We started our activity in 1995, firstly in field of Portal Hypertension and Liver Disorders. Then our services were extended and the service was established in 2004 when Republican Children’s Hospital joined the “Arabkir” Medical Center.
We provide comprehensive diagnostics and treatment of children with:

• Gastroduodenitis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 
• Congenital malformation of  gastrointestinal and billiary tract (management after surgery)
• Short bowel syndrome
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s disease, Indeterminned Colitis)
• Celiac disease
• Malabsorption / Failure to thrive
• Pediatric Gastrointestinal Emergencies (GI bleeding etc.)
• Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Constipation
• Portal Hypertension (early detection, preventive endosclerotherapy and porto-systemic shunting)
• Congenital bile duct and liver anomalies
• Gall-stone disease
• Autoimmune Liver Disease, Liver Cirrhosis
• Liver Failure

Besides routine investigations we perform a number of specific tests, whish are listed below.

Laboratory

• Stool antigen test for Helicobacter pylori
• Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies IgA (t-TGA IgA) for Celiac disease
• Stool elastase test – to evaluate exocrine function of pancreas

Endoscopy

• Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Preventive Endosclerotherapy
• Gastrointestinal Forceps and Capsule Biopsy
• Polypectomy

Radiology

• Ultrasound scan of the abdomen
• Ultrasound scan and duplex scan of the Portal system vessels
• X-ray investigations of the GI tract with water soluble contrast

Anal sphincter manometry (for children 6 years)

Teaching material

• Malabsorptive disorders in children (in Armenian and Russian), 2007
• Celiac disease (in Armenian), 2007
• Internal Guidelines for doctors (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Gastroduodenitis and Peptic Ulcers, Gastroesophageal Reflux Diseases), 2008

Plans

• Teaching materials for parents
• Teaching materials for nurses

• Zurich Children's University Hospital, Switzerland
• Antwerp Children's University Hospital, Belgium

2001-2006 we had close collaboration with Professor David Shmerling, Zurich, Switzerland. With his very professional support and active personal participation the annual GI seminars and meeting for period from 2001 till 2005 were organized, which helped us to establish our Pediatric GI/H service.
2001-2008 a number of porto-systemic shunting operations were done under support and supervision of surgeons from different countries (Russia - prof. Senjakovich; Antwerp Children's University Hospital - Dr. Dirk Yesenbert, Dr. Thierry Chapel).
From 2008 to 2009 three successful porto-systemic shunting operations were performed by our surgeons -  Dr. P.Geyikyan, head of the surgical service Dr. Sahak Arakelyan and head of director board prof. Ara Babloyan.
We were honored and pleased to organize and participate in ESPAGHAN Summer GI School held in Yerevan on July 5-7, 2007, where many up to date topics and complicated cases were discussed.

• Ongoing clinical and research collaboration with foreign colleagues for improvement of the service
• Introduction of some modern diagnostic methods (pylocarpin sweat test, esophageal and gastric Ph-metria)
• Innovations in endoscopic techniques (video endoscopes)
• Modernization of Gastrointestinal / Liver Pathology Service (liver, GI tract biopsy)

• Dr. Gayane Amaryan, MD, PhD, Head of PGHS, Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics N1 of the YSMU

Passed trainings - New-York Cornell Medical Centre (1996, USA), Necker-Enfant Maladie Hospital (2000, France), Salzburg Philadelphia Seminar (2004, Austria), Fellowship in Salzburg (2008, Austria)
Telephone: (37410) 23-68-83, ext. 213

• Dr.Tatevik Shahinyan, MD, pediatric gastroetnerologist / metabolic diseases

Passed trainings - Graz Children's Hospital (2006, Austria), King's College Hospital of London (2007, United Kingdom), Zurich Children's Hospital (2007 and 2008, Switzerland), PhD student of the YSMU from 2007 (topic: «Metabolic diseases in children: from simple test to complicated diagnosis)
Telephone: (37410) 236 883, ext. 140

• Dr. Ruben Danielyan, MD, endoscopy

Telephone: (37410) 236 883, ext. 217

• Dr. Poghos Geykyan, MD, surgeon (Portal hypertension)

Passed trainings – Alexandropoulos Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery (1994-1995), Emergency Surgery (2006, NIH, Armenia), Laparoscpic Surgery (2008 NIH, Department of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery, Armenia)
Telephone: (37410) 236 883, ext. 157

• Armine Hayrapetyan, nurse

Telephone: (37410) 236 883, ext. 140

For an outpatient appointment, call: (37410) 236 883, ext. 140
E-mail: gayane_amaryan@yahoo.com, tshahinyan@mail.ru, shahinyan_tatevik@yahoo.com
Address: 30 Mamikonyants str., Yerevan