User:Sbadalian

Samuel S. Badalian, MD, PhD, DrMedSc, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

Samvel (Samuel) Badalian (Born September 27, 1958) is an Armenian American Medical Doctor, Urogynecologist. Dr. Badalian is the Director of the Gynecology and Urogynecology Center1 of Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. He is an internationally recognized surgeon who has operated on patients from all over the U.S. and the world. Dr. Badalian maintains a faculty and teaching appointment at SUNY Upstate Medical University as a Clinical Professor.

=  Education  = Dr. Badalian received his MD degree in 1981 from Yerevan State Medical University (Republic of Armenia) and continued his education and research by receiving a Ph.D. degree in Physiology in 1986 and a Doctor of Medical Science degree in 1990 from Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology (St. Petersburg, Russia). In 1992, he completed his fellowship program at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and continued to work at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia University under the tutelage of Dr. Harold E. Fox. The following 3 years, he published numerous scientific papers and became a worldwide expert in his field. Dr. Badalian completed his residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY and is now Board-Certified in both Obstetrics/Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS).

=  Career  = In 1990-1992 he worked as a Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the City of Yerevan and as a Senior Research Scientist at Armenian Research Center of Maternal and Child Health Protection, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. From 1992 to 1995 Dr. Badalian was a Post Doctoral Research Scientist at the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, U.S.A. In 1999, Dr. Badalian joined Upstate Gynecology Group, PC and appointed as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York. In 2005, he founded Gynecology and Urogynecology Center at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse 2, New York, where he serves as a Director. From 2011 to 2015 Dr. Badalian served also as a Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, New York.

=  Professional Societies  = Dr. Badalian belongs to a number of professional societies, including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in which he served as a Chair of Section 5, District II (New York State) in 2010-2013. He is a member in good standing with the American Urogynecological Society (AUGS), International Urogynecological Association (IUGA), Robert E. L. Nesbitt, Jr. Ob/Gyn Society (Secretary), and the American Armenian Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO).

=  Editorial Activities and Publications  = 1995-2005 Reviewer; Obstetrics and Gynecology (Green Journal)

2009 Abstract Reviewer; 10th AWMC, New York, NY

2013 Abstract Reviewer; 11th AWMC, Los Angeles, CA

2015-2017 Reviewer; Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

2015-2016 Reviewer; European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

2016 Reviewer; The Journal of Urology

2016 Editorial board member of the Journal Clinics in Surgery

Grants reviewer for the American Urogynecological Society Foundation.

Dr Badalian has authored more than 45 scientific journal articles 3, 4, book chapters and abstracts and is an internationally recognized lecturer and pelvic surgeon. By being an expert in pelvic surgery, he was invited on multiple occasions to perform and teach the newest technologies in pelvic reconstruction to different countries like Russia 5, France, Ghana, Kazakhstan and Armenia 6, 7. He received Patients Choice Ward in many accasions. 8

=  Personal Life  = Dr. Samuel Badalian is fluent in English, Russian, Armenian. In 1987 he married Margaret Badalian and have three children (Arthur Badalian, Anna Badalian, Vartan Badalian). His hobbies include tennis and sailing. He is American Sailing Association certified sailor 101-108 and an expert in offshore sailing.

= References =
 * 1) http://gyn-urogyn.com/news/
 * 2) https://www.sjhsyr.org/444-Samuel-Badalian
 * 3) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=ss+badalian&btnG=
 * 4) http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2010/04000/Vitamin_D_and_Pelvic_Floor_Disorders_in_Women_.19.aspx
 * 5) http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2012/01/syracuse_surgeon_dr_samuel_badalian_trains_doctors_and_helps_patients_here_and_abroad.html
 * 6) https://phys.org/wire-news/79263464/capacity-to-diagnose-osteoporosis-doubles-in-armenia.html
 * 7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsgxiTOBgRQ
 * 8) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-badalian-of-fulton-ny-has-been-named-a-patients-choice-award-winner-for-2012-177513591.html