| Honorific Prefix: | National Hero of Armenia |
| Hrayr Hovakimyan | |
| Native Name: | Armenian: Հրայր Հովակիմյան |
| Birth Name: | Hakob Sahak Hovakimyan (Armenian: Հակոբ Սահակի Հովակիմյան) |
| Education: | University of Aleppo |
| Occupation: | Surgeon |
Hakob Sahak Hovakimyan (Armenian: Հակոբ Սահակի Հովակիմյան) better known as Hrayr Hovakimyan (Armenian: Հրայր Հովակիմյան) is a famous Armenian doctor, cardiac surgeon, and National Hero of Armenia.[1]
Hovakimyan graduated from the Medical Faculty at the University of Aleppo in 1997, then spent several years training in the United States. He worked at Beckman University in New York from 1977 to 1984; Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon (cardiopulmonary surgery direction) from 1984 to 1988; and at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 1988 to 1989.
In 1990, Hovakimyan participated in the creation of the Biotronic EDP-30 pulse generator. Between 1992 and 1993, he worked at Yerevan's Mickaelyan Institute of Surgery, then founded the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Nork-Marash Medical Center. In 1996, a department of cardiac surgery for adults was also opened. He has been Chief Cardiac Surgeon of the Nork-Marash Medical Center and throughout his career has trained a large number of Armenian doctors in the field of cardiac surgery.