Born on May 5, 1947 in Yerevan.

1971 - Graduated from the Department of Pediatrics of Yerevan M. Heratsi State Medical University. Pediatrician.

1989 - Passed specialization in Switzerland and Belgium on kidney transplantation. Doctor of Medical Sciences. Professor.

2003 - 2005 - Member of the Standing Commission of WHO European Regional Committee.

2008 - 2012 - Member of WHO Executive Committee. Chairman of the Armenian Association of Pediatricians, member of European Society of Children's Urologists, EU Association of Children's Surgeons, and Association of Switzerland Nephrologists. Member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine.

1970 - Worked in polyclinic #8 in Urology Division.

1971 - 1977 - Worked in children’s clinical hospital # 1, as children’s surgeon and urologist.

1977 - 1997 - Professor at the Chair of Children’s Surgery of Yerevan State Medical University.

1982 - 1990 - Head of the Department of Urology of Yerevan Children’s Clinical Hospital #3.

1990 - Founded the new specialized center of uronephrology and children's surgery.

1991 - 1997 - Minister of Health Care of the Republic Armenia.

Since 1997 - Head of the Chair of Children’s Surgery of YSMU.

2002 - 2003 - Director of the “Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital” CJC.

2003 - 2007 - General Director of the “Arabkir” Institute of Children and Teenagers’ Health Medical Complex LLC, since 2007 - Scientific Head.

2007 - 2012 - Deputy of the National Assembly (proportional electoral system, RPA.)

Chair of the Standing Committee on Health Care, Maternity and Childhood of the National Assembly. Member of the “Republican” faction (RPA.) RPA member.

May 6, 2012 - Elected Deputy of the National Assembly by the proportional electoral system, representing the Republican Party of Armenia.

Author of 3 scientific inventions, 7 monographs and over 200 published scientific works.

2000 - Awarded Gold Medal and Honorable Letter of YSMU on the occasion of YSMU 70th anniversary.

2005 - Awarded Gold Medal by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of YSMU.

2005 - Awarded Letter of Honour of Yerevan Municipality.

2005 - Awarded “Letter of Gratitude of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.”

2005 - Awarded “Officier de l'Ordre National Du Merite” Medal for the development of professional cooperation and Armenian - French relations by the French President J. Chirac.

2007 - Awarded the “Mkhitar Heratsi” Medal by the President of the Republic of Armenia.

2007 - Awarded a Medal of the Police of the Republic of Armenia “For Consolidation of Cooperation.”

2012 - Awarded the Jubilee Medal of “Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia: 20 Years” by the decree of the Defense Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

Married, with two children.