{"id":2281,"date":"2025-01-15T00:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T20:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gastroclinic.am\/?page_id=2281"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:57:38","slug":"lucy-hovakimyan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gastroclinic.am\/en\/ourstaff\/lucy-hovakimyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Hovakimyan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1927676079\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1200px\" id=\"row-483409641\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2078710871\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-581420745\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-454099456\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h1>HOVAKIMYAN LUCY<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-454099456 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-454099456 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-454099456 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3398004292\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h6>gastroenterologist, nutritionist<\/h6>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3398004292 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-3398004292 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-3398004292 {\n    font-size: 1rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-581420745 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-581420745 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1927676079 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 200px;\n  background-color: #77ae5c;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1927676079 {\n    min-height: 300px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_1927676079 {\n    min-height: 200px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1200px\" id=\"row-2061605243\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-834476073\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner box-shadow-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-539791701\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-539791701 {\n  padding-top: 400px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#banner-539791701 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/gastroclinic.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\u053c\u0575\u0578\u0582\u057d\u056b-\u0540\u0578\u057e\u0561\u056f\u056b\u0574\u0575\u0561\u0576-\u0563\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0567\u0576\u057f\u0565\u0580\u0578\u056c\u0578\u0563-\u0563\u0561\u057d\u057f\u0580\u0578-\u057d\u0576\u0576\u0564\u0561\u0562\u0561\u0576-scaled-e1764839292340-717x800.avif);\n}\n#banner-539791701 .bg {\n  background-position: 55% 19%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-539791701 {\n    padding-top: 500px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-539791701 {\n    padding-top: 650px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"button alert expand\"  style=\"border-radius:15px;\">\n  <i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i>  <span>online booking<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    (function (win, fn) {\n        var done = false, top = true,\n            doc = win.document,\n            root = doc.documentElement,\n            modern = doc.addEventListener,\n            add = modern ? 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