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February 2011
THE AMIC NEWSLETTER
I -_News from Armenian’s Third International Medical Conference
In its November, 2010, issue Info-Flash had already given information about the Conference to be held from July 7 to July 9, 2011. We would like now to inform our readers that the website address (http://www.3imca.com) is currently functioning and only a few of its sub-sections are under construction. The sections necessary for your Registration, your Accommodation and Abstract Submission, are ready and functioning. By the time you receive this Info, the other four sections "under construction" will probably be active too. However, please note that:
1- If, when submitting your abstract you have problems, you have a blue contact button at the bottom of the format. Click
on it and you will receive further instructions.
2- Under the "Contacts" button at the top of the welcoming page, you also have the email addresses of the Organizing Committee’s various members, as well as a "Technical Assistance Unit" email address. You may also use that button for any further technical assistance.
3- Finally, if by any chance your computer is rather of an old model, an animated logo will appear on the first page, with red bold letters and in that message it is explained how to upgrade your web browser in order to see the website correctly.
For any other question or problem, you may contact and write to AMIC office (amic@amic.ca or aida@amic.ca) and we will do our utmost in order to help you quickly, as well as write directly to hrachmd@plasticsurgery.am in Armenia explaining your problems. You also have of course the "help buttons" indicated above.
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An information for the Armenian plastic surgeons of the world- 3rd
Congress of the Armenian Association of Plastic Reconstructive and
Aesthetic Surgeons.
If you are a plastic surgeon, you will be interested by the announcement below.
The event taking place from June 28 to June 30, 2011, just a week before the Third International Medical Congress, will allow you to attend both events and have the time to visit Armenia. What a great opportunity!
Please read below the announcement sent by Dr. Gevorg Yaghjyan:
"Dear colleagues, honourable guests, and friends,
We have the great pleasure of welcoming you to the 3rd Congress of the Armenian Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (AAPRAS) being organized under the auspices of the IPRAS and ESPRAS.
This is a scientific event called "Unfavourable Results and Complications in Plastic Surgery"; its main objective is to avoid the mentioned complications.
The Congress will take place from June 28 to 30 of June 2011, in Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia.
We anticipate the participation of renowned plastic surgeons, as well as of students and clinical residents for whom the analysis and the best possible solutions of the above mentioned complications will serve as groundwork for future treatment procedures.
We hope that plastic surgeons from the USA, Russia, Georgia and the Eastern European countries will attend and participate in this important event including the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora Plastic Surgeons.
The Congress is being organized during one of the best periods of the year in Armenia. Usually, this time of the year is excellent to explore the city and visit the sights outside of it.
The Congress social program includes sightseeing and many other opportunities for enlarging the scope of knowledge pertaining to Armenian cultural values.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Yerevan."
· Congress President, Gevorg V. Yaghjyan
· Scientific Committee Chairman, Armen R. Hovhanesyan
· Scientific Committee Co-Chairmen, Marita Eisenmann Klein, Andreas Yiacoumettis
· Armenia
Artavazd B. Sahakyan
Gagik G. Stambultsyan
Garegin Babloyan
Karen Danielyan
Leon A. Torosyan
· Russia
Arnold Adamyan
Alexei Borovikov
Ivan Reshetov
Nikolay Milanov
Ruben Adamyan
· Georgia
Iva Kuzanov
Marlen Sulamanidze
· To Be Confirmed
Kamal-Seyed Forootan, Iran
Murad Jaravov, Uzbekistan
Phil Haeck, USA
Suk Wha Kim, Korea
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Yaghjyan Gevorg MD, PhD ,
President of 3rd Congress of AAPRAS
For Further Information, please visit www.aapras2011.com
III- The past year’s (2010) AAHPO Achievements at a Glance
After organizing the memorable Tenth Armenian Medical World Congress in 2009, Armenian American Health Professionals Organization (AAHPO)- representing health professionals in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut- had a busy year in 2010 with the organization and the initiation of the following events:
· An affiliation with the North Hudson Community Action Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing healthcare to the underserved and uninsured in three northern New Jersey counties with a significant Armenian population.
· A continuation of the telemedicine collaboration with Armenia Fund USA/HyeBridge Telehealth to provide medical care and continuing medical education to Armenia via live electronic telecommunications. AAHPO also joined the American Telemedicine Association.
· AAHPO’s website (www.aahpo.org) was expanded, including thus additional medical resources. The website has produced a record number of "hits" for information.
· A bi-weekly health show on the Armenian TV Station Ardzagang.
· A monthly email AAHPO Medical Alerts, on timely medical topics. This also is available at www.aahpo.org
· A bone-marrow donor initiative, in conjunction with other organizations, that thus far has logged 1,500 new registrants.
· AAHPO held its second annual diabetes community workshop, in November, in New Milford, New Jersey.
· A TV program on diabetes awareness that reached a television audience of more than 200,000 people. This TV program is now available on www.aahpo.org
· A charity event in conjunction with the Armenian Eye Care Project, which has provided eye care to an impressive 20% of Armenia’s poorest.
· AAHPO also provided a medical support for participants in the AGBU (Armenian General Benevolent Union) New York Summer Intern Program
· AAHPO had ongoing health and medical education workshops throughout the year in the tri-state area.
Dr. Lawrence Najarian, AAHPO’s president, wants the Info-Flash readers, and especially the Armenian community living in the tri-state region, know that they can without hesitation contact the Association by:
Calling the Hotline (201) 546-6166 and/or Emailing to: info@aahpo.org
AAHPO has been active for the past 17 years and will continue its mission with dedication in the years to come!
IV- What is AMIC?
The Armenian Medical International Committee (AMIC) was created 21 years ago. It is an umbrella organization that unites and promotes Armenian medical associations throughout the Diaspora, creating thus a large network through which information and data are exchanged.
AMIC organizes Armenian Medical Congresses. So far ten have been held in different cities of the Diaspora, the latest being the one held in New York from July 1 to July 4, 2009. In 2007, the "Second International Medical Congress of Armenia" organized by Armenia, was held in Yerevan (June 28 to June 30). The third one is to be held from July 7 to July 9, 2011. See http://www.3imca.com
Since 1998 AMIC has published an online newsletter which is sent free of charge to all Armenian Health Care Professionals. If you are a health care professional and are interested in receiving Info-Flash, please send us your email address (aida@amic.ca, or amic@amic.ca). To all those who already receive the Info, please do not forget to send us your new e-mail address when you change it. Info-Flash is posted on GROONG, but with a different format, and often with less data and graphics, due to GROONG’s rules. To receive it individually in full size and content, please contact AMIC’s office (aida@amic.ca, amic@amic.ca).
For further information, visit our website: www.amic.ca
As of 2005, AMIC in collaboration with Regimedia, publishes a scientific journal, the "Armenian Medical Review". The fourth issue is out. To subscribe please visit www.amic-review.com
Useful information to remember: You can send medical equipment/medicine, free of charge from wherever you are located, through the services of the United Armenian Fund: Contact: U.A.F. President Mr. Harout Sassounian (sassoun@pacbell.net)