Our Programs
Building Armenia's Surgical Workforce
ARC is building the infrastructure required for a modern, self-sustaining healthcare system. From hands-on surgical training and outcomes tracking to international observerships and national education conferences, every program is designed to strengthen Armenia's clinical workforce for generations to come.
ARC Skills Lab
Practice delicate surgical techniques under magnification before performing them on patients.
Train using surgical models designed to simulate and treat complex fractures.
Develop advanced joint surgery skills using cutting-edge wireless camera technology.
Opening January 2027 • Wigmore Women's & Children's Hospital, Yerevan
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EHR & Outcomes Tracking
Better Data. Better Outcomes.
Excellence in surgical training means little if outcomes go unmeasured. In much of the world’s higher-resource healthcare systems, electronic health records and outcomes data are the backbone of clinical improvement, providing the evidence base that tells practitioners what is working, what is not, and where to focus next. For too long, that infrastructure has been absent from global health programs that depend on it most.
ARC is investing in a dedicated EHR (Electronic Health Record) system to track outcomes and ensure that the care delivered throughout Armenia is documented, measured, and continuously improved. The system captures surgical outcomes, rehabilitation progress, and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), providing clinicians a complete picture of recovery that extends beyond the operating room. It also enables surgeons, physical therapists, and follow-up providers to share patient records, ensuring continuity of care at every stage of a patient’s treatment. That data drives quality improvement cycles within Wigmore Hospital and supports the resident and fellowship curriculum.
Data Drives Better Care
As ARC scales its training programs and expands its network of trained practitioners across Armenia, outcomes tracking creates accountability and a shared standard of care.
What the System Measures
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Surgical outcomes
Rehabilitation progress
PROMs
Shared patient records
Continuous quality improvement
Observerships
The fastest way to raise clinical standards is to expose practitioners directly to the best in the world. Surgeon observerships, through structured placements at leading medical institutions in the United States and Europe, give Armenian physicians the opportunity to spend time inside world-class surgical programs, observe advanced techniques, and return home with knowledge and networks that would otherwise take decades to develop.
ARC’s observership program draws on more than 25 years of placing Armenian surgeons at world-class institutions abroad. These placements have already produced results: surgeons who have returned to Armenia to expand their case volume and introduce new procedures. ARC will formalize and scale this model, funding observerships for Armenian surgeons and allied health professionals as part of a structured professional development pathway connected to the ARC Skills Lab curriculum.
Each observership is a multiplier. The surgeon who trains abroad returns to teach residents and mentor nurses, to improve patient care in Armenia.
Current observerships
UCSF, San Francisco, California
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
Valley Children’s Healthcare, Fresno, California
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Switzerland
National Training Conferences
A stronger surgical workforce requires more than a single hospital and a single lab. It requires a community that shares a common standard of care. Four times per year, ARC will convene that community through national training conferences that bring together physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists from across the country.
These working conferences are structured to combine clinical education with hands-on skill development and meaningful peer exchange. Over time, these conferences become the infrastructure of a national professional network and a cohort of practitioners who hold each other to a high standard, and collectively advance the quality of care available to every Armenian patient.
Conference Highlights
4 Conferences annually
Physicians
Nurses
Physical Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Hands-on workshops
Peer collaboration
National network
Help Build Armenia's Surgical Future
Your support helps train surgeons, nurses, and healthcare professionals who will strengthen Armenia's healthcare system for generations to come.
