Projects
Professional Development
- Annual healthcare student scholarship program, ongoing
- Annual ICPD continuing education lecture sponsorship, ongoing
- Social networking and community building, ongoing
- Mentorship program, ongoing
- Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine program, ongoing
- Symposium at MIT, October 2023
- COVID training lectures, 2020-2021
- Internal medicine capacity building program for Armenia and Arstakh, pilot program
- Donation of subscriptions for Dynamed and UpToDate to the Republican Scientific and Medical Library, 2021-2023
- Support of SIATA Stroke Centers in Armenia, ongoing
- Support of anesthesia residency training for Artsakh-based physician
Community Healthcare
Humanities and Medicine, ongoing
- Exploring the role of humanities in medical practice and medical education.
Art and Medicine
- Worskhop Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2018
- Music and Medicine , June 2021 virtual program exploring the “Healing Power of Music.”
- Literature and Medicine April 2023
Guest Speaker, Peter Balakian.
In collaboration with National Association of Armenian Studies and Research - Webinars on public health topics, including COVID-19, ongoing
- Healthcare Fair, May 2022 – in partnership with the City of Watertown and Mt. Auburn Hospital
- Annual Blood Drive, ongoing
- Program on health benefits of Meditation and Labyrinth walking, in collaboration with the Armenian Heritge Park, March 2021
- Establishment of the AAMA Healthcare Advancement Grant Program, ongoing
- Networking socials, quarterly
- Lectureships and Symposia featuring established leaders in healthcare and research, and rising stars, ongoing
Humanitarian Support
- Medical supply delivery in collaboration with Partners for World Health, 2021
- Establishment of a hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) chamber treatment program at Mikaelyan Institute of Surgery in Yerevan, ongoing
- Durable medical equipment donations to various hospitals in Armenia and Artsakh, 2020-22
- Oxygen concentrator program for elderly homebound patients, 2020-21
- Various COVID donation programs and shipments of supplies, 2020-21
- Placement of internal medicine and subspecialty physicians in regions of Artsakh, ongoing
- Major donor to the establishment of a modern oxygen generator plant at the Alikhanyan Laboratory in Yerevan, 2021
Completed Projects in Armenia
- Hired a part-time representative to support our projects in-country
- Built strong relationships with the Ministry of Health and local NGOs
- COVID supplies to four major hospitals in Yerevan (masks & cannulas of various types)
- High-volume oxygen concentrators to nursing homes in Gyumri and Vardenis
- 40-foot container of medical supplies and equipment for two hospitals
- Support for Armenian soldiers and families via durable equipment to several hospitals (x-rays, c-arms, anesthesia machines, orthopedic devices, braces)
- Major supporter of the new oxygen generator at Alikhanyan National Laboratory “So that the people of Armenia will never again be short of Oxygen”
- Key organizer of rehab conference / training workshops; Telemedicine sessions between the US / Armenia
- In-home oxygen concentrators program (20 units) – Shoonch
- Medical missions by AAMA members / Individual traveler program
- Subscriptions to DynaMed and UpToDate for the Medical Library, NIH, and two other hospitals
- DNA Forensics Kit and supplies – to identify remains of our warriors
Completed Projects in Artsakh
- Built relationships with the Ministry of Health and local NGOs
- Wide range of durable medical devices:
- Digital radiography X-ray machine; portable ultrasound unit, anesthesia machines, vital sign monitors, pulse oximeter, blood pressure monitors, defibrillators, EKG units, C-arm w/table, ventilators, orthopedic hardware/dermatomes, wheelchairs, etc.
- Fully equipped operating room
- Pallets of COVID supplies and PPEs
- 80 oxygen concentrators and ancillary supplies
- Medical missions by AAMA members / Individual traveler program
Representative Ongoing and Future Work
- Complete HBO installation and training in Artsakh
- CME programs including work with ICPD (PROJECT COST $10,000)
- Grant Program
- Tufenkian Foundation “Artsakh Combat Casualty Care” to provide training in Artsakh for triage and emergency care for combat injuries in order to minimize trauma and reduce casualties [$10,000]
- Viva Charity Foundation “Prenatal Screening” to provide prenatal genetic screening for mothers of all ages residing in the Shirak Marz [$5,000]
- Program expanded for next year (4 grants totaling $50K, one each at $5K, $10K, $15K, and $20K)
- Opportunities for US-based Armenian healthcare students to undertake training in the Marzes (Lori), supported by and in collaboration with COAF medical facilities [$25,000]
- Annual scholarships for healthcare students
- Inaugural Healthcare Innovation and Research Symposium
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