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6th International Medical Congress of Armenia

Presented by the Armenian American Medical Society
& Organizing Committee for the 6th International Medical Congress of Armenia

 Hotel Marriott, Yerevan Armenia July 6-8, 2023

July 5: Opening Ceremony at the American of University of Armenia

Please see https://6imca.am/ for further information
about registration, satellite sessions and more!

 CLICK HERE FOR CME PRESENTATIONS

 CLICK HERE FOR EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

 CLICK HERE TO MEET OUR PRESENTERS

 CLICK HERE TO MEET OUR 2023 CME PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CME CREDITS

 

Target Audience: All medical specialties as well as non-physician healthcare professionals

  • This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the The Armenian American Medical Society and 6IMCA Organizing Committee. The Armenian American Medical Society is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA)  to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Armenian American Medical Society takes responsibility for content, quality and scientific integrity of these webinar CME activities.

  • The Armenian American Medical Society designates these educational activities for a maximum of 7.5 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM for plenary sessions and 4 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM for specialty sessions. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in these webinar and in person activities.
  • These credits may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

 

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CME PRESENTATIONS

Plenary Sessions
John Bilezikian  Thyroid disorders 
Viken Babikian  Stroke Care Advances in Armenia  
Roger Hajjar  Gene and Cell Therapy for treatment in cardiology  
Sharon Chekijian  Emergency Medicine and Disaster preparedness in Armenia  
Nora Pashayan  Cancer screening program from principles to practice  
Shant Shekherdimian  Primary Care Strengthening in Armenia: Challenges and Opportunities  
Bagrat Alekyan  Cardiology  
Iacopo Baussano  HPV/Vaccination/Cancer prevention  
Haroutune Armenian  Outlook for Health Care in Armenia  
Wayne Grody  Genomic Analysis of an Ancient Armenian Population from the Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh Region  
   
  Specialty session speakers  
Rafi Avitsian Enhanced Recovery after Craniotomy  
Raffi Tachdjian T2 Inflammation, a new specialty  
Naira Baregamian Parathyroidectomy for Uremic Hyperparathyroidism  
Mikael Petrosyan Training the Future Pediatric Surgeon  
Dereck De Leon Medical Education  
David Hovsepian Interventional Radiology:  A vital part of modern healthcare  
Garni Barkhoudarian Minimally invasive and Keyhole Management of Brain and Skull-base Tumors    
David Rogers Anterior cervical spine surgery

 

Disclosures:

Dr Bilezikian reports that he has received speaker honoraria from Amgen Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, and Novartis AG and consultant honoraria from Amgen Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co., Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical USA and Warner Chilcott.  

Dr Babikian has served on the Clinical Events Committee for Boston Scientific and the BAIM Institute for Clinical Research. 

Dr Hajjar is founder and consultant to Askbio and Medera.

Dr Avitsian disclosed he is eligible for royalties with Integral Medical Inc.  

Dr Tachdjian disclosed that he is a speaker and research asvisor for Speaker, Research advisor for Biocryst, Ionis, CSL Behring, Takeda, Pharvaris, Pharming.  He is a research advisor for Kalvista.  He is a speaker and advosor for Sanofi and Regeneron.

Dr Barkhoudarian discloses financial relationships as a consultant for CereVasc Inc and VTI Vascular Technology Inc.

All financial relationships with ineligible companies have been mitigated.  None of the other speakers have disclosed financial relationships with ineligible companies.

 

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

 Professional practice gap:  Armenia faces a number of healthcare challenges. The healthcare system in Armenia is growing rapidly, but still lags behind Western practice in a number of areas. This is in part due to the underdeveloped primary health care system in Armenia as well as a number of factors to be outlined during the Congress. At the same time, there are specialty areas in healthcare procedures and technology that could establish Armenia as a research and innovation hub for Eurasia.

 learning objectives: at the end of this activity, physicians will:

  • Identify key areas where Armenia has health system can be developed or improved.
  • Develop plans for networking and collaboration in developing Armenia’s healthcare
  • Review new medical treatment modalities relevant to Armenia’s healthcare development

OUR PRESENTERS

Bagrat Alekyan MD
Director for Innovative Technologies 
A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Russia
Chief of Cardiosurgical Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart and Vessels 
Institute of Cardiosurgery of Moscow
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Haroutune Armenian MD
Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor in Residence of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
President Emeritus of the American University of Armenia (AUA)
Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Rafi Avitsian MD, FASA
Professor of Anesthesiology  
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44195                                     
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Viken Babikian MD
Professor of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
720 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Tel +1. 617.638.8456
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Naira Baregamian, MD, MMS, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Endocrine Surgery)
Division of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN 37232
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Garni Barkhoudarian, M.D., FAANS
Associate Professor of Neuroscience / Neurosurgery
Co-director: Pacific Pituitary Disorders Center
Director: Pacific Facial Pain Center
Director: Pacific Adult Hydrocephalus Center
Director: PNI/SJCI Multidisciplinary Neuroanatomy and Surgical Skills Laboratory
Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John's Health Center
2125 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
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John P. Bilezikian
Silberberg Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology 
College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine for International Education and Research
Chief, Emeritus, of the Division of Endocrinology
Director of the Metabolic Bone Diseases Program at Columbia University Medical Center
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Iacopo Baussano M.D., Sp. ID, M.SC. Ph.D.
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO)
Early Detection, Prevention and Infections (EPR) Branch
69366 LYON CEDEX 07, France
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Sharon Chekijian MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
464 Congress Ave, Suite 260
New Haven, CT 06511
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Dereck DeLeon MD
Chief Academic Officer, Nuvance Health
50 SAW MILL ROAD DANBURY, CT   06810
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Wayne W. Grody, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 
Professor, Human Genetics, 
Professor, Pediatrics, 
University of California 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732
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Roger Hajjar MD 
Director, Gene & Cell Therapy Institute
Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, MA
Arthur & Janet C. Ross Professor of Medicine 
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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David Hovsepian MD
Clinical Professor, Radiology
Associate Director of Radiology Quality and Safety, Department of Radiology
Stanford Health Care Interventional Radiology
300 Pasteur Dr Rm H3649
MC 5642
Stanford CA 94305
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Nora Pashayan MD, CCT, MSc, MSt, PhD
Professor of Applied Cancer Research, University College London (UCL)
Head of Department of Applied Health Research, UCL
Director of Training, International Alliance for cancer Early Detection (ACED), 
Cancer Research UK
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Mikael Petrosyan MD, FACS, FAAP
Associate Chief, General and Thoracic Surgery
Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Children's National Hospital
Washington, C 20010
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David Rogers MD
Rogers Wellness and Spine Surgery Glendale
Immediate Past Chief of Staff, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
222 W. Eulalia Street, Suite 309, Glendale, CA 91204
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Shant Shekherdimian MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia
Associate Director- Healthcare Outreach, Promise Armenian Institute (PAI)
Visiting Associate Professor, Yerevan State Medical University
Interim Chief, UCLA Division of Pediatric Surgery
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Raffi Tachdjian M.D., MPH, FAAAAI, FACAAI
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
UCLA School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology
Providence St. John Medical Center
1301 20th Street, Suite 380
Santa Monica, CA 90404

 

2023 CME PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG
CME Planning Committee, Chair

Arsinee Kalfayan, PharmD
CME Quality Improvement Chair

 Garni Barkhoudarian, MD, FAANS
CME Planning Committee

Armond Kotikian, DDS, MD, FACS
CME Planning Committee

Arthur Ohannessian, MD
CME Planning Committee

 Sherwin Hariri, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI
CME Planning Committee

Sarmen Sarkissian, MD
CME Planning Committee

Talar Tejirian, MD, FACS
CME Planning Committee

Astkhik Zakian, PharmD
CME Planning Committee

Hasmik Keyribarian
CME Coordinator, AAMS

Alexander Bazarchyan MD
Director, National Institute of Health of Armenia

Samson Khachatryan MD
Secretary of the Scientific Council, 6IMCA organizational committee

Mariam Isayan MD
Scientific Council member, 6IMCA organizational committee

 

Disclosures:

Dr. Vicken Sepilian, planner for this educational event is a shareholder of Merck Pharmaceuticals and Organon Pharmaceuticals. All of the relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Dr. Arsinee Kalfayan, CME committee member for this educational event owns Moderna stocks. All of the relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian, planner and speaker for this educational event, is a consultant for Vascular Technology, Inc. and Ceravasc, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Dr. Sarmen Sarkissian, CME committee member for this educational event, is on the speakers’ bureau for Lilly

 The remaining planners and CME committee members have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

 

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