Recent Grads: Saryan Receives Doctor of Medicine Degree

Ani Lucine Saryan of Greenfield, Wisc., recently graduated from Ross University School of Medicine with the degree of doctor of medicine. She will be continuing her medical training with a residency in pediatrics or family medicine.

Her course of study included a two-year basic science curriculum on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean, followed by two years of clinical rotations at the University of Miami Clinical Training Center (Florida), Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn (New York), Queens Hospital Center in Queens (New York), Mercy Health Systems in Janesville (Wisconsin), Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. During medical school, Saryan was an active participant in the Salybia Medical Mission Project, which provides essential healthcare services to the only remaining enclave of indigenous Carib Indians in the world.

Saryan completed undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, earning her bachelor of sciences with honors in biochemistry, in 2004. During college, she was president of the Armenian Students Association at UW-Madison.

Saryan is active in the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF). She presently serves as a member of the Eastern Region Central Executive and has been president of the Racine “Armen Garo” AYF Chapter. She served for two seasons as a counselor at Camp Haiastan. In 2002, Saryan traveled to Armenia with the AYF Summer Internship program, where she volunteered as a physician’s aide at the Orran Children’s Center in central Yerevan. She is a member of the St. Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church choir and is active in the Wisconsin Armenian community.

Ani Saryan is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Levon and Shirley Saryan of Greenfield, Wisc., and the granddaughter of Armine Saryan (and the late Sarkis S. Saryan) of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Martha Kalajian Auer and Robert Auer of Greenfield.