Yerevan Medical University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
September 1978 – June 1985
MD, cum laude, 1985
Internal Medicine

Yerevan Medical University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
August 1984 – June 1985
Internship Cardiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology

Belorussian Advanced Training, Institute for Physicians, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
July 1985 – June 1987
Residency, Dermatology

Belorussian Advanced Training, Institute for Physicians, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
January 1988 – May 1988
Clinical Fellowship, Dermatology for Primary Care

Central Advanced Training, Institute for Physicians, Moscow, Russian Federation
September 1989 – May 1992
PhD, 1992, Genetics, Immunology, Dermatology

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, T32 Training Grant
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
July 1996 – June 1999
Aging, Cutaneous NIA Oncology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, NHLBI-Funded
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of Boston, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brighton, MA, USA
July 1996 – June 1999
Stem Cell Biology, Therapeutic Angiogenesis, Tissue Repair and Regeneration

NASA Space Radiation Summer School -Professional Auditor
NASA Space Radiation Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
May 2010 – June 2010
Radiation Biology, Cardiovascular Space Radiology, Particle Physics, DNA damage and Repair