I am an active advocate and a strong believer in the marriage of the "western" and holistic medicines. They should not exist separately, but should work together.  I see it as the best and the only right way of treating the person.

I am originally from Armenia, where I graduated with Diploma with Honors from the Yerevan State University (Specialty: Molecular Biology and Genetics). I then went to Germany to work on my Ph.D. thesis (Specialty: Molecular Biology), after completion of which I moved to the United States. I have been working at the National Institutes of Health since 2004.

On my path to recovery, I have seen first hand how huge is the need for education and communication with the patients, healthy people and even health care providers about the choices that they can make in order to prevent, reverse or improve the medical conditions that they are dealing with or are at the risk of developing.

Below is the selected list of my talks (including the scheduled ones). Currently I am working on a book. My website, which is dedicated to health, will launch on 03.21.2012.  Also, I will be happy to provide my CV or any other information that might be needed.

07.17. 2012 Topic: Healthy Lifestyle for People with Medical Conditions:

                      Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC

04.05.2012 Topic: "Genetic causes of cancer and what you can do about it”

                      Department of Labor, Cancer Support Group, Washington, DC

02.28.2012 Topic: "Genetic causes of disease and what you can do about it”

                      Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

02.03.2012 Topic: “Disease Prevention: Healthy Lifestyle for Healthy People”

                      Woman’s Club of Kensington, Kensington, MD

01.25.2012 Topic: “Healthy Life Styles for People with Medical Conditions”

                      Southern Maryland Hospital Center, CME, Clinton, MD

11.29.2011 Topic: "Regulation of Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression:

                     Molecular Mechanisms"

                     DNAcademy, Wootton High School, Rockvile, MD

11.22.2011 Topic: "Epigenetics: its role in Health, Disease and Aging"

                      Howard Community College, Columbia, MD

08.12.2010 Topic: “Healthy lifestyle for healthy people”

                      Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

07.13.2010 Topic: “Cancer: prevention, treatment, recovery”

                      Department of Labor, Cancer Support Group, Washington, DC

10.07.2009 Topic: “Localized DNA Demethylation Marks Recombination

                    Intermediates During Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Gene Assembly”,

                     NIH Research Festival, Bethesda, MD

10.02.2008 Topic: “DNA methylation of the IgH locus during B cell development”

                      IIG (Immunilogy Interest Group) Retreat, Gettysburg, PA

Health, Cancer