David Nazaryan

David Nazaretovich Nazaryan (, born March 15, 1986, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian maxillofacial surgeon, microvascular surgeon, oncologist. He holds a Doctor of Medical Sciences (DSc) degree and serves as a professor at the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery in the Postgraduate Education Academy of the Federal Research and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia.

Education and early career

He graduated from Moscow Medical College No. 1 in 2002, specializing in nursing. From 2004 to 2007, he worked in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy (now Sechenov University), followed by work at the Center for Reconstructive Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery of the Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery (2006–2008).

In 2008, he received his medical degree in General Medicine from Sechenov University. That same year, he patented a device for suturing coronal incisions. During this period, he also took part in clinical research focused on reconstructive surgical methods for jaw defects and began exploring microvascular techniques for maxillofacial repair.

Professional roles

From 2008 to 2013, he practiced at the Department of Craniofacial Surgery of the B.V. Petrovsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, also serving as head of the surgical department at the Boston Institute of Aesthetic Medicine. In 2013, he defended his candidate of medical sciences (PhD-equivalent) dissertation on the surgical treatment of patients with jaw defects and subsequent restoration of masticatory function.

The surgeon founded the implantology-focused NKclinic in 2013 and worked as a senior research associate at Sechenov University in 2013–2014. Since 2014, he has headed the Department of Maxillofacial and Reconstructive Surgery at the National Medical Research Center of Otorhinolaryngology (NMITSO) under the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia.

He later received further training in microvascular techniques and completed his Doctor of Medical Sciences (DSc) degree in 2021, with a dissertation on personalized approaches to maxillofacial defect reconstruction using free vascularized bone autografts. In 2022, he was appointed professor at the Postgraduate Education Academy of the Federal Research and Clinical Center of the FMBA.

He has also been involved in developing 3D computer-modeling protocols for complex facial reconstructions, including simultaneous bone grafting and dental implantation, and has contributed to training programs for practicing surgeons in microsurgical methods.

Research and patents

Nazaryan has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications on maxillofacial and reconstructive surgery. He also holds multiple patents, including methods of treating jaw defects and devices for bone graft modeling. His published work addresses microvascular jaw reconstruction, the attachment of masticatory muscles to vascularized autografts, and the use of advanced surgical devices in oncologic operations. He has applied these techniques in clinical practice to improve outcomes in jaw and facial reconstructions.