Advancing
Surgical Care
in Armenia.

One Practitioner.

One Skill.

One Patient At A Time.

Armenia's healthcare institutions are growing. The workforce must grow with them. Your support helps train surgeons, nurses, therapists, and future healthcare leaders across Armenia.

Building Surgical Capacity Through Partnership

The Challenge

A Crisis Hidden
In Plain Sight

Trauma and orthopedic conditions are among the leading causes of disability worldwide, yet they remain one of the most underfunded areas of global health. Nearly 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical care, and 143 million procedures go unperformed each year because the workforce, equipment, and systems to deliver care simply do not exist.

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People Lack Access

Without access to safe, affordable surgical care worldwide.

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Procedures Unperformed

Additional surgeries needed each year but never completed due to workforce and infrastructure shortages.

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Supported by a limited surgical workforce.

Why Armenia?

A Growing Healthcare System Needs a Growing Workforce

Armenia is not immune to this challenge. Despite a proud medical heritage spanning three millennia and significant progress since independence in 1991, the country today has 25 practicing microsurgeons and 45 arthroscopic surgeons. Expanding access to advanced surgical training is essential to meeting the needs of nearly 3 million people.

Practicing Microsurgeons

Arthroscopic Surgeons

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Wigmore Women's & Children's Hospital

One of Armenia's most advanced medical centers, Wigmore has grown from 26 to 220 beds in just five years. The patients are there. The institutions are growing. What is needed now is a trained workforce to meet the country's needs.

Proven Partnerships

The Work Is Already Underway

ARC did not begin with an idea. It began with evidence. For years, international partners have been working alongside Armenian healthcare institutions to train surgeons, introduce specialized techniques, and build the systems needed for long-term surgical excellence. ARC was founded to expand and sustain that momentum.

Building Surgical Capacity Through Partnership

The Work Is Underway

Together, Our Partners Have Already Delivered Results

Proven Partnerships. Measurable Results.

For more than two decades, Operation Rainbow and Global-QUEST have worked alongside Armenian healthcare leaders to strengthen surgical education, expand access to specialized care, and build sustainable local expertise. Their collaboration has already demonstrated what is possible when training, mentorship, and long-term partnerships come together.

Together, these organizations are already training Armenian surgeons, bringing microsurgery and advanced hand surgery to the country for the first time, and donating critical medical equipment, including fracture fixation implants, portable ultrasound systems, and arthroscopy equipment.

The ARC Skills Lab

Why ARC Exists

Founded in December 2025, the Armenian Relief Coalition was established as a dedicated 501(c)(3) to fund, expand, and sustain this work. ARC is not starting from zero. ARC is accelerating focused programming that is already producing measurable results.

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.

Donate to ARC

Beyond The Lab

Building More Than Surgical Skills

The ARC Lab is more than a training facility. It will serve as the foundation for a broader professional development program designed to strengthen Armenia's healthcare workforce for generations to come.

In addition to hands-on surgical training, the ARC Lab will support resident and fellowship curricula, international observerships, continuing education conferences, and a data-driven outcomes tracking system that helps ensure continuous improvement.

Developing Armenia's Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders

Professional Development Programs

Resident & fellowship curriculum

Surgeon observerships in the United States and Europe

Four annual training conferences

Continuing education opportunities

Data & Continuous Improvement

Electronic health record outcomes tracking

Quality improvement initiatives

Evidence-based program development

National collaboration across institutions

“What we are building at Wigmore requires a long-term partner willing to invest in people and systems, not just procedures. ARC is that partner, providing the financial framework that allows us to pursue international standards of care and build something that will last. Through long-term partnerships, modern technology, and structured professional training, our vision is for Armenia to become a nationally recognized Center of Excellence and a regional leader in hand and upper extremity care.”

Vahe Yavryan, MD

Chief of Orthopedics, Wigmore Hospital

Why It Matters

Every Surgeon Is A Multiplier

Beyond The Operating Room

Training one surgeon changes many lives

Every surgeon trained teaches residents, mentors nurses, and performs procedures that allow patients to return to work, care for their families, and participate fully in their communities.
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Untreated orthopedic conditions do not just cause pain. They cause poverty. The social and economic cost of preventable disability falls hardest on those least equipped to absorb it.
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ARC's investment in training, equipment, and outcomes tracking is an investment in Armenia's future—one practitioner, one skill, and one patient at a time.

AdvancingSurgical Carein Armenia.

A Crisis Hidden In Plain Sight

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