A Q&A WITH GEORGI
Background
- Born When: 13 October 1955
- Born Where: Yerevan, Armenia
- Number of Brothers: –
- Number of Sisters: One
- Where did you live when you were a child: Yerevan
- What were your favorite things to do when you were a child or a teenager? Studying at school and playing football
FAMILY LIFE: MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN
- When were you married? May 1984
- Where were you married? Yerevan
- What is your husband/wife’s name? Alina
- What does your husband/wife do? She is a pediatric ophthalmologist.
- What do you and your husband do together as a hobby or for fun? Attend cinema and theatre.
- How many children do you have? Two (a son and a daughter)
- What are their personal and career goals? The son is going to become a doctor, the daughter is sill a schoolgirl.
- What is the best thing about being a mother/father? Just to be a father.
- What is the hardest thing about being a working father? When you are very busy at work, there is less time left for the family.
- How do you balance work and time for being a father? With great difficulty.
PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
- Do you have a personal philosophy of your life? –
- What are the three most important qualities you look for in a friend? Honesty, faithfulness, kindness
- How do you define success for yourself? Good results of surgery.
- What are the most important things you can teach your children? To be kind and honest
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
- Where did you get your education? In Yerevan
- What are the most important things you learned? Medicine
- What are your future plans? To work in Armenia and help Armenians
- What can you tell about your working experience – where have you worked before? I have always worked in the Republican Eye Hospital. I have 25 years of experience. I have done thousands of surgeries. It is a pleasure to be a doctor.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
- What are your hobbies? Swimming
- What is your favorite thing to do in your free time? I spend those hours with my family.
- What is your favorite book? Why? “War and Peace” after L. Tolstoy, because there is too much philosophy there.
- What is your favorite memory? The birth of my children.
COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES
- I wish I always be healthy.
- The most important lesson I ever learned is how to treat patients.
- Work is important to me because it fills my life.
- The EyeCare Project is important to Armenia because its major goal helps to prevent blindness in Armenia.
ARMENIA
- What is life like living in Armenia? Excellent
- What do you think are the biggest challenges faces right now? Armenia Economics
- Do you think Armenia will be able to meet those challenges? No
- What is the most difficult thing about living in Armenia? Social conditions
- What do you like most about Armenia? Because it is our motherland
- How has Armenia changed in the last ten years? It is prospering and blossoming.
Other Comments:
Please tell us anything else about yourself that you think would be interesting to our readers.
Recently I had a very complicated case (a patient with chemical injury). I performed 5 surgeries and finally today the patient can see. I am very happy.
