Mher Vartivarian, DPM
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Dr. Mher Vartivarian is a podiatrist who specializes in caring for patients with lower extremity wounds that put them at risk of amputation. His other interests include foot and ankle surgery, diabetic limb salvage (treatment that aims to prevent a diabetes-related amputation), sports medicine and reconstructive surgery.

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Vartivarian earned his doctor of podiatric medicine degree from the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University. He completed a residency in podiatry at Kaiser Permanente North Bay Consortium.

Education & Training

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• Residency Podiatry Kaiser Permanente North Bay Consortium 2012
• DPM California College of Podiatric Medicine 2009

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
CalcaneusDiabetic FootFlatfootWound HealingAnkle InjuriesBandages, HydrocolloidAchilles TendonRuptureDebridementLimb SalvageTendon InjuriesSubtalar JointAutolysisVaricose UlcerCompression Bandages

• A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial Evaluating a Lyopreserved Amniotic Membrane in the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers.
  Health science reports 2025 Dhillon Y, Levine L, Tovmassian G, Reyzelman A, Perez-Clavijo F, Wodie F, Cazzell S, Grossman A, Robinson L, Sigal F, Kirsner RS, Vartivarian M, Saunders M, Banerjee J
• Gene therapy for diabetic foot ulcers: Interim analysis of a randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 study of VM202 (ENGENSIS), a plasmid DNA expressing two isoforms of human hepatocyte growth factor.
  International wound journal 2023 Perin E, Loveland L, Caporusso J, Dove C, Motley T, Sigal F, Vartivarian M, Oliva F, Armstrong DG, VMNHU-003 study group
• Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair: Simple to Complex.
  Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery 2022 King CM, Vartivarian M
• Outcomes of Partial Calcanectomy in an Academic Limb Salvage Center: A Multicenter Review.
  The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 2022 Ravine M, Kumaravel S, Dini M, Parks C, Shader SW, Shih CD, Vartivarian M, Guo A, Reyzelman A
• A Prospective, Single-center, Open-label Case Series Evaluating the Clinical Outcomes of Lyopreserved Placental Membrane Containing Viable Cells in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds.
  Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice 2019 Reyzelman AM, Vartivarian M, Danilkovitch A, Saunders MC

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• Phase 3 evaluation of HP802-247 in the treatment of chronic venous leg ulcers.
  Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society 2016 Kirsner RS, Vanscheidt W, Keast DH, Lantis JC, Dove CR, Cazzell SM, Vartivarian M, Augustin M, Marston WA, McCoy Bs ND, Cargill PhD DI, Lee Mshs TD, Dickerson JE, Slade Md HB, HP802-247 Study Group
• Initial Report on the Use of In-Office Cone Beam Computed Tomography for Early Diagnosis of Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Patients.
  Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 2016 Shih CD, Bazarov I, Harrington T, Vartivarian M, Reyzelman AM
• Evidence of Intensive Autolytic Debridement With a Self-Adaptive Wound Dressing.
  Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice 2015 Reyzelman AM, Vartivarian M
• Subtalar arthroereisis and its role in pediatric and adult population.
  Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery 2012 Yen-Douangmala D, Vartivarian M, Choung JD