Elena M. Aghajanova, MD, PhD, professor

Education

1990-1996 YSMU, Faculty of General medicine, diploma with honor

1996-1999 YSMU, clinical residency in Endocrinology

Professional activity

1988-1990 N5 dental polyclinic, sterilization room assistant

1999-2000 YSMU Department of Inner Diseases N2, senior laboratory assistant

2001-2004 Republic Endocrinology Dispansery, physician

2002-2004 YSMU Department of Inner Diseases N2, assistant professor

2004-2005 YSMU Department of Endocrinology, assistant professor

2005-2008 YSMU Department of Endocrinology, associate professor

2005-2009 “Shengavit” MC, counseling endocrinologist

Since 2008 Head of YSMU Department of Endocrinology and head of Endocrinology clinic of “Muratsan” University Hospital Complex

Professional trainings

2010-2016 Postgraduate courses of the European Association for the Study of Diabets (EASD), Kiev, Odessa (Ukraine), Tbilisi (Georgia), Budapest (Hungary)

2015 Trainings on insulin pumps and 24 hours glucose monitoring organized by Medtronic Academia

2016 Professional training course on Pediatric Endocrinology, People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Scientific activity

2002 PhD thesis defendance

2014 Doctoral thesis defendance

Since 2005 Member of YSMU Clinical Residency Examination Committee on Endocrinology subject

Since 2008 member of YSMU Faculty Council, member of the Expert Committee on Internal Diseases.

2017 Principal Investigator in “A multicenter, Phase 3,  randomized,  open-label,  active-controlled, parallel-group  trial  investigating  the  safety, tolerability,  and  efficacy  of  TransCon  hGH administered  once  a  week  versus  standard  daily  hGH  replacement  therapy  over  52  weeks  in prepubertal  children  with  growth  hormone deficiency (GHD)”

2018 Principal Investigator  in “enliGHten:  A Multicenter, Phase 3, Long-term, Open-label Trial Investigating  Safety  and  Efficacy  of  TransCon  hGH Administered Once-Weekly in Children with Growth  Hormone  Deficiency  (GHD)  Who  Have Completed a Prior TransCon hGH Clinical Trial”

Public activity

Since 2011 Counselor endocrinologist of the RA Ministry of Defense

Since 2012 Chief Pediatric Endocrinologist of the RA Ministry of Health

Since 2018 Adviser of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia on pediatric endocrinology

Organizational activity

2015 Founded the Armenian Association of Pediatric Endocrinologists, chairman

2017 Organized first postgraduate courses of the European Association for the Study of Diabets (EASD) in Armenia

Membership

Board member of the Armenian Endocrinology Association, Chairman of Osteoporosis Section

Board member of the Armenian Osteoporosis Association

Member of the European Association for the Study of Diabets (EASD)

Member of the European Endocrinology Association

Awards

Silver Medal of YSMU

2018 Awarded a diploma and was thanked by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia for her work and achievements in the field of pediatric endocrinology in Armenia

Languages

Armenian, Russian, English, German

Teaches in Armenian, Russian and English