Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient
Panel Discussion

The State of Healthcare in Armenia

Alvard Hovhannisyan Hrachuhi Ghazaryan Hripsime Apresyan Lilit Marutyan Suren Brutyan Zaruhi Tavadyan Henry Louis
Date & Time
Thursday, July 23, 2026 | 7:30 PM ET
Location
NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
Format
In-Person
The State of Healthcare in Armenia
Featured Presenters
  • Alvard Hovhannisyan
  • Hrachuhi Ghazaryan
  • Hripsime Apresyan
  • Lilit Marutyan
  • Suren Brutyan
  • Zaruhi Tavadyan
  • Henry Louis
Moderator
Aram Kaligian
Date & Time
Thursday, July 23, 2026 | 7:30 PM ET
Location
NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building, 395 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
Format
In-Person
Sponsors
  • Boston University
  • Health Network for Armenia (HENAR)
  • Armenian American Medical Association of Boston (AAMA)
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
  • National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Description

Armenia's health system is at a structural inflection point. In 2026, Armenia launched Universal Health Care, the most consequential health-system reform in the country's history since independence. To deliver on that promise, Armenia has committed to a range of transformational advances, including a competency-based medical education model.

Hear from seven Armenian physician-educators driving this change, all candidates in the Boston University Master’s in Health Professsions Education program and leaders in their departments and institutions in Armenia.

For more information, visit https://www.bumc.bu.edu/armenia.

Aram Kaligian, MD, MPH — Director, Boston University-Armenia Medical Partnership, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University

Alvard Hovhannisyan, MD, PhD — Infectious Disease, NIH Armenia, Mikayelyan Institute

Hrachuhi Ghazaryan, MD, PhD — Pediatrics, NIH Armenia, Wigmore Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Hripsime Apresyan, MD — Pediatrics, ID specialist, YSMU, Muratsan Hospital

Lilit Marutyan, MD — Family Med/Pediatrics, NIH Armenia, Wigmore Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Suren Brutyan, MD — Pediatrics, ID specialist, YSMU, Muratsan Hospital

Zaruhi Tavadyan, MD — Neurology, NIH Armenia, Somnus Neurology Clinic

Henry Louis, MD — Family Med, Program Director, HENAR, Syunik Community Health Worker program


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