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Second International Medical Congress of Armenia
Mamikoniants Str. 30, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: (37410) 231232
Contact: Professor Ara Babloyan, President
Email: [email protected]
Second International Medical Congress of Armenia Set for June 28-30
Yerevan - The Second International Medical Congress of Armenia, a
three-day, comprehensive forum for healthcare professionals and
experts from throughout the world, will be held in Yerevan June 28-30.
Organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of Armenia, the
Medical Congress will convene at the Armenia Marriott Hotel. In
addition to plenary sessions dedicated to key health issues affecting
Armenia and Karabakh, the event will comprise scientific presentations
in some 24 areas of specialty, as well as eight satellite symposia
linking regional healthcare professionals with the international
Armenian medical community attending the Congress.
The event will feature lectures by renowned specialists from Armenia
and across the globe, who will share with colleagues a significant
number of new medical discoveries and advanced techniques, in addition
to examining a number of health issues pertaining to the world at
large, and Armenia and Karabakh in particular.
For the first time ever, the satellite symposia organized by the
Medical Congress will bring together close to l,500 professionals
throughout the world. Also planned is a teleconference session on
pediatrics that will link medical professionals from New Jersey and
Yerevan. This particular session is being sponsored by the US-based
Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation and the Medical Missions for
Children. Furthermore, the Medical Congress will see the launch of
the Building Bridges Partnership Program, an initiative aimed at
bolstering professional growth and cross-country collaboration through
guest-lectureship opportunities.
`The Armenian medical establishment has come a long way in the past
decade or so, but there's still much to be done for achieving the
optimal healthcare standards that we envision,' said Professor Ara
Babloyan, President of the Medical Congress' Organizing
Committee. Babloyan, who has served as Minister of Health of Armenia
and heads the Arabkir Joint Medical Center, Institute of Child and
Adolescent Health, was recently appointed Chairman of the Armenian
Parliament's Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health Care, and
Environment.
Babloyan continued: `The Medical Congress is critically important in
that it provides an all-encompassing platform for improving the
healthcare sphere on the one hand, and enhancing public awareness of
medical issues on the other. Specifically, the event provides an
extraordinary conduit for discussing major healthcare issues, sharing
know-how and experience, and fostering collaboration.'
The Medical Congress is being made possible through a major donation
by VivaCell, the leading Armenian mobile operator, providing a wide
range of voice and data services. With an institutional credo of
corporate social responsibility, to date VivaCell has supported a
string of cultural and social projects in Armenia, including the First
for the Children organization, the Golden Apricot International Film
Festival, the Music Groups ensemble of the Armenian Blind Society, and
the Millennium Armenian Children's Vaccine Fund. `Corporate social
responsibility is a key aspect of our work,' said Ralph Yirikian,
General Manager of VivaCell. `We are extremely proud to have been
involved in the realization of the Second International Medical
Congress of Armenia. It remains to hope that our support can be
emulated by many other Armenia-based companies, which can achieve so
much today by contributing to worthy local causes. Corporate social
responsibility is not just good karma; it makes good business sense.'
Other sponsors of the Medical Congress include: GlaxoSmithKline,
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., MRPharmS, Wigmore Medical Limited, Eli Lilly
Vostok S. A., Gedeon Richter, Arabkir United Children's Charity
Foundation, Children of Armenia Fund, and Fund for Armenian Relief.
Haroutioun Koushkyan, MD, PhD, Minister of Health of the Republic of
Armenia, emphasized the significance of synergies and partnerships
that he hopes the Medical Congress will facilitate. `In the main, the
Congress will serve to help Armenian healthcare workers gain fresh
insights and understanding, and strengthen their professional skills,'
he said. `As importantly, the event is meant to widen the impact of
these benefits through a host of collaborative projects and
experience-sharing programs.'
In this respect, Koushkyan explained that the Medical Congress'
third-day plenary session will be devoted entirely to Diaspora-Armenia
projects and strategies for future collaboration. He added that the
goal of sharing medical experience, developments, and ideas among
Armenian healthcare professionals continues to be realized across the
globe, thanks both to the International Medical Congress of Armenia
and the biennial Armenian Medical World Congress, organized in the
Diaspora by the Armenian Medical International Committee.
`Inclusiveness is another hallmark of the Medical Congress,' Babloyan
said, in reference to the event's unprecedented outreach effort
through its satellite symposia. In a bid to secure the involvement of
Armenian healthcare professionals throughout the regions of the
country, the Medical Congress has announced that they may participate
in its activities without having to pay a registration fee. The
satellite symposia are designed to provide up-to-date professional
information to regional practitioners and help build cross-country
partnerships.
Some of the Medical Congress' main plenary-session topics necessitate
the discussion of certain cultural, sociological, and
socio-psychological factors, `making for a broad and extremely
rewarding examination of these issues,' according to a representative
of the Medical Congress. The topics include quality assurance in
healthcare, the growing trend of hypertension, tobacco addiction, and
affective disorder - titled `Temperament, Human Nature, Affective
Disorder, and Creativity: Is there an Armenian Temperament?'
More information on the Second International Medical Congress of
Armenia, including participation details, may be obtained online at
www.2imca.am.
Mamikoniants Str. 30, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: (37410) 231232
Contact: Professor Ara Babloyan, President
Email: [email protected]
Second International Medical Congress of Armenia Set for June 28-30
Yerevan - The Second International Medical Congress of Armenia, a
three-day, comprehensive forum for healthcare professionals and
experts from throughout the world, will be held in Yerevan June 28-30.
Organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of Armenia, the
Medical Congress will convene at the Armenia Marriott Hotel. In
addition to plenary sessions dedicated to key health issues affecting
Armenia and Karabakh, the event will comprise scientific presentations
in some 24 areas of specialty, as well as eight satellite symposia
linking regional healthcare professionals with the international
Armenian medical community attending the Congress.
The event will feature lectures by renowned specialists from Armenia
and across the globe, who will share with colleagues a significant
number of new medical discoveries and advanced techniques, in addition
to examining a number of health issues pertaining to the world at
large, and Armenia and Karabakh in particular.
For the first time ever, the satellite symposia organized by the
Medical Congress will bring together close to l,500 professionals
throughout the world. Also planned is a teleconference session on
pediatrics that will link medical professionals from New Jersey and
Yerevan. This particular session is being sponsored by the US-based
Richard Davoud Donchian Foundation and the Medical Missions for
Children. Furthermore, the Medical Congress will see the launch of
the Building Bridges Partnership Program, an initiative aimed at
bolstering professional growth and cross-country collaboration through
guest-lectureship opportunities.
`The Armenian medical establishment has come a long way in the past
decade or so, but there's still much to be done for achieving the
optimal healthcare standards that we envision,' said Professor Ara
Babloyan, President of the Medical Congress' Organizing
Committee. Babloyan, who has served as Minister of Health of Armenia
and heads the Arabkir Joint Medical Center, Institute of Child and
Adolescent Health, was recently appointed Chairman of the Armenian
Parliament's Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health Care, and
Environment.
Babloyan continued: `The Medical Congress is critically important in
that it provides an all-encompassing platform for improving the
healthcare sphere on the one hand, and enhancing public awareness of
medical issues on the other. Specifically, the event provides an
extraordinary conduit for discussing major healthcare issues, sharing
know-how and experience, and fostering collaboration.'
The Medical Congress is being made possible through a major donation
by VivaCell, the leading Armenian mobile operator, providing a wide
range of voice and data services. With an institutional credo of
corporate social responsibility, to date VivaCell has supported a
string of cultural and social projects in Armenia, including the First
for the Children organization, the Golden Apricot International Film
Festival, the Music Groups ensemble of the Armenian Blind Society, and
the Millennium Armenian Children's Vaccine Fund. `Corporate social
responsibility is a key aspect of our work,' said Ralph Yirikian,
General Manager of VivaCell. `We are extremely proud to have been
involved in the realization of the Second International Medical
Congress of Armenia. It remains to hope that our support can be
emulated by many other Armenia-based companies, which can achieve so
much today by contributing to worthy local causes. Corporate social
responsibility is not just good karma; it makes good business sense.'
Other sponsors of the Medical Congress include: GlaxoSmithKline,
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., MRPharmS, Wigmore Medical Limited, Eli Lilly
Vostok S. A., Gedeon Richter, Arabkir United Children's Charity
Foundation, Children of Armenia Fund, and Fund for Armenian Relief.
Haroutioun Koushkyan, MD, PhD, Minister of Health of the Republic of
Armenia, emphasized the significance of synergies and partnerships
that he hopes the Medical Congress will facilitate. `In the main, the
Congress will serve to help Armenian healthcare workers gain fresh
insights and understanding, and strengthen their professional skills,'
he said. `As importantly, the event is meant to widen the impact of
these benefits through a host of collaborative projects and
experience-sharing programs.'
In this respect, Koushkyan explained that the Medical Congress'
third-day plenary session will be devoted entirely to Diaspora-Armenia
projects and strategies for future collaboration. He added that the
goal of sharing medical experience, developments, and ideas among
Armenian healthcare professionals continues to be realized across the
globe, thanks both to the International Medical Congress of Armenia
and the biennial Armenian Medical World Congress, organized in the
Diaspora by the Armenian Medical International Committee.
`Inclusiveness is another hallmark of the Medical Congress,' Babloyan
said, in reference to the event's unprecedented outreach effort
through its satellite symposia. In a bid to secure the involvement of
Armenian healthcare professionals throughout the regions of the
country, the Medical Congress has announced that they may participate
in its activities without having to pay a registration fee. The
satellite symposia are designed to provide up-to-date professional
information to regional practitioners and help build cross-country
partnerships.
Some of the Medical Congress' main plenary-session topics necessitate
the discussion of certain cultural, sociological, and
socio-psychological factors, `making for a broad and extremely
rewarding examination of these issues,' according to a representative
of the Medical Congress. The topics include quality assurance in
healthcare, the growing trend of hypertension, tobacco addiction, and
affective disorder - titled `Temperament, Human Nature, Affective
Disorder, and Creativity: Is there an Armenian Temperament?'
More information on the Second International Medical Congress of
Armenia, including participation details, may be obtained online at
www.2imca.am.