InternationalDistinguished Armenian-American health professionals to convene in NY
Published: Wednesday June 10, 2009
Ara Darzi, Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE.
New York - A 16-year-old athlete from Englewood, N.J., falls on the baseball field and injures his knee. He is taken to the nearby hospital where a stat MRI is performed. Thank Dr. Raymond Damadian, inventor of the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), who will be attending and speaking at the Armenian Medical World Congress at New York's Hilton Hotel, July 1–4.
A father needs immediate bowel surgery and doesn't want to miss his daughter's wedding. Famed surgeon Lord Ara Darzi KBE does robotic surgery from his London office. Professor Darzi, parliamentary under-secretary of state and government spokesperson for the UK Department of Health, will attend, speak, and be honored at the medical congress.
A young mother of three in Los Angeles has postpartum depression. Acclaimed psychiatrist Hagop Akiskal treats this patient. Dr. Akiskal will attend and speak at the medical congress.
A 73-year-old grandfather in New York, on his way to his grandson's high school graduation, develops severe abdominal pain. He is rushed to Lenox Hill Hospital where vascular surgeon Dr. Vicken Pamoukian operates on him. Dr. Pamoukian will attend and speak at the medical congress.
Speakers to relay latest medical information
Dr. Damadian who captured world attention as the inventor of the MRI, is among the distinguished plenary speakers on Friday July 3. He will discuss current MRI innovations. His work also involved collaborating in the development of an MRI-compatible pacemaker. He has won numerous awards, including induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1989.
Lord Darzi is one of the world's leading surgeons at the Imperial College London, where he holds the Hamlyn Chair of Surgery. He specializes in minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, and has pioneered many new techniques and technologies. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to medicine and surgery, and subsequently elevated to the peerage in 2007. He will speak at the congress on healthcare delivery in Great Britain on Thursday, July 2, and on robotic surgery on Friday, July 3.
Dr. Akiskal, a noted psychiatrist, is best known for his research on temperamental and bipolar disorder (manic depression). He served as the senior science advisor at the Institute of Mental Health from 1990 to 1994, before going to the University of California San Diego where he currently is a professor of psychiatry. He is regarded as today's leading conceptual thinker in the area of bipolar subtyping. He is scheduled to speak at a morning symposium on Saturday, July 4.
Dr. Pamoukian, a prominent vascular surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, is experienced in all areas of complex endovascular surgery, including thoracic, abdominal aneurysms, as well as carotid, peripheral, and renal stenting. He will be among the speakers in a group discussion on Friday afternoon, July 3, covering various topics on surgical subspecialties.
These medical professionals are among the many distinguished doctors, their families, and interested laypeople who will be attending the Armenian Medical World Congress, hosted by the Armenian American Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO), at New York's Hilton Hotel.
Scheduled are plenary sessions on Comparative Health Care Systems, Innovations in Medicine, and symposia on Tele-Medicine, and Diaspora Issues, as well as a Sub-Specialty day on July 1 covering such topics as anesthesia, dentistry, mental health, nursing, ophthalmology, pediatrics, and physical therapy.
Notable attendees will include the health ministers of Armenia and Karabagh, the rector of Yerevan State Medical University, the director of the National Medical Library of Armenia, as well as Armenia's diaspora minister, and co-chair of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, Rep. Frank Pallone, among many others.
In addition to the medical symposia and meetings, the four-day special event will feature a dinner cruise on a luxurious yacht on Thursday, July 2, and a gala banquet in the Hilton Hotel's main ballroom on July 4 where Lord Darzi, and the father and son humanitarian and Medical Outreach team of Nazar Nazarian and Dr. Levon Nazarian will be honored. Also of great interest will be a bus trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view a magnificent khachkar on loan from Armenia.
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aahpo.org/amwc09
