Educational Programs 2004PRESS RELEASE `OUTCOMES RESEARCH' Yerevan, October 1, 2004
At the focus of the meeting was a lecture given by Chris Arslanian,
The lecture was highly regarded by both the participants and the The organizers are especially grateful to the Institute of Obstetrics Utilizing the theories and discussions offered at the meeting, we hope that the presentations will help to enhance the practice of local specialists and that we can continue such programs like this in the future. FARFAA is a non-for-profit non-governmental organization of medical professionals, aimed at improving the health care system and advancing the medical sciences in Armenia. Armenian Medical Association is a professional non-governmental organization of physicians and medical students which aims to better medicine in the Republic of Armenia. The organization has made it one of their paramount goals to consider progressive ways in approaching medicine in Armenia, as well as bringing global perspectives to Armenian physicians. For more information on the Armenian Medical Association please visit their website at www.armeda.am.
PRESS RELEASE FARFAA - Salzburg Medical Seminars Program together with AAF (American Austrian Foundation) and the National Institute of Trauma organized a Satellite Symposium on "Bone and Joint/Trauma Surgery". The symposium was organized with the general sponsorship of FAR (Fund for Armenian Relief). It took place on August 27-29, in Yerevan. About 50 bone and joint/trauma specialists from different hospitals of Armenia participated in the symposium. Some of the lectures during the symposium were "Reconstruction of Long Bone Defects with Vascularized Fibular Grafts", "A Comprehensive Approach to the Osteonecrosis of the Skeleton" (by Dr. K. Malizos), " Total Knee Replacement Exposures: Technical Pearls & Pitfalls", "Management of Complications in Total Hip Arthroplasy", "Osteoarthritis: Treatment Alternatives", "Orthobiologics and Growth Factors in Bone Healing" (by Dr. Bostrom). Several case presentations were demonstrated on "Total Hip Replacement", "Legs Fracture" (by TOBRC), "Elbow Joint Repalcement" (by OSC), "Hip Repacement", "Electrotrauma Management" (by EMC), "Island Flaps in Limb Reconstrsuction" (by PRSMSC) and "Foot Reconstruction" (by SNMC). The goal of the symposium was to present the latest information on the experience and the knowledge of the international faculty members to doctors of Armenia. All the participants had the opportunity to fill in a questionnaire expressing their approach about the organization of the symposium. The symposium was positively evaluated by participants and organizing committee due to the high level of presentations, interesting discussions and established connections. On August 27, the guest lecturers paid visits to Yerevan's hospitals. The organizers are especially grateful to the FAR for their technical support (laptop, projector) and financial assistance and to the AAF for their financial support and organizing Dr. Bostrom's participation. The organizers would like to thank academician Vilen Hakobyan, the rector of the Yerevan State Medical University, who provided the YSMU Conference Hall for the Satellite Symposium. We hope that this program will find continuation in the future and will help to enhance the practice of local specialists due to gained theoretical knowledge and discussions.
SEMINAR on Hepatitis C The seminar discussed the issues concerning Hepatitis C virus problem in Armenia and the world. The seminar's faculty was represented by Dr. Narina Sarkisyants- Salzburg Fellow on infectous diseases 2004. The seminars were hosted by the Department of Family Medicine, Yerevan State Medical University. Information support was realized through the Armenian Medical Association (http://www.armeda.am), the Fund for Armenian Relief's Fellows' Alumni Association and Salzburg fellows (FARFAA-Salzburg, http://www.farfaa-salzburg.am). The number of participants reached 30 doctors from different Yerevan medical institutions. The participants of the seminars answered a brief questionnaire to assess their satisfaction, comments and wishes for the future. Words of appreciation were heard from participants. They expressed profound satisfaction with the form, language and methods of the organizations of the seminar, as well as their hope that more seminars will be organized in the future. NEUROLOGY SEMINAR ON THE ADVANCES IN STROKE MANAGEMENT REPORT
Dr. Davor Moravek was a fellow of Salzburg Medical Seminars on "Drug Replacement Therapy'', which took place in November 2003. During those seminars, Dr. Eva Sahakyan, a fellow from Armenia, invited him to Armenia, and Dr. Moravek kindly accepted this invitation. During his first visit to Armenia, Dr Moravek made a presentation for his Armenian colleagues and shared his experience. Dr. Moravek has been working in this field for about eight years and treated over 2000 patients with various types of addictions, including alcoholic, opiate, nicotine, etc. He is the editor of the 'OVISNOSTI' magazine, dedicated to the problem of addiction in Croatia. Dr. Movarek presented a copy of the magazine to his Armenian colleagues. More than 50 medical students, psychiatrists and psychologists were present at the lecture. They discussed the similarities and differences of addiction, medicament and non-medicament treatment of depression in Armeina and abroad, as well as talked about new drugs applied in psychiatry. This event is the FARFAA -Salzburg Group's first experience in collaborating with a Salzburg Seminar fellow from another country, aimed at broading our cooperation network. REPORT On April 5, 2004, Dr. Armine Danielyan, a Salzburg fellow in "Family Medicine" in 2004, had a presentation on ''Advances in Hypertension Treatment''. The presentation was prepared according to Salzburg Seminar's materials, based on 7 Joint studies's data (USA). During the lecture, Dr. Danielyan presented some diagnostic criteria for hypertension, ischemic heart disease, diabetus mellitus, bronchitis, renal pathology. About 40 different medical professionals were present on the lecture. Hot dispute started after the lecture about the advantages of the European and disadvantages of the USA studies. Dr.Parunak Zelveyan, an expert in hypertension and a follower of European Hypertension Society studies contradicted to USA studies in some points. The participants were highly satisfied with the presentation and the dispute and ask us for more events of this type.
FAR FAA - Salzburg Medical Programs held this year's first Local Seminar on March 17, 2004 . Dr. Eva Sahakyan, the lecturer and Salzburg Seminars 2003 fellow, presented on Complications of Pulse Therapy. The seminar comprehensively covered all aspects of effectiveness and complications of Pulse Therapy with high doses of corticosteroids. The seminar was hosted by the Department of Internal Medicine of the University Hospital #1. Information support was provided by the Armenian Medical Association (http://www.armeda.am) and the FAR FAA-Salzburg Medical Programs.
Several participants spoke about their appreciation about the seminar and the hope that more seminars will be organized soon..
SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform that the following Salzburg Seminars will be held in January, February and March 2004. Family Medicine: January 23-29 For these 4 seminars, the deadline for applications is November 1, 2003 Neurology: February 29-March 6 For these 7 seminars, the deadline for applications is December 1, 2003 Travel grants are available. Educational Programs 2003 |
FARFAA - Salzburg Medical Seminars Program, in cooperation with the Armenian Medical Association, organized an `OUTCOMS RESEARCH' meeting on the first of October at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Yerevan, Armenia). About 50 medical specialists from a various hospitals throughout Armenia participated in the lecture.
Additionally, several outcomes research case presentations were
The co-chairmen of the symposium were Professor Vachagan Ayvazyan, the head of the Union of Traumatologists and Orthopaedic Surgeons of Armenia, Director of TOBRC, head of the Bone and Joint / Trauma Surgery Chair at NIH, and Dr. Mathias Bostrom, a prominent professor at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, USA. The symposium was also attended by Dr. Konstantinos N.Malizos, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University Hospital of Thessalia in Larissa, Greece.
The Armenian Medical Association together with FARFAA Salzburg Medical Seminars Program, Armenian Neurological Society and the Armenian Medical Union of France organized a Neurology Seminar The Advances in Stroke Management. The seminar took place on April 29-30 in Yerevan and on May 3 in Stepanakert. About 200 doctors from different regions of Armenia, as well as from Artsakh, participated in the seminar.The co-chairmen of the symposium were the president of Union of Neurologists of Armenia, head of Neurology Department of Yerevan State Medical University prof. Vahagn Darbinyan and a prominent angioneurologist, professor of Claude Bernard University of Lyon, Norbert Nigoghossian. The seminar was attended by Dr. Marine Tanashyan, deputy director of Stroke Research Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Institute of Neurology. During the seminar some interesting presentations were made by local doctors as well. The goal of the seminar was to present the latest information about stroke and its management, to provide background for creating Stroke Working Group in Armenia. The seminar was positively evaluated by participants and organizing committee, due to high level of presentations, interesting discussions and established connections. 
On April 6, 2004, FARFAA-Salzburg Group organized a presentation, entitled ''Addiction and Psychotic Effects during Intoxication and Abstinence Syndrome'', given by Dr. Davor Moravek, a psychiatrist from Zagreb, Croatia.
FIRST LOCAL SEMINAR
Around 30 participants of different specialties and from various medical centers took part in the seminar. In the end, they completed a brief questionnaire to assess their satisfaction, comments and wishes for the future.Copyright © 2003-2004 FAR FAA-Salzburg
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