design of spreader autografts in rhinoplasty. Medical Herald of Erebouni
2014 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Use of autograft from the perichondrium of the auricle for correction of contour deformities of the nose in revision rhinoplasty. Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Moscow, Russia
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Our experience of using the “tongue-in-groove” technique in primary and revision rhinoplasty. Bulletin of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Revision rhinoplasty in patients with hyperresection of the caudal-inferior quadrangular cartilage using cartilaginous autografts from the auricle. Algorithm of surgical manipulations. Bulletin of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Rhinoplasty in twins. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Revision rhinoplasty: Correction of postrhinoplastic deformities of the nasal contours using fat autografting. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Aesthetic efficiency of combining endoscopic brow lift with rhinoplasty. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Algorithms for prevention and correction of “parrot beak” deformity in revision rhinoplasty. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Psychological aspects in patients undergoing primary and revision rhinoplasty: Literature review. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. The effectiveness of combining secondary cheilorhinoseptoplasty with lipofilling of the midface: Clinical observation. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. New device “Cartilage Dicer” for grinding cartilage in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the nose. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Revision rhinoplasty: Algorithms for correction of postrhinoplastic deformities and complications. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Details of surgical dissection of the perichondrium–periosteum–muscle layer of the nasal dorsum in open rhinoplasty. Annals of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, No. 2, pp. 41–46, ISSN 2072-8093, Moscow, Russia
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. A new technique for the formation and use of combined autografts from finely chopped cartilage and perichondrium in revision rhinoplasty: Description of a clinical case and surgical technique. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015
2015 — A.D. Hayrapetyan. Prevention and correction of soft tissue triangle deformities of the nasal tip in primary and revision rhinoplasty. Problems of Theoretical and Clinical Medicine, 2015

Membership in Professional Associations:

Member of the Armenian Association of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons
Member of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons
Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)