Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD (Germany)
Director of the study programme Master of Digital Health,
Deggendorf Institute of Technology and Russian-Armenian University (Armenia)
Organising Committee Chair
Professor of Digital Health and Healthcare Management,
Founder and Chairman of Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH),
WHO Digital Health Consultant
Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD, is a professor of Digital Health and Global and International Healthcare Management, and director of the study program Master of Digital Health (MDH) at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) in Germany and at Russian-Armenian University (RAU) in Armenia, and the Founder and Chairman of the Board 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.
Prof. Chaltikyan joined DIT-ECRI at its launch in 2015; he is the Program Head of the Master of Digital Health (MDH) that is operated as a Double-Degree Study Program at DIT-ECRI in Germany and RAU in Armenia and is responsible for several courses (modules) in Digital Health, Global and International Healthcare Management, Health Research, and others. He also leads international collaborative projects and programs, such as the partnership with such notable organizations as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), German Digital Medicine Society (DGDM), German eHealth Society (DGG), and HL7 Germany among others, as well as for the participation in the Consortium of Educational Institutions in Digital Health (CONEDIG) under the auspices of the ISfTeH, of which DIT-ECRI is a Founding Member. He has publications on different aspects of Digital Health, is involved in several research and development projects in the field, and is a frequent keynote speaker and moderator at international conferences. His main research focus is on Digital Health Education and Upskilling, Global and National Digital Health Policies and Strategies, and Personalized (10P) Health. Since 2019 he has been a WHO Digital Health Consultant. He is a co-founder and head of the Armenian Digital Health Initiative developed/implemented by AADH and its partners.