AAHPO
of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
Cordially invites you and your family to our
Annual AAHPO Christmas Brunch
Nov
01
2011
AAHPO Annual Meeting and Christmas Brunch
Business Meeting: 11:30 AM SHARP
The Palisadium Restaurant
~ There will be Christmas Caroling
Adults $60.00, Children $35.00 (Age 6-12)
Knarig Khatchadurian Meyer, PhD – Chairperson
Garbis Baydar, MD – Assistant Chair
Armand Asarian, MD
Louiza Pusikian-Kubikian, DDS
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Nov
01
2011
AAHPO Members Meeting November 18, 2011
To All AAHPO Health Professionals and Spouses
Join us for our Fall Social and Educational Meeting
Friday, November 18, 2011
Sevan Restaurant
216-07 Horace Harding Expressway, New York, NY 11364
Phone: (718 ) 281-0004
(on Service Road of Long Island Expressway West of Springfield Boulevard)
Dinner 7:30 PM
Special Presentations 8:30 PM
Dinner $45 (Reservations required.)
Please R.S.V.P. by November 9, 2011
Speakers
Edmund Gergerian, M.D.
“Electrophotonic Medical Imaging of Human Energy Fields: Clinical Applications and Beyond”
Lawrence V. Najarian, M.D.
“AAHPO Update”
* AAHPO 2011 Annual Gala Banquet and Fundraiser
* AAHPO CME Program
* Future Activities and Projects
For more information and to make your reservation, please contact:
Dr. Garbis Baydar (201) 568-3262 or email garbisB@aol.com
Dr. Arthur Kubukian (718) 786-3842 or (516) 527-7397(201) or email ahk29@msn.com
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Oct
12
2011
Be a Silent Auction Winner and Help Save Lives!
A magnificent family portrait, five nights at a luxury spa, ballet at the Met – these are a few of the unique items being offered in a silent auction at the AAHPO 2011 Annual Gala Banquet and Fundraiser on October 15, 2011.
This will be a night you won’t want to miss! The entire Armenian community is coming out for dinner, dancing, awards, and silent auction. Come enjoy the company of so many of your cherished friends and associates!
To RSVP and purchase Gala Tickets online or to Make A Donation, please click here.
“We want to thank all those who have made such generous contributions to our silent auction. Bidders will enjoy these valuable items even more, knowing that all the money we raise supports the AAHPO CME Program,” said Rita Arevigian and Suzy Davidkhanian, co-organizers of the silent auction.
A sampling of Silent Auction items includes:
Bradford Portraits – imagine an oil-painted portrait of you and your spouse, your children, or your entire family! The painted portrait is based on a professional photo taken by one of the most renowned portrait photographers in the world.
Retail Value $5,000
Aqua Wellness Resort – five night, all-inclusive package for two at this luxury Nicarauga spa, including airport pick-up, meals and a wellness class. (Blackout Dates Nov 15, 2011 to Jan 15, 2012)
Retail Value $5,000+
American Ballet Theatre at the Met - Two Orchestra Seats – Spring Season May 14 – July 7, 2012.
Retail Value $250
Sclerotherapy Session – Varicose Vein Surgery with Dr. Vicken N. Pamoukian.
Retail Value $1,000
New Jersey Devils premium package – 4 Hockey tickets (great seats, Section I, Row 4), parking pass, plus a regulation hockey stick signed by Larry Robinson.
Retail Value $550
Grohe - Gift certificate.
Retail Value $1,350
AAHPO has dedicated the proceeds from the silent auction to support its CME program:
Help Save Lives! Support the Continuing Medical Education of Doctors in Armenia.
Here’s what one CME Program Graduate has to say:
“I could not believe such a humanitarian project could exist. It was a great opportunity to deepen my professional knowledge,” said Dr. Lilit Ananikyan, Ninotsminda Emergency Center.
To RSVP and purchase Gala Tickets online or to Make A Donation, please click here.
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Sep
24
2011
AAHPO Gala Banquet to be Held in NJ
By: Taleen Babayan
Fundraising Efforts Dedicated to Continuing Medical Education in Armenia
As a physician at the Ninotsminda Emergency Center, Dr. Lilit Ananikyan spends her days performing surgeries, checking in on her patients, and treating the ill in this Armenian-populated district in the Javakhk region of southern Georgia. Serving in an under-staffed and under-resourced hospital, Ananikyan and her colleagues face a multitude of obstacles on a daily basis, including lack of heat during the harsh winter months, outdated ambulance cars, and a scarcity of medical supplies. But perhaps the biggest challenge of all is the inability to update one’s medical training. Many of the doctors, not only in Javakhk, but also in Nagorno-Karabagh and rural Armenia, have not received additional training or courses to update their knowledge of medicine since the collapse of the Soviet Union some 20 years ago.
Vist www.aahpo.org/AAHPO2011Gala/ for more information about this event and to RSVP to attend!!
Read the whole article at: http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/09/21/aahpo-gala-banquet-to-be-held-in-nj/
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Jul
18
2011
Dr. Garbis Kassabian – Visit to St. Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center
A visit to St. Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center impressed me with the dedication of the medical and nursing staff in taking care of their patients.
I first met with the hospital Vice President, Dr. Avagyan. He introduced me to Dr. Vardan Navasardyan, reanimatology specialist, who is in charge of the ICU. I rounded with him in the ICU. The patients there were short term and long term patients needing critical care, including ventilators. They ran the gamut of critical illnesses from trauma to complicated medical illnesses. Dr. Navasardyan revealed to me that parts are sometimes hard to replace on ventilators and other equipment.
Dr. Navasrdyan then took me to the thoracic surgery floor where I participated in the rounds with the thoracic surgeons.The patients that I observed in the thoracic surgery department had a variety of illnesses, with a varying spectrum of pathologies, not unlike what we see in the US. Some illnesses are diagnosed and treated very similarly. Others are treated slightly differently but just as effectively. The limiting factors were diagnostic tests for uncommon and complex illnesses that are either too expensive to perform or are not available in Armenia.
Garbis Kassabian, MD
Mission Hills, CA
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Jul
18
2011
Dr. Garbis Baydar – Pediatrics in Armenia
My visit to a 60-bed pediatric hospital in Yerevan made me feel both encouraged and incredulous.
The hospital provided general pediatric care, as well as intensive care. They also had a cancer unit, where I saw some patients with leukemia and Hodgkin`s lymphoma.
The head of the Neonatal and Pediatric ICU gave us a tour. He was relatively well informed. His monthly salary was $150. No, I did not forget to put another zero! $150!!! When you see brand new Mercedes and BMW`s in Yerevan streets, you scratch your head. I am sure doctors there get paid under the table, otherwise, they can`t make a living!
I went to visit a COAF village outside the city in a rural area. They had a midsize polyclinic there which provides primary care. I examined some patients with coughs and rashes (minor issues).
In summary, I found the doctors to be knowledgeable but lacking the medical technology we use in the USA. At the Congress, we learned that in the entire country there is no MRI machine. And they don`t have the type of medications we have in this country. For instance there is no-new generation insulin for pediatric diabetes patients, which can prevent serious future complications. The insulin they are using keeps them barely alive. Very concerning.
Garbis Baydar, MD
Pediatrician
AAHPO 2011 Medical Mission to Armenia Participant
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Jul
12
2011
Great AAHPO Mission!
It was an honor to visit Armenia along with the other members of the AAHPO Mission and their families. The young doctors in Armenia are nothing but AMAZING! Their dedication, their humility, their passion to serve the people of the villages of our Motherland left me in awe. We are still recovering from this heartwarming experience. Our thanks and appreciation go to AAHPO for making this such a successful Mission. We are looking forward to participating in future AAHPO events.
Sona and Heratch Doumanian, MD
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Jul
12
2011
Tesla Machines
Moscovska.
As per one of the radiologists at the Nazarian Center, they are 0.35 Tesla machines. I was also told that the 0.35 Tesla machine does not require cooling maintenance whereas a 1.5 Tesla MRI machine will require cooling with Helium (costing $50-60,000 per year).
I’ll continue to research how we can help increase access to this important technology.
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Jul
11
2011
From Hambardzum Simonyan, MD
AAHPO received this today!
First of all I would like to express my grateful appreciation to all AAHPO members, both as an Armenian physician and a citizen. Each time, when one of our colleagues from the diaspora visits Armenia, he or she brings a measure of hope, motivation and encouragement for colleagues and people who live and work in the Motherland. We have observed that about one in 10 of these visits evolves into a medical project in the Motherland.
This time AAHPO visited with the largest and most professional team, and I am sure that we will have a significant outcome of this visit very soon. It is wonderful.
FAR is implementing a great program with AAHPO funding – the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program for Karabagh and Javakhk physicians. I am so happy and proud to be part of this team and to have the opportunity to work with them.
I am sure that FAR cooperation with AAHPO will continue for a very long time, and we will conduct a many additional projects that improve Armenian health care.
Once again, a deeply thank-you to my colleagues in AAHPO.
Hambardzum Simonyan, MD
Health Projects Coordinator
Medical Monitor Officer /UAF
Fund for Armenian Relief
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Jul
09
2011
Glaucoma and Cornea Treatment Now in Armenia
In first met Tigran as a child when he was brought to US in the early 1990′s for several vision-saving eye surgeries. Fortunately, those surgeries (for ) can now be performed in Armenia.
Larry Najarian, MD examining Tigran, along with ophthalmologist Armine K. Hovannesyan, MD.
Tigran is now a young adult. He holds down 2 jobs (1 full time, 1 part time) despite his severe vision impairment, and has a beautiful 6 month old daughter, Arpi!
I want to thank Alice Movsesian (now “Aunt Alice”) for inviting me to be with Tigran during his examination today by Ophthalmologist Armine K. Hovannesyan, MD, who works with Tigran here in Armenia.
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