Prominent plastic surgeon Artavazd Sahakyan has passed away. The news was announced on Facebook by Anna Sargsyan, Consultant to the Ministry of Health of Armenia for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

“With deep sorrow, I learned of the passing of Artavazd Bagrat Sahakyan.

Artavazd Bagratovich was the founder of the development and formation of our specialty in Armenia.

For many years, he educated and inspired generations of highly skilled specialists, making an important contribution to the establishment of the field with his knowledge, experience, and boundless dedication.

His personality, professional principles, and warm pedagogical attitude will long be remembered by all who had the honor of working or studying with him.

Artavazd Bagratovich still had many plans and goals ahead of him, and his loss is great and irreparable both for the professional community and for his students and all who knew him.

I extend my deepest condolences to his family, relatives, colleagues, and all his students.

May his bright memory remain vivid and be a source of inspiration for all of us,” she wrote.

YSMU Rector Armen Muradyan also made a Facebook post:

“Unique in his character, always energetic and cheerful, a Doctor by calling…

This loss is immense for our university family.

Thanks to the team led by Artavazd Sahakyan — head of the Plastic and Microsurgery Clinic of the ‘Heratsi’ University Hospital Complex and Chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at YSMU — numerous complex and, at first glance, seemingly impossible surgeries were performed.

Since 1984, the work of the team under his leadership has been presented at professional conferences in Russia, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and several other countries. Patients came not only from Yerevan and the regions, but also from different parts of the world.

A surgeon who performed exceptional interventions in the field of plastic and microsurgery, he carried out about 50,000 operations during his long professional career.

I deeply mourn this irreparable loss. Rest in peace, doctor by calling…,” he wrote.

Artavazd Sahakyan was 72 years old.