CURRICULUM VITAE Last updated: March, 2012 NAME: Tatul Saghatelyan, M.D. PERMANENT ADDRESS: 13 Lvovyan str., apt. 18, Yerevan, 0056, Republic of Armenia. Telephone: +374 10 648807, +374 91 421928 e-mail: tatul_sagh@yahoo.com, saghatelyan@armtelemed.org Skype Name: tatulsaghatelyan DATE OF BIRTH: July 27, 1975. MARITAL STATUS: Married, two sons, 10 and 5 years old. EDUCATION: 1. Medical Diploma from Yerevan State Medical University, Faculty of General Medicine: Sept. 1992 July 1998; 2. Residency in Oncology and Radiotherapy, National Institute of Health, Department of Oncology, Oncological Scientific Center, Yerevan, Armenia: Sept. 1998 Sept. 2000. QUALIFICATION: License in Oncology and Radiotherapy: Sept. 2000. PRESENT POSITION: Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, National Center of Oncology, Yerevan, Armenia: since Jan. 2003. -Up to 230 patients a year for curative or palliative radiotherapy/ radiochemotherapy with various tumour sites. (patients selection, evaluation, radiotherapy prescription, 3DCRT treatment planning and verification and delivery, procedural and interprocedural management, detection and treatment of adverse reactions, patients follow-up); -participation in all the research and educational activities at the department; -participation in design and development of institutional and national radiation oncology regulatory documents, guidelines and protocols; -management of the activities of Armenian Association of Radiation Oncology and Radiology. Assistant professor (part-time), Chair of Oncology, 1
Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia: since Sept. 2009 -Conducting of assigned undergraduate and graduate courses and modules (Cycles) in Oncology, - Contributing to curriculum, resource, program and subject design, development and management; -Contributing to developing, mentoring and providing feedback to junior researchers; -Participation to preparation and conduct of examinations, -Participation in research projects; Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM) Executive Secretary / Web coordinator, since June 2010. PREVIOUS POSITIONS Laboratory assistant (part time), Yerevan State Medical University, Department of Pathophysiology: Nov. 1997 -Aug. 1998; Military Physician, Lieutenant (Compulsory Military Duty)- Vanadzor Military Hospital, Vanadzor, Armenia: Nov 2000 -Nov 2002. FELLOWSHIPS: IAEA training fellowship under the supervision of Professor Peter J. Hoskin, in the field of Radioisotope and Radiation Treatment, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, United Kingdom: 2 Oct. 2006-31 Mar. 2007. Training program -Radiation treatment 3D planning and delivery; -Radiotherapy for various sites (prostate, bladder, breast, gynecology, lymphomas); -Brachytherapy; -Palliative radiotherapy; -Methodology of Clinical Research in Radiotherapy. TRAINING COURSES: ESTRO Training Course on Physics for Clinical Radiotherapy, Leuven, Belgium: Aug. 27-31, 2000; ESTRO Training Course on Imaging for Target Volume Determination in Radiotherapy, Nice, France: June 8-12, 2003; Armenian Medical Association Teaching Course on The Principles of Biostatistics, Yerevan, Armenia: 23 Jan. 2004-12 Mar. 2004; ESTRO Teaching Course on Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, Dublin, Ireland: 6-10 Mar 2005; IAEA Regional Training Course on Current Trends in the Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer, Izmir, Turkey: January 23-27, 2006; IAEA Regional Training Course on Current Trends in the Radiation Oncology of Head and Neck Cancer, Budapest, Hungary: June 6-10, 2006. 2
ESGO seminar in Gynaecological Oncology, Yerevan, Armenia, 10-11, Sept. 2009. AAF/OMI Salzburg Weill Cornell /MSKCC Seminar in Oncology, Salzburg, Austria 27, Sept - 2 Oct. 2009. ESTRO training course on Evidence Based Radiation Oncology: a clinical refresher with a methodological basis, Estoril, Portugal 3-8 October 2010 AAF/OMI Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Oncology Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, February 13-19, 2011 Seminar of the International School of Telemedicine and ehealth, Yerevan, Armenia, October 15-16, 2011 PROFESSIONAL/ RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical radiobiology, altered fractionation regimens, prevention and treatment of radiotoxicities, radiotherapy of breast cancer, lung cancer, urological malignancies, palliative radiotherapy of bone metastases; Telemedicine and Health ICT, ICT in Oncology and Radiotherapy; Health economics in Oncology and Radiotherapy. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), full (electronic) member since 2000; Association of Armenian Oncologists, full member since 2004; Armenian Medical Association, full member since 2004; Armenian Association of Radiation Oncology and Radiology (AAROR), board member and executive secretary since 2004; Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM), board member/executive secretary since 2009. European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), associate member since 2010 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: Fluent in Armenian (native), Russian, English. PUBLICATIONS: In peer reviewed periodicals: 1. Resources and management strategies for the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer in Central and Eastern European countries: Results of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) survey. L. Kepka, V. Danilova, T. Saghatelyan, A. Bajcsay, O. Utehina, S. Stojanovic, D. Yalman, A. Demiral, O. Bondaruk, M. Kuddu. Lung Cancer, 2007, Volume 56, Issue 2, Pages 235-245. 2. Radiochemotherapy for lung cancer in developing countries. Kepka L, Casas F, Perin B, Abdel-Wahab S, Saghatelyan T, Vashkevitch L, Gaye PM, Dawotola D, Agarwal JP, Jeremic B., Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2009 Sep;21(7):536-42. 3. Radiochemotherapy in the elderly with lung cancer. Casas F, Kepka L, Agarwal JP, Dawotola D, Gaye P, Abdel-Wahab S, Vashkevitch L, Saghatelyan T, Perin B, Jeremic B. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2009;9:1405-1411. 3
In other regional and local periodicals: 4. Continuous courses of irradiation in the treatment of laryngeal cancer: opportunities and limitations. S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, Proceedings of the 1 st National Congress of Oncologists, Chisinau, Moldova, 2000, p. 153 (in Russian). 5. Prevention and treatment of acute radiation injuries during radiotherapy of rectal cancer. Saghatelyan T. S., Karamyan N. S., Muradyan L. M., Karamyan S. G., 2nd International Young Medics Conference, Proceedings, Yerevan 2003, p. 79. 6. Early Results of Lung Cancer Radiotherapy Using Altered Fractionation Regimens. S. Karamyan, L. Muradyan, N. Karamyan, R. Sargsyan, T. Saghatelyan, Proceedings of the 3 rd Congress of the Oncologists from CIS., Minsk, Belarus, 2004 (in Russian) 7. Need of Radiotherapy in the Palliative Treatment of Breast Cancer S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, L. Muradyan, T. Saghatelyan, Proceedings of the 3 rd Transcaucasian Oncology Congress, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004, #112 (in Russian) 8. Results of Radiotherapy of NSCLC using altered dose fractionation. S. Karamyan, R. Sargsyan, L. Muradyan, A. Gishyan, T. Saghatelyan, Proceedings of the 3 rd Transcaucasian Oncology Congress, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004, #113 (in Russian) 9. Preliminary Results of Nonresectable Pancreatic Cancer Radiotherapy. T. Saghatelyan, G. Hambartsumyan, L. Muradyan, H. Yepremyan, Proceedings of the 3 rd Transcaucasian Oncology Congress, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004, #198 (in Russian) 10. The Ways of Improvement of Efficacy of Lung Cancer Radiotherapy. L. Muradyan, T. Saghatelyan, A. Gishyan, A. Poghosyan. Proceedings of the Conference Dedicated to the 60 th Anniversary of the National Centre of Oncology, Yerevan, Armenia, 2006, pp. 147-148 (in Russian) 11. Reirradiation in the Treatment of Bone Metastases. T. Saghatelyan, L. Muradyan, Proceedings of the Conference Dedicated to the 60 th Anniversary of the National Centre of Oncology, Yerevan, Armenia, 2006, pp. 173-174 (in Russian) 12. Comparison of Two Radiotherapy Fractionation Regimens in Combination with Chemotherapy in Patients with III stage of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. L. M. Muradyan, R. G. Sargisyan, N. S. Karamyan, A. S. Gishyan, T. Sh. Saghatelyan, Abstract book of the Second International Medical Congress of Armenia, Yerevan, 2007, N 295 (in Russian) 13. Spinal Cord Compression as a Radiotherapeutical Emergency. T. Saghatelyan, N. Karamyan, L. Muradyan. Proceedings of the International Congress Emergency Surgery. Yerevan, Armenia, 2008, pp. 363-364 (Oral Presentation, in Russian); 14. Implementation of Novel Technologies as a precondition of the improvement of the Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer. T. Saghatelyan, S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, L. Muradyan, Proceedings of the 10 th Jubilee Congress of the Armenian Urological Association, Yerevan, Armenia, 2008, pp-59-65 (review, in Russian) 15. Provision of the Quality Assurance of the Cancer Treatment. H. Galstyan, S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, Abstract Book of the 5 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008, p.13(in Russian) 16. An Alternative Approach in the Radiotherapy Planning for Palliative Treatment of Lumbar Spine Metastases. S. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, N. Karamyan, Z. Mkrtchyan, Abstract Book of the 5 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008, p.496 (in Russian) 17. Role of the Primary, Histology, and Total Dose for the Pain Control in the Palliative Radiotherapy of Bone Metastases. T. Saghatelyan, S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, L. Muradyan, Abstract Book of the 5 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008, p.503 (in Russian) 18. Effectiveness of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Early NSCLC L. Muradyan, A. Gishyan, T. Saghatelyan, Abstract Book of the 5 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008, p.207 (in Russian). 19. Morphological Characteristics of Lung Cancer in the National Center of Oncology, Armenia. L. Muradyan, N. Karamyan, S. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, Abstract Book of the 5 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008, p.208 20. Controversies in Radiotherapy of Bone Disease, T.Sh. Saghatelyan, S.K. Karamyan, 4
The New Armenian Medical Journal, Yerevan, 2009, Vol.3,N 3, pp 42 48. (Review Article). 21. Controversies in the Use of Antioxidants in Oncology. T. Saghatelyan, S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, Proceedings of the 8 th National Congress Human Health, Yerevan, Armenia, 2009, 272-276 (Review Article in Russian); 22. Reasons of Unsatisfactory Results of Esophageal Cancer Treatment. S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, A. Lazaryan, T. Saghatelyan, L. Muradyan, M. Kerobyan, Abstract Book of the 6 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2010, #803, p.187. (in Russian) 23. Radiotherapy in the Combined Treatment of Medulloblastoma. L. Muradyan, S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, A. Lazaryan, Abstract Book of the 6 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2010, #1267, pp.291-292. (in Russian) 24. Individual Radiosensitivity of Human Organizm S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, A. Poghosyan, A. Lazaryan, T. Saghatelyan, L. Muradyan, Abstract Book of the 6 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2010, #1425, p.331. (in Russian) 25. Pain flare in the Palliative Radiotherapy of Bone Metastases: the Role of Primary and Dose per Fraction. T. Saghatelyan. Abstract Book of the 6 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2010, #1447, p.335. (Oral presentation in Russian); 26. Making Use of Predictive Criteria in the Palliative Radiotherapy of Bone Metastases S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, A. Lazaryan, L. Muradyan, Abstract Book of the 6 th CIS Conference of the Oncology and Radiology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2010, #1446, p.335. (in Russian) 27. Palliative Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases: Some Statistics. S. Karamyan, T. Saghatelyan, N. Karamyan, L. Muradyan, A. Lazaryan. Abstract book of the 3 rd International Medical Congress of Armenia. Yerevan, July 7-9, Armenia, 2011, #306 28. Frequency of Distant Metastases in Primary NSCLC Patients in Armenia. S. Karamyan, N. Karamyan, L. Muradyan, T. Saghatelyan. Abstract book of the 3 rd International Medical Congress of Armenia. Yerevan, July 7-9, Armenia, 2011, #307 29. Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM) as the Leading National Force in Development of Health ICT: Outset, Evolution, Achievements and Prospects. G. Chaltikyan, A. Avoyan, D. Gasparyan, R. Hovhannisyan, T. Saghatelyan, A. Aroyan, Proceedings of the First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and ehealth ARMTELEMED, Yerevan, Armenia, October 14-16, 2011. 30. Background State of Development of Health ICT in Armenia and Rationale for Deployment of Telemedicine and ehealth. G. Chaltikyan, A. Avoyan, D. Gasparyan, R. Hovhannisyan, T. Saghatelyan, A. Aroyan; Proceedings of the First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and ehealth ARMTELEMED, Yerevan, Armenia, October 14-16, 2011. COMPUTER SKILLS Common office software, EndNote, SPSS, Internet & web-based activities (advanced user); HTML, CSS programming (basic knowledge) LEISURE: Reading, music, football, swimming, mount-biking REFERENCES: Prof. Branislav Jeremic Radiation Oncologist Institute of Lung Diseases, Sremska Kamenica and 5
Bioengineering Research Centre, Kragujevac, Serbia Phone: +(381) 65 4146663 Email: nebareje@gmail.com Prof. Samvel Karamyan, MD, PhD President of Armenian Association of Radiation Oncology and Radiology, Head of the Radiation Oncology Department, National Center of Oncology, 76 Fanarjyan str., Kanaker, 0052,Yerevan, Armenia Phone: +(374 10) 287220, email: karamyan@web.am; Georgi V. Chaltikyan, MD, PhD President of Armenian Association of Telemedicine, Associate Professor of Surgery General and Laparoscopic Surgery "Arabkir" Joint Medical Center, 30 Mamikonyants St., Yerevan 0014, Armenia Phone office: (+374 10) 236 883 ext 1139 Phone mobile: (+374 93) 911 110 e-mail: gchaltikyan@armtelemed.org Samvel H. Danielyan, MD, PhD Head of the Oncology Chair, Yerevan State Medical University, Muratsan University Hospital, Clinic of Chemotherapy, 114 Muratsan str., Yerevan, Armenia Phone:(+374 10) 450 140 Fax: (+37410) 565 247 e-mail: samveldaniel@yahoo.com 6