At Wednesday’s meeting of the Scientific Council of Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), the head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Professor Ara Babloyan, proposed to YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan to chair the 7th International Medical Congress of Armenia, which will take place in four years, reports the YSMU public relations department.

Babloyan, Honorary Chair of the 6th International Medical Congress of Armenia, informed the attendees about the preparations for this event to be held in capital Yerevan, from July 6 to 8.

This pan-Armenian congress held every four years, according to its co-founder Professor Ara Babloyan, has a professional, scientific, and national significance.

Babloyan proposed YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan to chair the next—seventh—aforesaid congress four years later, highlighting the fact that the YSMU faculty had an active participation in all the past years and has for the holding of this congress.

In response, the YSMU rector emphasized that he agreed to accept this proposal—and based on the imperative to improve the quality of medical science and the desire to do more together.