Armenian EyeCare Project participants visit the Gyumri Regional Eye Center, where they observed patient care and retinal surgery. From left: Kristine Antanesian, Nyree Khachikyan, Stella Ghevondyan, Emanuil Parunakian and Alan Begian. (Photo: AECP)

I was born and raised in Maryland, thousands of miles from Armenia, but like so many in the diaspora, the homeland has always lived in me. As I’ve grown older and thought more seriously about what it means to carry that homeland with me, I’ve found myself asking how the life and career I am building can contribute to its future. Now, in my final year of medical school, I have found my calling in ophthalmology, and this September, I had the opportunity to bring these two important parts of my

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