ArmInfo. At the 88th year, the doctor of medical sciences, professor, honored scientist, chairman of the Armenian Academy of Surgical Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, honorary member of the presidium of the Society of Surgeons of Armenia Pavel Ananikyan passed away.
Pavel Ananikyan from 1963 worked at the Department of General Surgery of the Yerevan State Medical University - first as an assistant, associate professor, professor, and since 1976 - head of the department. From 1976 to 1998 was Chief surgeon of the clinical hospital ь3 of Yerevan. Armenian President awarded Professor Ananikyan with Mkhitar Heratsi medal.
As a self-taught artist, P. Ananikyan was the holder of the diploma of a large All-Union exhibition in the Moscow Manege, was exhibited in Tashkent at the exhibition of artists of the CIS countries. The catalog of his paintings has been published in considerable circulation. In addition, the famous surgeon was engaged in writing. Ananikyan often appeared on television, on the pages of newspapers and magazines, both Armenian and foreign. In connection with the 60th birthday of Pavel Petrovich, he was awarded the title of Honored Scientist of Armenia, and his biography was inscribed in the Armenian Encyclopedia.