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Fund for Armenian Relief’s Fellowship Alumni Association
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Yerevan, Armenia
Contact: Armine Gasparyan,
Program Assistant
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OMI/FARFAA SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM “ANESTHESIOLOGY”

Yerevan, July 25-26, 2005

FARFAA – Salzburg Medical Seminars Program, the Open Medical Institute
(OMI) program of the American Austrian Foundation, as well as the
Armenian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and Armenia
Pain Control and Palliative Care Association organized a Satellite
Symposium on “ANESTHESIOLOGY”. The symposium was sponsored by the
American Austrian Foundation and of FAR (Fund for Armenian Relief).

It took place on July 25-26, in Yerevan. About 150 anesthesiologists,
from different hospitals of Armenia both from the capital and province
attended.

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The chairmen of the symposium was Professor Gagik~Z Mkhoyan, the
head of the Armenian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
.The symposium was lead~Z by Dr. Sudhir Diwan and Dr. Aarti Sharma
from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA..

Some of the lectures during the symposium were “Opioids and Chronic
Pain”, “Neuropathic Pain: Current Concepts”, “Interventional Pain
Management” (by Dr. Sudhir Diwan), “Overview of Neonatal Physiology
and Anesthesia”, “Pediatric Airway Interventional Pain Management”,
“Management of Congenital Cardiac Problem for Non-cardiac Surgery”,
“” (by Dr. Aarti Sharma ). Several case presentations were
demonstrated on “Case of Missed Aspiration”, “Iatrogenic Injury of
Trachea” (by St G. Lusavorich MC), “Rare Complication of Difficult
Airways Management”, “Presentations of Clinical Cases” (by EMC),
“Intra-operative Extubation” (by~Z Khojalu MH), “Fatal Complication
after General Anesthesia” (by St Nerses Mets MC).

The goal of the symposium was to present the latest information on
the experience and the knowledge of the international faculty members
to Armenian doctors.

Participants positively evaluated the symposium and organizing
committee thanks to the high level of presentations, interesting
discussions and established connections.