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MACON, GA NEUROSURGEON AWARDED FOR WORK IN ARMENIA
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2013-08-06-macon-ga-neurosurgeon-awarded-for-work-in-armenia
Published: Tuesday August 06, 2013
Dr. Arthur Grigorian (center) with President Sargsyan and Mr. Albert
Boghossian of the Boghossian Foundation.
NEW YORK - Armenia Fund USA proudly congratulates its very own
board member Arthur Grigorian, MD as a 2012 recipient of Armenia's
Presidential Award. This honor is bestowed to a select few candidates
each year in fields ranging from the arts and Armenian studies to
physics, computer/information sciences, literature and medicine. Each
candidate is nominated and selected by expert panels in respective
fields, making this both a prestigious national honor as well as
salute among peers.
Dr. Grigorian is more than a neurosurgeon. He is at the at the
forefront of management of complex intracranial and spine pathology,
with over 22 years of experience and a thriving surgical practice in
Macon, GA. He is also a visionary in service to his native country
of Armenia.
As the mastermind of the Neurosciences Physicians' Training initiative,
a program supported by Armenia Fund USA, Dr. Grigorian is enabling
talented young neurosurgeons in Armenia to receive best practices
training and western medicine experience in a critical specialty.
In 2001, Dr. Grigorian, noted the high rate of stroke victims in
Armenia, second only to cardiovascular disease. As an Associate
Professor of Surgery at Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM)
in Georgia, USA, Dr. Grigorian initiated the program in cooperation
with the National Institute of Health of the Republic of Armenia and
later with Yerevan State Medical University.
The purpose was to establish a channel of cooperation that would
facilitate the exchange of students and/or faculty members between
Armenia and the U.S. Such exposure would help provide talented
neuroscience specialists with the skills and experience to serve the
needs of Armenia's patient populations.
Accomplishments of Armenian Physician Training Program Thanks to
Dr. Arthur Grigorian's hands-on leadership, the Armenian Physicians
Training Program has become a crown jewel in the Armenia Fund USA
portfolio of health care delivery projects.
~U 2002: An official cooperation agreement was signed between the
National Institute of Health of Armenia and MUSM, MCCG and the Georgia
Neurological Institute (GNI).
~U 2004: Armenian neurology specialists trained by a technical support
team from the U.S., when the first sleep laboratory in the region,
donated by local physicians, was established in Yerevan. The MCCG also
transported valuable surgical equipment and a surgical instrumentarium
to Yerevan.
~U 2004: Special fellowships created for outstanding candidates to
participate in Observational Fellowships at MCCG and GNI.
~U 2005: Additional cooperation agreements forged between YSMU and
the above-mentioned entities.
2009: Through a collaboration between Dr. Grigorian and Dr. Gohar
Kalyan, former dean of YSMU, a new vascular stroke center opened in
Yerevan within the structures of YSMU.
~U Ongoing: Approximately 35 medical students, residents and physicians
have already received training in the U.S. for various specialties,
including pediatrics, OB-GYN, general and plastic surgery, neurology
and radiology. In 2013, another 4 candidates were selected to receive
training. Additionally, more than 100 patients have undergone emergency
or elective treatment through the stroke center.
A presidential call to future achievements The Presidential Awards 2012
ceremony was held in Yerevan on May 29, 2013. The coveted prize was
presented to Dr. Grigorian and other recipients by Armenia's president,
along with Albert Boghossian, founder of the Boghossian Foundation-a
family foundation that helps makes this distinguished award possible.
In the field of medicine, Drs. Arthur Grigorian, Prof. Ruben
Fanarjyan and Tigran Khachatryan were recognized for introducing and
developing endovascular neurosurgery in the Republic of Armenia. In
his congratulatory speech, President Serzh Sargsyan referred to the
honorees as the "best of the best" in their respective fields. The
president also noted that the award aims to inspire recipients to new
achievements. "Not only do we therewith appreciate your services,
" he stated, "but we also urge you to do more for the glory of the
Armenian people."
To that end, Dr. Grigorian has set the bar ever higher to make Armenia
a center of medical excellence in neurosciences and other specialties.
Recently, Dr. Grigorian recounted a story that attests to the
significant strides already made in stroke management.
"While visiting Yerevan," he said, a prominent Italian religious
figure suffered acute intracranial bleeding from a ruptured brain
aneurysm. He was rushed to the new stroke center that we established
in 2009. His aneurysm was obliterated."
Dr. Arthur Ulm from Louisiana State University, who has teamed up
with Dr. Grigorian to develop the stroke center, remarked that,
"the patient was lucky it happened in Armenia, not Italy."
A distinguished career as healer and educator Born and raised in
Armenia, Dr. Arthur Gregorian received his early medical training at
leading institutes in Moscow. After coming to the United States, he
completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine/Beth Israel Hospital in New York, followed by
another fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery. He completed his
residency in neurological surgery at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical
School.
He is board certified by the American and European Boards of
Neurological Surgery. Currently, through his practice at the Georgia
Neurological Institute, Dr. Grigorian is the only neurosurgeon managing
complex vascular/endovascular lesions in the middle-Georgia area.
Dr. Grigorian focuses on the management of complex vascular lesions
of the brain and spinal cord including aneurysms, arteriovenous
malformations and hemorrhagic/ischemic strokes. His areas of interest
also include vascular/endovascular and general neurosurgery together
with management of complex spine disorders and intracranial neoplasms.
He is a member of numerous medical organizations, including the
American Association of Neurosurgeons, CNS, European NS Associations,
American Stroke Association and the MCCG stroke team. He has
authored more than 40 articles related to intracranial pathology and
two monographs on subarachnoidal hemorrhages and ischemic strokes,
including in Armenian and Russian. He is an honorary member of multiple
international neurosurgical societies.
Upon learning of Dr. Grigorian's award, Armenia Fund USA Chairman
Khoren Bandazian remarked that, "this is a well deserved honor for
Arthur. We have come to know him as one of the most relentless and
passionate individuals in pursuit of excellence in medicine. He has
not turned his back on where he started in life. Instead, he has used
his great success as a respected neurosurgeon in America to serve
his people and colleagues back home. We are proud to support the work
he is doing and pleased to have such a humanitarian and visionary on
our board. Well done, Arthur."
ARMENIA FUND USA: founded in 1992, was one of the first of
"Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund's 25 international affiliates and serves
constituents in all states east of the Mississippi. As a non-profit,
non-governmental, nonsectarian organization, the Fund represents
all Armenian constituents, supporting strategic infrastructure
projects in Armenia and Karabakh. The Fund has adopted a policy to go
"Beyond Bricks and Mortar" to provide sustainability for projects
it sponsors.www.ArmeniaFundUSA.org
From: A. Papazian
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2013-08-06-macon-ga-neurosurgeon-awarded-for-work-in-armenia
Published: Tuesday August 06, 2013
Dr. Arthur Grigorian (center) with President Sargsyan and Mr. Albert
Boghossian of the Boghossian Foundation.
NEW YORK - Armenia Fund USA proudly congratulates its very own
board member Arthur Grigorian, MD as a 2012 recipient of Armenia's
Presidential Award. This honor is bestowed to a select few candidates
each year in fields ranging from the arts and Armenian studies to
physics, computer/information sciences, literature and medicine. Each
candidate is nominated and selected by expert panels in respective
fields, making this both a prestigious national honor as well as
salute among peers.
Dr. Grigorian is more than a neurosurgeon. He is at the at the
forefront of management of complex intracranial and spine pathology,
with over 22 years of experience and a thriving surgical practice in
Macon, GA. He is also a visionary in service to his native country
of Armenia.
As the mastermind of the Neurosciences Physicians' Training initiative,
a program supported by Armenia Fund USA, Dr. Grigorian is enabling
talented young neurosurgeons in Armenia to receive best practices
training and western medicine experience in a critical specialty.
In 2001, Dr. Grigorian, noted the high rate of stroke victims in
Armenia, second only to cardiovascular disease. As an Associate
Professor of Surgery at Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM)
in Georgia, USA, Dr. Grigorian initiated the program in cooperation
with the National Institute of Health of the Republic of Armenia and
later with Yerevan State Medical University.
The purpose was to establish a channel of cooperation that would
facilitate the exchange of students and/or faculty members between
Armenia and the U.S. Such exposure would help provide talented
neuroscience specialists with the skills and experience to serve the
needs of Armenia's patient populations.
Accomplishments of Armenian Physician Training Program Thanks to
Dr. Arthur Grigorian's hands-on leadership, the Armenian Physicians
Training Program has become a crown jewel in the Armenia Fund USA
portfolio of health care delivery projects.
~U 2002: An official cooperation agreement was signed between the
National Institute of Health of Armenia and MUSM, MCCG and the Georgia
Neurological Institute (GNI).
~U 2004: Armenian neurology specialists trained by a technical support
team from the U.S., when the first sleep laboratory in the region,
donated by local physicians, was established in Yerevan. The MCCG also
transported valuable surgical equipment and a surgical instrumentarium
to Yerevan.
~U 2004: Special fellowships created for outstanding candidates to
participate in Observational Fellowships at MCCG and GNI.
~U 2005: Additional cooperation agreements forged between YSMU and
the above-mentioned entities.
2009: Through a collaboration between Dr. Grigorian and Dr. Gohar
Kalyan, former dean of YSMU, a new vascular stroke center opened in
Yerevan within the structures of YSMU.
~U Ongoing: Approximately 35 medical students, residents and physicians
have already received training in the U.S. for various specialties,
including pediatrics, OB-GYN, general and plastic surgery, neurology
and radiology. In 2013, another 4 candidates were selected to receive
training. Additionally, more than 100 patients have undergone emergency
or elective treatment through the stroke center.
A presidential call to future achievements The Presidential Awards 2012
ceremony was held in Yerevan on May 29, 2013. The coveted prize was
presented to Dr. Grigorian and other recipients by Armenia's president,
along with Albert Boghossian, founder of the Boghossian Foundation-a
family foundation that helps makes this distinguished award possible.
In the field of medicine, Drs. Arthur Grigorian, Prof. Ruben
Fanarjyan and Tigran Khachatryan were recognized for introducing and
developing endovascular neurosurgery in the Republic of Armenia. In
his congratulatory speech, President Serzh Sargsyan referred to the
honorees as the "best of the best" in their respective fields. The
president also noted that the award aims to inspire recipients to new
achievements. "Not only do we therewith appreciate your services,
" he stated, "but we also urge you to do more for the glory of the
Armenian people."
To that end, Dr. Grigorian has set the bar ever higher to make Armenia
a center of medical excellence in neurosciences and other specialties.
Recently, Dr. Grigorian recounted a story that attests to the
significant strides already made in stroke management.
"While visiting Yerevan," he said, a prominent Italian religious
figure suffered acute intracranial bleeding from a ruptured brain
aneurysm. He was rushed to the new stroke center that we established
in 2009. His aneurysm was obliterated."
Dr. Arthur Ulm from Louisiana State University, who has teamed up
with Dr. Grigorian to develop the stroke center, remarked that,
"the patient was lucky it happened in Armenia, not Italy."
A distinguished career as healer and educator Born and raised in
Armenia, Dr. Arthur Gregorian received his early medical training at
leading institutes in Moscow. After coming to the United States, he
completed a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine/Beth Israel Hospital in New York, followed by
another fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery. He completed his
residency in neurological surgery at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical
School.
He is board certified by the American and European Boards of
Neurological Surgery. Currently, through his practice at the Georgia
Neurological Institute, Dr. Grigorian is the only neurosurgeon managing
complex vascular/endovascular lesions in the middle-Georgia area.
Dr. Grigorian focuses on the management of complex vascular lesions
of the brain and spinal cord including aneurysms, arteriovenous
malformations and hemorrhagic/ischemic strokes. His areas of interest
also include vascular/endovascular and general neurosurgery together
with management of complex spine disorders and intracranial neoplasms.
He is a member of numerous medical organizations, including the
American Association of Neurosurgeons, CNS, European NS Associations,
American Stroke Association and the MCCG stroke team. He has
authored more than 40 articles related to intracranial pathology and
two monographs on subarachnoidal hemorrhages and ischemic strokes,
including in Armenian and Russian. He is an honorary member of multiple
international neurosurgical societies.
Upon learning of Dr. Grigorian's award, Armenia Fund USA Chairman
Khoren Bandazian remarked that, "this is a well deserved honor for
Arthur. We have come to know him as one of the most relentless and
passionate individuals in pursuit of excellence in medicine. He has
not turned his back on where he started in life. Instead, he has used
his great success as a respected neurosurgeon in America to serve
his people and colleagues back home. We are proud to support the work
he is doing and pleased to have such a humanitarian and visionary on
our board. Well done, Arthur."
ARMENIA FUND USA: founded in 1992, was one of the first of
"Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund's 25 international affiliates and serves
constituents in all states east of the Mississippi. As a non-profit,
non-governmental, nonsectarian organization, the Fund represents
all Armenian constituents, supporting strategic infrastructure
projects in Armenia and Karabakh. The Fund has adopted a policy to go
"Beyond Bricks and Mortar" to provide sustainability for projects
it sponsors.www.ArmeniaFundUSA.org
From: A. Papazian