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Vazken Der Kaloustian, MD, Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis
Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who



MONTREAL, QC: Marquis Who's Who Ventures LLC has issued the following
press release:


Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical
profiles, is proud to present Vazken Der Kaloustian, MD, with the
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished
listee, Dr. Der Kaloustian celebrates many years' experience in his
professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership
qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his
field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals
profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors
such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and
prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection
process.


Professor emeritus of pediatrics and human genetics in the Department
of Medical Genetics at McGill University, Dr. Der Kaloustian is a
board-certified physician who has been affiliated with the university
for more than two decades. Licensed to practice medicine in Lebanon,
as well as Quebec, Canada, and several states in the United States, he
worked in various capacities at the university, including as director
of the medical genetics training program, head of the division of
medical genetics, and founder and director of the national unit of
human genetics in Lebanon. Throughout his career in academia, Dr. Der
Kaloustian also taught as a professor at the American University of
Beirut for several years. He began his teaching career in 1965 as a
teaching fellow in pediatrics at Harvard University for one year,
followed by serving as an instructor of pediatrics at the American
University of Beirut from 1968 to 1970. He began teaching at McGill
University as a professor of pediatrics and genetics in 1988.

Dr. Der Kaloustian has been an invited speaker for dozens of seminars,
symposiums, and other events, including at Beaumont Hospital in
Michigan, Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and the
University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and was a keynote speaker at
the University of Guadalajara's First International Symposium on
Genodermatosis. Additionally, he has been affiliated with a great
number of professional organizations, including the Canadian College
of Medical Geneticists, The American Society of Human Genetics, and
the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. He has been
active on the international scientific advisory committee of The
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics since 2008.

Throughout Dr. Der Kaloustian's career, he has been honored with a
Medal of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, a Gold Medal Award
from the American University of Beirut Alumni Association, and a Medal
from the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Association. He
has also authored and co-authored several books, including "Genetic
Diseases of the Skin" in 1979, "The Kidney in Genetic Disease" in
1986, "Congenital Anomalies of the Ear, Nose and Throat" in 1991, as
well as more than 160 articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters to
15 books, and numerous papers and reports for international
organizations. He has also been a reviewer for several professional
journals, was an editorial board member for "The American Journal of
Medical Genetics" and "The Lebanese Science Bulletin," and was a board
member for "The Birth Defects Encyclopedia."

Born in Antioch, Turkey in 1937, Dr. Der Kaloustian later studied at
the Hamazkayin Armenia College and the International College in
Beirut, Lebanon, before earning a bachelor's degree and MD at the
American University of Beirut in 1959 and 1963, respectively. Becoming
an assistant resident in pediatrics at the university, he then
traveled to the United States to complete a residency in pediatrics at
Boston Children's Hospital, followed by a fellowship in human genetics
in the department of pediatrics and a master's degree at The John
Hopkins University. By 1974, Dr. Der Kaloustian had completed a second
short fellowship in the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics at
Erasmus University before completing another fellowship in the
Department of Pediatrics in the Genetics unit at The Johns Hopkins
Hospital in 1982. Making his way to Canada in 1986, he and his wife
Lena Sethian have remained there ever since. They have two daughters.
Notably, Dr. Der Kaloustian has been cited in over 30 editions of
Who's Who, including Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who
in America and Who's Who in the World.

In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the
Marquis Who's Who community, Vazken Der Kaloustian, MD, has been
featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.
Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this
honor.