Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD (Germany)
Director of the study programme Master of Digital Health, Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Organising Committee Chair, Plenary Session Host, Panel Discussion Host
Professor of Digital Health and Healthcare Management, founding president of Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM),
Member of WHO Roster of Experts on Digital Health
Georgi Chaltikyan is professor of Digital Health and Healthcare Management, and director of the study program Master of Medical Informatics (MMI) at Deggendorf University of Applied Science (Deggendorf Institute of Technology, DIT) in Bavaria, Germany, and founding president of Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH). Georgi Chaltikyan is graduate of the Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia. He has been trained as general surgeon and spent about 20 years in clinical practice in general and laparoscopic surgery. He has extensive experience in healthcare education, research and management, gained also through multiple fellowships and internships in Germany, Austria, France, and USA. In 2001-2009 he has served as associate professor at the Department of Surgery of Yerevan State Medical University, and has taught medicine and surgery to undergraduate and postgraduate students. In 2009-2010 he was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA. In 2010-2015 he worked in private surgical practice at a large multi-profile hospital. He has more than 10 years of work experience in the field of Digital Health. As the founding president of a NGO Armenian Association of Telemedicine (the national member of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and the European Federation for Medical Informatics, and an international partner of the American Telemedicine Association) he has been instrumental in design and implementation of a number of successful eHealth and telemedicine projects with international participation. He has publications on different aspects of eHealth and telemedicine, and is involved in several international projects in Digital Health. Prof. Chaltikyan is a member of the WHO Roster of Experts on Digital Health. He co-authored a discussion paper on Armenian Digital Health Initiative that was presented to the Government of Armenia.