Recognizing the outstanding commitment of healthcare professionals in Armenia, the International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) proudly announces the 3rd Dr. Raffy Hovanessian International Medical Conference-Updates on Interventional Radiology for Liver Cirrhosis, taking place virtually on October 12, 2024.
Dr. Raffy Hovanessian has touched the lives of many individuals as a doctor, philanthropist and community leader. He graduated from American University of Beirut (AUB), where he specialized in internal medicine and gastroenterology, finally concluding his instruction at Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years, Dr. Hovanessian led an active private practice in Northwest Indiana. He has been president of the medical staff at Mercy Hospital, of the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society, and of the Asian American Medical Society. Through his efforts at Fund for Armenia Relief and as a Board member of the Armenian American Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO), he has been an activist leader in supporting continuing medical education to physicians in Armenia.
Join us to advance healthcare knowledge and experience at this groundbreaking conference!
The conference aims to enhance knowledge and skills in managing portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and related interventional radiology procedures. Attendees will learn to interpret imaging findings, formulate treatment plans, and manage variceal bleeding and pediatric portal hypertension. Real-life case presentations from Armenia will cover liver disease management, including interventional radiology, endoscopy, hepatology, and liver transplantation. The event will address challenges in HCC and portal hypertension management and review advancements in interventional radiology.
The conference will foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among healthcare professionals, researchers, and experts. It will provide a platform for networking, sharing experiences, and discussing best practices in liver disease management. Participants will identify areas for improvement, implement evidence-based practices, and promote ongoing education and professional development.
By aligning with these objectives, attendees will gain valuable insights that positively impact their clinical practice and patient care.
Conference Chair:
Dr. Hakob Kocharyan, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center, USA
Target Audience:
Interventional Radiologists, Radiologists, Surgeons, Cardiologists, Vascular Surgeons, Oncologists, Gastroenterologists, Anesthesiologists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Hepatologists, Medical Residents and Fellows, Infectionists, Epidemiologists
In line with ICPD mission to contribute to continuous professional development and by the support and encouragement of the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR), we have organized an educational conference targeting postgraduate and continuing medical education. This conference is in honor of late Dr. Aram Chobanian, one of the frontiers of expanding healthcare education in Armenia. This virtual conference will explore current advances in models of postgraduate education and analyze current directions and ways to improve education in Armenia.
Objectives:
The conference date:
June 1st, 2024, at 16:00 Yerevan time
The Allergy/Immunology International Hybrid Symposium of Armenia, is organized by the International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The conference will take place from May 17 through May 18, 2024. Our symposium aims to bring together a diverse audience, including allergologists, immunologists, Family Physicians, pediatricians, infectologists, dermatologists, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists and emergency doctors, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our work. For more information and to view the agenda, please visit our website at Allergy/Immunology Symposium The conference will be held in hybrid format. Attendees have the option to join us either in person at the Holiday Inn, Yerevan Republic Square Hotel Conference hall, or virtually via the Zoom platform. Registration is mandatory for both in-person and online attendance, ensuring a seamless experience for all participants. The in-person attendance is limited to a maximum capacity of 120 individuals. Once this limit is reached, only online registration will be available.
Recognizing the outstanding commitment of healthcare professionals in Armenia, the International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) proudly announces the 2nd Dr. Raffy Hovanessian International Medical Conference on Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Dr. Hovanessian, renowned for his 40-year dedication to healthcare, both through his private practice in Northwest Indiana and as a proactive member of the Fund for Armenia Relief and the Armenian American Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO), epitomizes the spirit of relentless pursuit of medical education.
Join us as we strive to enhance the knowledge and experience in the realm of healthcare through this groundbreaking conference!
Conference Chair:
Mikael Petrosyan, MD, Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC, USA
Keynote Speaker:
Todd A. Ponsky, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, USA
Target Audience:
Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Colorectal Surgeons, Endoscopists, Pediatricians, Pediatric Surgeons, General Surgeons, Family Physicians, Infectious Diseases Specialists, Anesthesiologists, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases Specialists, Nutritionists, Emergency Specialists, Intensivists, Oncologists, Pathologists, Diagnostic Imaging Specialists, Diagnostic Laboratory Specialists, Endocrinologists
Official Language:
English with simultaneous interpretation into Armenian
Date:
December 15 and 16, 2023
Duration:
8 hours
Registration is required!
The International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) is cognizant of its duty to honor those who made substantial contributions to advancement of healthcare and medical education in Armenia. The ICPD is proud to be the organizer of the 2nd Professor Edgar Housepian Clinical Neuroscience Symposium on Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Professor Edgar Housepian was an internationally-renowned neurosurgeon at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, whose daily activity was oriented to the creation for the sake of a human being, the community and the Country. He led the launch of still operating multiple Continuous Medical Education Programs designed for medical personnel of Armenia and Artsakh. His inexhaustible dedication and open-mindedness very much contributed to improvement of the health care system of Armenia.
With advances in healthcare and improved survival from communicable disease in pediatric population especially in low- and mid-income countries, there is an increased need for neurosurgical procedures. Despite the influx of knowledge and equipment from diaspora which resulted in improvements in pediatric neurosurgery in post-Soviet Armenia, there is still a need for continuous learning to be able to reach comparable levels of advanced health care systems.
This symposium will create an opportunity for pediatric perioperative neurosurgical specialists in Armenia, to meet their peers from well-known neurosurgical centers in USA and Europe virtually, exchange ideas, and share experience discussing new technologies and techniques.
This symposium provides focused, comprehensive knowledge to neurosurgeons with a specific interest in pediatric, stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.
Goals
At the end of this symposium, the participants will be able to:
Course Format
This two-half day virtual symposium will take place on October 6 and 7, 2023, at 16:00-20:00 Yerevan time and will be moderated to allow questions and answers by participants.
Co-Chairs: Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS (USA), Prof. Ruben Fanarjyan, MD, PhD (Armenia)
Scientific Committee: Nara Lalazaryan, Niko Arzumanyan, Sevak Badalyan
Target Audience
Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, Anesthesiologists and Critical Care Specialists, Neurophysiologists, Neonatologists, Pediatricians, Oncologists, Rehabilitologists, Neuroradiologists
Symposium Language
English with Armenian simultaneous translation
Registration required!
The International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) is cognizant of its duty to honor those who made substantial contributions to advancement of healthcare and medical education in Armenia. The ICPD is proud to be the organizer of the Virtual Symposium on Updates on Pediatric Surgery, dedicated to Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. Albert Vanyan, who stood at the origins of the formation of modern pediatric surgery in Armenia since 1965. He had a great contribution to the formation of children's surgical services (general surgery, thoracic surgery, neonatal surgery, urology, orthopedics and traumatology, neurosurgery) in the country, working at the newly established Yerevan Children's Hospital (now the Surb Astvatsamayr Medical Center), where he worked until the end of his surgical and teaching career. He passed away in summer of 2022 at his 90th.
Updates on Pediatric Surgery is designed for both practicing, in-training pediatric surgeons, general surgeons and non-surgical physicians interested in the pediatric surgical field. This online webinar will be conducted by collaboration of pediatric surgeons from Washington DC and Armenia.
This comprehensive series will cover updates in the treatment of common pediatric surgical problems, the latest surgical techniques and innovative procedures, including minimally invasive surgery as well as the management of other pediatric surgical diseases.
Leading experts will discuss the management and treatment options from a pediatric surgical perspective. This series assists in decision-making for multiple areas of pediatric surgical practice. The subject matter selected is a cross-section of the cutting-edge surgical practice of today and new developments in pediatric surgical field.
The intention of the program is to increase knowledge of pediatric surgical disease, to analyze the result of new approaches or techniques for managing disease and to examine new concepts in surgical science. The intended result of this activity is increased knowledge, performance, competence, skill and enhanced patient care regarding pediatric surgical disease, analyzing new approaches or techniques for managing disease and examining new concepts in the pediatric surgical science.
Symposium Chair
Dr. Mikael Petrosyan, MD, MBA
Symposium Co-Chairs
Dr. Ara Babloyan, MD, PhD
Dr. Nikolay Dallakyan, MD, PhD
Key faculty from the Joseph E. Robert Jr. Center for Surgical Care at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Target audience: Pediatric surgeons, pediatric anesthesiologists, ICU physicians, newborn surgeons, pediatricians, general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, pediatric thoracic surgeons, urologists, neurosurgeons, ENT doctors, oncologists, maxillo-facial surgeons, family doctors and pediatricians, neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, perioperative nurses
Symposium Language
English with Armenian simultaneous translation
Duration
2 days, 4 hours per day
The International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) is cognizant of its duty to honor those who made substantial contributions to advancement of healthcare and medical education in Armenia. The ICPD is proud to be the organizer of the 1st Professor Edgar Housepian Clinical Neuroscience Symposium on Epilepsy.
Professor Edgar Housepian was an internationally-renowned neurosurgeon at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, whose daily activity was oriented to the creation for the sake of a human being, the community and the Country. He led the launch of still operating multiple Continuous Medical Education Programs designed for medical personnel of Armenia and Artsakh. His inexhaustible dedication and open-mindedness very much contributed to improvement of the health care system of Armenia.
Epilepsy surgery has proven to be very effective in treating refractory focal epilepsies in children and adults, by achieving seizure freedom or partial seizure control well beyond any other medical or dietary therapies. It still remains inaccessible in countries with limited resources for economic reasons and lack of well-organized epilepsy surgery centers. Starting in 2016 together with European colleagues the epilepsy surgery program has been initiated in the country. Since then a number of patients were operated successfully. We believe that sharing the knowledge and experience in 2 days virtual conference will further strengthen the field and promote international collaboration.
Symposium Chair: Dr. Biayna Sukhudyan, MD, PhD
Co-chairs: Dr. Sevak Badalyan, MD; Dr. Samson Khachatryan, MD, PhD; Dr. Petia Dimova, MD, PhD
Target Audience
Adult and pediatric neurologists, adult and pediatric neurosurgeons
Symposium Language
English with Armenian simultaneous translation
Duration
2 days, 4 hours per day
Registration required!
The International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) is cognizant of its duty to honor those who made substantial contributions to advancement of healthcare and medical education in Armenia. The ICPD is proud to be the organizer of a Symposium on Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, dedicated to Professor Konstantin Danielyan, who chaired the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology of the National Institute of Health of Armenia since 1985 and contributed to the development of the field.
Many organizations in the world recently issued an urgent warning about mental health crisis among children and adolescents. In the USA it was declared to become a “national emergency” by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Although the rates of mental health problems in youth have been rising steadily over the past decade, stress association with the coronavirus pandemic made the situation significantly more acute. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for people between the ages of 10 and 24. The percentage of emergency department visits for mental health emergencies in the USA rose by 24% for children between the ages of 5 and 11 and 31% for those 12 to 17, compared with 2019. One in seven 10-19-year-olds in the world experiences a mental disorder, accounting for 13% of the global burden of disease in this age group. Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders has also been increasing worldwide partly due to improved early screening and diagnostic methods. The situation with mental health in youth has been critical in Armenia. Recent war with Azerbaijan had an enormous impact on emotional wellbeing of youth and their families. One of the main targets of the conference is to share the experience and expertise of our colleagues in this field. The knowledge obtained during this meeting will help us to provide more comprehensive and advanced help to youth with mental health disorders in Armenia.
Symposium Co-Chairs
Dr. Arman Danielyan, MD, FAPA, DFAACAP
Dr. Armen Soghoyan, MD, PhD, Armenian Psychiatric Association
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Antonio Y. Hardan, MD, Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, USA
Dr. Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
Target audience: Psychiatrist, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, juvenile justice workers, pediatricians, developmental pediatricians, family doctors, nurses, social workers, counselors, educators
Symposium Language
English with Armenian simultaneous translation
Duration
2 days, 4 hours per day
Registration required!
International Center for Professional Development – ICPD is cognizant of its duty in honoring those who have dedicated their career to improving healthcare education in Armenia and within the framework of its goal to provide the resources to continuously improving knowledge and experience in the field of healthcare has initiated the 1st Dr. Raffy Hovanessian International Digestive Disease Virtual Conference.
For 40 years, Dr. Hovanessian led a vibrant private practice in Northwest Indiana. Through his efforts at Fund for Armenia Relief and as a Board member of the Armenian American Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO), Dr. Hovanessian has been an activist leader in supporting continuing medical education to physicians in Armenia.
Conference Chair:
Asadur Jorge Tchekmedyian, MD, Uruguay
Keynote Speaker:
John P. Bilezikian, MD, USA
Target Audience:
Gastroenterologists, Endoscopists, Hepatologists, Internal Medicine, Surgeons, Pediatricians, Pediatric Surgeons, Practicing Internists, Family Physicians, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases Specialists, Nutritionists, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Assistants, Surgeons, Oncologists, Pathologists, Diagnostic Imaging Specialists, Clinical Nurse Specialists
Official Language:
English with simultaneous interpretation into Armenian
Duration:
? 16:00 – 23:20 ?? / Yerevan
? 8:00 – 15:20 ?? / New York
? 13:00 – 20:20 GB / London
Registration is required
The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War has strained Armenia's health system with the management of thousands of wounded soldiers and refugees in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of the war in September 2020, our organizations have initiated various efforts including coordination of rehabilitation volunteers traveling to Armenia, donation of therapeutic supplies, clinical webinars related to treatment and assessment of war injuries, teleconsultation with in-country clinicians, and a digital resource library. In order to further advance the field and promote international collaboration, we are organizing the Post-Conflict Rehabilitation Virtual Symposium to be held on July 17th & 18th, 2021. The goals of the conference are as follows:
● To stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration among Armenian healthcare providers to address identified challenges related to post-war rehabilitation.
● Facilitate the connection of Armenian healthcare providers and international rehabilitation experts to share evidence-based treatment methodologies and build local capacity.
● Empower local rehabilitation professionals to share their expertise and experience in an international platform, bringing awareness to the unique challenges of post-war Armenia and Artsakh.
This conference will be a culmination of international experts and participants coming together for the first multidisciplinary rehabilitation conference targeting post-war injuries. We look forward to further collaboration and efforts supporting capacity-building for Armenian rehabilitation.
European Academy of Neurology Virtual Day In Armenia
May 15, 2021, duration 10:00-16:00 Yerevan time
3 Armenian CME
Target audience: neurologists, neurosurgeons, family physicians and rehabilitation specialists
Language: English with Armenian simultaneous translation
The goal of the conference is to improve knowledge of the specialists on the pain management of patients after trauma acquired during the recent Artsakh conflict.
Target audience: pain management specialist, orthopedists, neurologists, anesthesiologists, general practitioners, family doctors, rehabilitation specialists.
Language: English with Armenian simultaneous translation
Participation is free
In 2020 the most important health crisis for the World Health Organization (WHO) as well the priority on the agenda of ministries of health in every country is the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid rate of spread of this infection has devastated the humanity as a whole and made significant changes in every life on earth. It is not more than 6 months since the WHO has declared the COVID-19 infection a pandemic, and we now see the true tragedy from the death toll that it has brought globally.
Unfortunately Armenia is not immune from this disaster, the rate of infection and death rate has been increasing dramatically especially from the end of May and well into month of June. The health care workers as well as authorities are in dire need for finding the effective defense mechanism against this infection. There are multiple studies under way and many different strategies have been suggested, however we still need scientifically proven methods to identify, control the spread, treat and prevent the infection as well as design strategies to attend the pre-pandemic health care issues.
This conference addresses thisglobal problem by discussing the experience gained through the period of pandemic worldwide,hence the name –“Lessons Learnt”. The goal is to scale the efforts and shift the course of action in finding the suitable ways to face current surge in infection as well as to address the correct way to return attention to other, usual and pre-pandemic health care matters.
Experts from across the world will be discussing related topics in 4 major categories, the epidemiology of COVID-19 including the comparison of defense strategies globally, clinical issues in general population, subspecialty topics in pregnancy and pediatric population with COVID, and finally the effect on health care industry, innovations, role of information technology and strategies to return to normal work in health care centers. The lectures will be followed by live Q&A sessions by moderators in a virtual format to address concerns from participants.
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