Projects
Professional Development
Ongoing Initiatives / Support
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Scholarships for New England-based healthcare students
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ICPD continuing education lecture sponsorship (annual)
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Networking & community building for Boston-area members
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Mentorship for fellows & residents in Armenia and the U.S.
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BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine rotation program
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Anesthesia residency training support in Armenia & Artsakh
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SIATA Stroke Center support in Armenia
Programs & Events
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Internal medicine capacity building (pilot) program in Armenia & Artsakh
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Inaugural Healthcare Innovation & Research Symposium | MIT, Cambridge | Oct 2023
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Subscription donations (DynaMed & UpToDate) to the Republican Scientific and Medical Library, Armenia | 2021–2023
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Women and Healthcare Seminar (Virtual) | May 2022
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COVID training for U.S. & Armenian providers | 2020–2021

Public Health & Community Healthcare in New England
Humanities and Medicine, ongoing
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Art & Medicine: Yousef Karsh Exhibit | Armenian Museum of America | 2012
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Art & Medicine: Workshop | Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston | June 2018
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Music & Medicine: “The Healing Power of Music” virtual program | June 2021
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Literature & Medicine: Peter Balakian talk with NAASR | April 2023
Community Programs
- Annual Blood Drive
- Quarterly networking / social events for Boston-area membership
- Public webinars | Trending healthcare topics (ex. COVID-19)
- Healthcare Fair | With the City of Watertown and Mt. Auburn Hospital | May 2022
- Benefits of Meditation & Labyrinth Walk | Armenian Heritage Park | March 2021
Completed Projects in Armenia and Artsakh
Healthcare Initiatives in Armenia (ongoing)
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Partnership with Armenia’s Ministry of Health and local NGOs
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Part-time representative (in-country) for project support
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Medical missions and individual traveler program
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COVID-19 response:
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Supplies to Yerevan hospitals (masks, cannulas)
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Oxygen concentrators to Gyumri & Vardenis nursing homes
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“Shoonch” home oxygen program for the elderly (20 units)
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Multiple shipments of medical supplies (2020–21)
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Major donor of high-volume oxygen generator at Alikhanyan National Lab
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Equipment donations:
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40-ft container of medical supplies for 2 hospitals
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Durable medical equipment for hospitals and soldiers (x-rays, c-arms, etc.)
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy program at Mikaelyan Institute, ongoing
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Support for medical libraries:
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DynaMed & UpToDate subscriptions (NIH, Republican Library, 2 hospitals)
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Rehab training workshops, telemedicine sessions, and ongoing medical education
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Partnered with Partners for World Health for supply deliveries
Representative Ongoing and Future Work
Establishment of the AAMA Healthcare Advancement Grant Program
- 2022 Recipients:
- 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
- Viva Charity Foundation “Prenatal Screening” to provide prenatal genetic screening for mothers of all ages residing in the Shirak Marz
- Program expanded for 2023 to include a total of four grants
- CME programs including work with ICPD
- Opportunities for US-based Armenian healthcare students to undertake training in the Marzes (Lori), supported by and in collaboration with Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) medical facilities
- Annual scholarships for New England-based healthcare students (medicine, nursing, physician assistant, etc.)
- Inaugural Healthcare Innovation and Research Symposium, October 2023, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Collaboration with HENAR healthcare NGO in Armenia
- Mobile primary care unit in Kapan
- Capacity building for public servants in
- healthcare: leadership development
- programs for Armenia & Artsakh MOH
- Family Med Residency Training
- Collaboration with Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR)
- Cardiovascular disease education and pilot program in improving hypertension control in the primary care setting in rural Armenia, including risk assessment, management of hypertension and hyperlipidemia and patient engagement.
- Collaboration with American University of Armenia (AUA)
- AAMA-AUA Medical Lecture Series | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Primary Care Management
- Mentorship component of the EIH program
- Each month several AAMA primary care physicians meet with physicians from rural Armenia via zoom, review challenging cases, and alternate with didactic sessions based on previous discussions and need