Accomplishments

The Wellness Center has revolutionized the women’s healthcare delivery system in Armenia by:

• Operating 9 departments;
• Opening a Satellite Clinic in Gavar, where previously no other preventative healthcare services were available;
• Conducting 233 free-of-charge Medical Outreach Missions in 79 remote towns and villages throughout Armenia and in Artsakh region;
• Creating Public Education and Awareness Campaigns to educate the public on the importance of early detection;
  • Teaching monthly Breast Self-Examinations and distributing of thousands of educational pamphlets to female patients;
  • Organizing 11 annual Health Walks since 1997;
• Serving as a teaching center in breast health to medical students from the Medical University of Armenia; and providing a six-month residency program to graduates from the NIH of Armenia, who have specialized in Radiology for two years;

• Receiving the first Public Confidence Award for Excellence in Women’s Health in Armenia in 2012;
• Partnering with 8 Medical Universities in the U.S. and initiating U.S. Medical Advisory Board;
• Organizing 80 Medical Exchanges and 16 Medical Missions for training purposes;
• Introducing 3D mammography to Armenia by acquiring and installing two Selenia Dimensions Tomosynthesis 3D Digital Mammography systems in March 2012;
• Organizing five medical conferences with U.S. medical professionals, the Armenian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Health in Armenia; topics such as: “Medical Ethics in Armenia: Cancer Patients Right to know the Truth” (in Armenia, most doctors still DO NOT share the truth with their patients).
• The Wellness Center is visited by 160-200 patients daily
• Maintaining a database of more than 400,000 patients who have received over 500,000 services to date;
• Celebrating the birth of 162 “Miracle Babies;”