DR. RAYMOND DAMADIAN WILL BE PRESENT AT THE GALA IN BOSTON
Noyan Tapan
Apr 1, 2010
BOSTON, APRIL 1, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On April 17 Dr. Raymond
Damadian will be the guest speaker at the Spring Gala sponsored by
the Armenian-American Health Care Professionals of Greater Boston at
the Taj Hotel. This is a collaborative group effort of the Armenian
American Medical Association, the Armenian American Pharmacists’
Association, and the Armenian American Dental Society.
Damadian is noted for his many achievements towards the invention of
the MRI machine. In 1970, he made the discovery that is the basis for
magnetic resonance and went on to build the first MR scanner. In 1978,
Damadian established FONAR, the first MRI manufacturing company.
According to in 1988, Damadian was awarded
the National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan.