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AAHPO Annual Meeting and Christmas Brunch

AAHPO — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:13:05 +0000

AAHPO of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Cordially invites you and your family to our Annual AAHPO Christmas Brunch Sunday, December 4, 2010 Business Meeting: 11:30 AM SHARP Election of New Officers Brunch: 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM The Palisadium Restaurant 700 Palisadium Drive Cliffside Park, NJ 07010 (201) 886-9207 www.palisadiumusa.com *** ~ There …

AAHPO Members Meeting November 18, 2011

AAHPO — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:02:32 +0000

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 …

Be a Silent Auction Winner and Help Save Lives!

AAHPO — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:38:49 +0000

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 …

AAHPO Gala Banquet to be Held in NJ

AAHPO — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:24:24 +0000

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, …

Dr. Garbis Kassabian – Visit to St. Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center

AAHPO — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:59:00 +0000

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 …

Dr. Garbis Baydar – Pediatrics in Armenia

AAHPO — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:26:40 +0000

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. …

Great AAHPO Mission!

Heratch Doumanian, MD — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:08:15 +0000

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 …

Tesla Machines

Eliz Agopian, MD — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:53:42 +0000

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 …

From Hambardzum Simonyan, MD

AAHPO — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:08:21 +0000

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 …

Glaucoma and Cornea Treatment Now in Armenia

Larry V. Najarian, MD — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:47:03 +0000

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. Tigran is now a young adult. He holds down 2 jobs (1 full time, 1 part time) despite his severe vision impairment, and …