AAMA Announces Winners of its 2023 Healthcare Grant Program
2023 Awardees
Thank you to the AAMA Grants Committee for their careful review. Four project grants were awarded a total of $50,000.
1st place award in the amount of $20,000
Unified Armenian Emergency Medicine Residency Program Workshops
Led by Dr. Sharon Chekijian Yale School of Medicine with Curricular Lead Dr. Oriane Longerstaey at Brown University School of Medicine
2nd place award in the amount of $15,000
Healthcare and Social Support to the Vulnerable Elderly Living Alone in Martakert Region of Artsakh without Health Services due to the Blockade Hanganak Non-Governmental Organization
Gohar Hovhannisyan, MD, MPH
3rd place award in the amount of $10,000
Practical-Scientific Training Center on Orthopaedic and Traumatological Surgery at Gyumri Orthopedic School
Dr. Norayr Zakarian
4th place award in the amount of $5,000
Improving Maternity Care in Armenia: implementing a new model for an OB/GYN training program Wigmore Women and Children’s Hospital in Yerevan, Armenia
Samuel Badalian, MD, and Gail Guzelian, MD
2024 Grants Program
Due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the 2024 grants program will be on hold as we focus our efforts on other projects at this time.
2023 Awardees
Thank you to the AAMA Grants Committee for their careful review. Four project grants were awarded a total of $50,000.
1st place award in the amount of $20,000
Unified Armenian Emergency Medicine Residency Program Workshops
Led by Dr. Sharon Chekijian Yale School of Medicine with Curricular Lead Dr. Oriane Longerstaey at Brown University School of Medicine
2nd place award in the amount of $15,000
Healthcare and Social Support to the Vulnerable Elderly Living Alone in Martakert Region of Artsakh without Health Services due to the Blockade Hanganak Non-Governmental Organization
Gohar Hovhannisyan, MD, MPH
3rd place award in the amount of $10,000
Practical-Scientific Training Center on Orthopaedic and Traumatological Surgery at Gyumri Orthopedic School
Dr. Norayr Zakarian
4th place award in the amount of $5,000
Improving Maternity Care in Armenia: implementing a new model for an OB/GYN training program Wigmore Women and Children’s Hospital in Yerevan, Armenia
Samuel Badalian, MD, and Gail Guzelian, MD
2022 Awardees:
Tufenkian Foundation, Inc. in collaboration with Code 3 Angels Foundation – “Artsakh Combat Casualty Care 2022”
$15,000
VIVA Charity Foundation – “VIVA Prenatal Screening”
$10,000
AAMA Stands with Artsakh: Urgent Call to Action
Pathways to Success: A Celebration of Women in Healthcare
June 4th 2022, 9am – 12pm
AAMA Health Fair 2022
Sat May 21 2022,
1pm – 4pm
