📄 Vahan Mukuchyan

📍 Address: V. Papazyan St., 2nd Alley, House 56, 0012 Yerevan, Armenia
📅 Date of Birth: 15.09.1983, Yerevan, Armenia
📧 Email: vmukuchyan@gmail.com
📞 Phone: +374 (10) 32 61 29 (Home) | +374 (98) 98 09 89 (Cell)

🎓 Education & Academics

• 2015 – 2016
  EULAR Online Course

• 2013 – 2015
  Clinical Residency on Rheumatology
  “Erebouni” Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia

• 2008 – 2009
  Internship – General Medicine in Armed Forces Hospitals
  Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), Armenia

• 2000 – 2007
  Diploma, BMedSci – Faculty of Health Sciences
  Military School of Combat Support Officers in Thessaloniki & Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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🏅 Honors & Awards

• 2020 – Medal for the 44-day War in Artsakh (Ministry of Defence)

• 2012 – Medal for Courage (Admiral Isakov – Ministry of Defence)

• 2011 – Medal for Combat Service (Vazgen Sargsyan – Ministry of Defence)

• 2003 – EUR 1000 Nominal Scholarship as the most outstanding foreign student in Greece (Dimitrios Carolos NGO)

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💼 Employment Experience

• 2021 – Present
  Head of Rheumatology & Immunology Department
  “Nairi” Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia

• 2015 – 2021
  Rheumatologist
  “Erebouni” Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia

• 2017 – 2018
  Rheumatologist
  “Vardanants” Center for Innovative Medicine, Yerevan, Armenia

• 2015 – 2016
  Medical Expert
  National Preventive Mechanism Against Torture, Human Rights Defender’s Office, Yerevan

• 2012 – 2013
  Senior Medical Officer – Captain of Medical Service
  Health Post, Military Unit, Ministry of Defence, Vayk, Armenia

• 2010 – 2012
  Medical Company Leader – 2nd Lieutenant of Medical Service
  Health Post, Military Unit, Ministry of Defence, Vayk, Armenia

• 2009 – 2010
  Physician – 1st Lieutenant of Medical Service
  Health Post, Military Unit, Ministry of Defence, Vayk, Armenia

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🏫 Seminars & Advanced Training

• 2015 – Present
  Participated in 30+ international congresses, conferences, and workshops in rheumatology, immunology, and internal medicine (EU & USA)

• 2013
  “Prehospital Combat Casualty Care” Course – Lithuanian Armed Forces, Kaunas, Lithuania

• 2012
  “Joint Medical Planner” Course – NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany

• 2011
  “Basic Staff Medical Officer” Course – Lithuanian Armed Forces, Kaunas, Lithuania

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🔬 Scientific Activities

• MEFV gene variants via nanopore sequencing
  PubMed

• Tocilizumab in Takayasu arteritis (Multicentre study)
  PubMed

• EULAR Standards of Care for Rheumatoid Arthritis
  PubMed

• Inflammasome Gene Expression & FMF in Armenians
  PubMed

• Curcumin + Boswellic Acid in Osteoarthritis (RCT)
  PubMed

• HLA-B*51 in Armenian Behçet Patients
  BMJ Abstract

• Low Dose Colchicine + Betamethasone in Acute Gout
  BMJ Abstract

• MEFV Mutations in Behçet’s Disease
  EULAR Abstract

• Synovitis & Joint Effusion in Knee OA
  WCO-ESCEO 2018 Abstract Book – Page 450 / P946

• Soft Tissue Lesions in Knee OA (Ultrasound-Based)
  WCO-ESCEO 2018 Abstract Book – Page 232 / P374

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🗣️ Languages

• Armenian (Native)

• Greek (Fluent)

• English (Good)

• Russian (Good)

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🧰 Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

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⚽ Interests & Hobbies

• Football

• Music