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Fund for Armenian Relief’s Fellowship Alumni Association
29 Rubinyants Street,
Yerevan, Armenia
Contact: Bella Grigoryan
FARFAA_Salzburg Medical Program Coordinator
Tel: (37410) 249677, 541128
E-mail: bella@netsys.am
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Seminar on << Shoulder Surgery>>

August 2nd, 2006

Yerevan

FARFAA (Armenia) together with the Salzburg Fellows on Bone and Joint
Surgery,with the technical support of the Institute of Traumatology
organized a Seminar on <<Shoulder Surgery>>.. The Seminar took place
on August 2nd in the Conference Hall of the Institute os Traumatology.
36 doctors from different Yerevan hospitals have participated.

Dr.Gerald R. Williams (USA) was the invited guest-lecturer.

Dr. Gerald R. Williams Jr. is a professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine as well as the Chief of
the Shoulder and Elbow Service, Dept. of Orthopedic Service in the
University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Dr.Williams is specialized in Shoulder Surgery and he presented
lectures on various interesting topics as Shoulder fractures, Rotating
Cuff Repair, Arthroscopic shoulder surgery. He shows the videos of his
most interesting cases and answered questions.

Dr. Williams kindly agreed to visit some hospitals in Yerevan and
answer any questions local orthopedists may have.

Additionally, within the next one – two years, Dr. Williams plans on
visiting Armenia with his partners to bring equipment, see patients and
train local surgeons in the most up-to-date surgical skills.

FAR FAA is a non-for-profit organization of medical professionals, aimed
at improving the health care system of the community and advancing
medical sciences in Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress