Prof. Dr. Georgi Chaltikyan

projects

WHO CC on Digital Health; DigiHealthDay – Forum and Events; Global Digital Health – vhb Classic course; Xpanding Innovative Alliances (XiA) – EU-funded; Xtended Reality in Multidisciplinary

labs

Digital Health Data Integration

core competencies

• Digital Health & AI for Health
• Digital Health Education
• Global and International Health
• Healthcare Management
• General Medicine
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Digestive Medicine and Surgery

Research and teaching areas

Areas of Research and Education:

• Digital Health Professional Education
• Digital Health Upskilling and Reskilling
• Digital Health Literacy and Navigation
• Global Digital Health Policies and Strategies
• Artificial Intelligence for Health (AI4H)
• Digital Health Twins (DHT) and Personalized Health (10P-Health)

Modules/Courses taught in study programs Master of Digital Health (MDH), Master of Global Public Health (GPH), and Bachelor of Health Informatics (HI-B):

• Fundamentals of Medicine
• Digital Health Fundamentals
• Digital Health Coding Systems and Standards
• Digital Health Research
• Digital Health Information Systems
• Digital Health Management
• Digital Health Applications
• Digital Health Economy and Management
• Medical Documentation
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Health Forecast – Future Causes of Death

Vita

Georgi Chaltikyan, MD, PhD, is Professor and Head of the WHO Collaborating Center for Education, Research & Development in Digital Health at European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI); Founder and Head of DigiHealthDay Forum and Series; Founder and Head of the Research and Education Center of Digital Health at RAU in Armenia; and Founder and Chairman of the Board of Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH).

He is a graduate of the Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia; he has been trained as a 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. From 2001-2009, he served as an associate professor at Yerevan State Medical University and taught medicine and surgery to undergraduate and postgraduate students (in English, Armenian, and Russian).

In 2009-2010, he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Keck School of Medicine, 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 18 years of work experience in the field of Digital Health. As the founder and long-time president (2008-2023) of a non-profit Armenian Association of Digital Health (AADH), he has been instrumental in the design and implementation of several successful Digital Health projects with international participation.

Prof. Chaltikyan joined 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 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 established a WHO Collaborating Center on Digital Health (Feb 2025). He also founded a global Forum for Education, Research, Innovation and Networking in Digital Health – DigiHealthDay (2020), and is leading international collaborative projects and programs, in partnership with organizations like 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 eHealth Society (DGG), and HL7 Germany among others.

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 host at international conferences. His research focuses on Digital Health Education and Upskilling, Global and National Digital Health Policies and Strategies, and Digital Precision (10P) Health. He is a co-founder and head of the Armenian Digital Health Initiative, developed/implemented by AADH and its partners. He is currently initiating the MDH Alliance – a global movement towards harmonizing the Master of Digital Health degree.

Other

Prof. Chaltikyan is married and father of two children. His hobbies include futurology and philosophy, social networking, reading, singing, and occasionally engaging in extreme sports activities like skydiving, paragliding, and bungee jumping.