Learning From Leading Medical Institutions

ARC is placing Armenian physicians and allied health professionals at leading medical institutions across the United States and Europe, gaining hands-on exposure to advanced techniques that would otherwise take decades to develop at home.

Our Observership Partners

ARC’s current observership partners include:

United States
UCSF — San Francisco, California
San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California
Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, California
Valley Children’s Healthcare — Fresno, California
Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital — Baltimore

France
Hospices Civils de Lyon — Lyon, France

Switzerland
Hôpital Riviera-Chablais — Switzerland

More Than 25 Years of Impact

Built on more than 25 years of placing Armenian surgeons abroad, this program has already produced real results: surgeons returning home to expand their case volume and introduce entirely new procedures in Armenia.

The Multiplier Effect

Each observership is a multiplier: the surgeon who trains abroad comes home to teach residents, mentor nurses, and raise the standard of care for every patient they treat.