Gevorg Tamamyan


Gevorg Tamamyan is an Armenian pediatric oncologist and hematologist. He is a professor and chairman of the Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology at Yerevan State Medical University, CEO of the Immune Oncology Research Institute, and editor-in-chief of OncoDaily.

Career

He obtained MD, Ph.D., and DSc degrees from the Yerevan State Medical University, an MSc degree in oncology from the University of Ulm, and completed a postdoc in leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a postgraduate program at the Harvard Medical School.
He is the President-Elect of the Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean Group, a cooperative group of 110 pediatric cancer centers from 28 countries, and chairman of the Board of the Institute of Cancer and Crisis.
He was the chairman of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) IDEA steering group, co-founder of the Institute of Cancer and Crisis, the Armenian Association of Hematology and Oncology, the 4090 Foundation, co-founder and a board member of the City of Smile Charitable Foundation. He was the 2018-2019 President of the Harvard Club of Armenia.

Institute publications

  • Secondary Malignancy In Giant Cell Tumor Of The Skull Base After Denosumab Treatment: Case Report
  • Trends in pediatric CNS tumors in Armenia: a multicenter retrospective study
  • Patterns of unmet needs of adolescents and young adults in the developing world: Beyond the walls
  • Why adult patients with acute leukemias are dying in the developing world: The other side of the coin
  • Lung Cancer in Armenia
  • ''Overview of Cancer Control in Armenia and Policy Implications''

Awards and honors