ASOF Committee

Health Sciences

The Health Sciences Committee is charged with developing a strategic vision and the associated projects for partnering with Armenia’s healthcare sector to increase the quality of care provided to the population, improve medical education, and connect with cutting-edge research in the life sciences.

Chair

Susan Jerian

Committee Members

Viken Babikian

Professor of Neurology, Boston University

David Essayan

Executive Vice President, ONCORD, Inc.

Shakeh Kaftarian

Research scientist at the US National Institutes of Health (ret)

Susan Jerian

CEO, ONCORD, Inc.

Lorky Libaridian

Children of Armenia Fund, PReP/HENAR, Health for Armenia, consultant for World Bank and Asian Development Bank, Attending physician (per diem) Cambridge Health Alliance

Armine Lulejian

Program Director, Avetis Health Informatics Fellowship; Associate Director, Informatics Education, Training and Outreach, CTSI; Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Jerry Manoukian

Internal medicine, El Camino Health

Mariam Manoukian

Internal Medicine, El Camino Medical Network

Shant Shekherdimian

Associate Professor of Surgery- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery University of California, Los Angeles

Ara Tekian

Dr. Georges Bordage Professor of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Task Forces set up by committee

None.

Projects/Programs