Gala to Honor Damadian, Inventor of MRI

BOSTON, Mass.—On Sat., April 17, Dr. Raymond Damadian will be the guest speaker at the Spring Gala sponsored by the Armenian-American Health Care Professionals of Greater Boston at the Taj Hotel.

This is a collaborative group effort of the Armenian American Medical Association, the Armenian American Pharmacists’ Association, and the Armenian American Dental Society. Damadian is noted for his many achievements towards the invention of the MRI machine. In 1970, he made the discovery that is the basis for magnetic resonance and went on to build the first MR scanner. In 1978, Damadian established FONAR, the first MRI manufacturing company. His company introduced the world’s first commercial MRI (a whole-body scanner) in 1980 and went public in 1981.

In 1988, Damadian was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan, which he shared jointly with a colleague for “their independent contributions in conceiving and developing the application of magnetic resonance technology to medical uses, including whole-body scanning and diagnostic imaging.” Less than one year later, Damadian was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame of the United States Patent Office for his pioneer patent of MR scanning, thus joining a select group of renowned pioneers, including Orville and Wilbur Wright, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell, whose inventions have revolutionized our nation and society.

For more information regarding the gala event, email Dr. Armen Arslanian at armen98@hotmail.com.

3 Comments

  1. Hye, Dr. Damadian
    Your contribution to the world’s well-being is extraordinary and well recognized. Which makes me believe that we Armenians, from our earliest origins, until into today, have contributed greatly to all the fields of endeavors for the  advancement for all mankind. We are so proud of your contributions to the medical world!
    Which also make me realize that I have never heard of any such priceless ‘gifts’ to the world from those who claim to fame has been awarded the title as the first Genocide of the 20th century perpetuated by the Ottoman Turks – and their subsequent leaderships – to this day in denials… the Turkish Genocide of the Armenian nation.
    Imagine! If the civilized nations of the world had brought Turks to face their guilt for their slaughters, rapes, churches filled with women/children then set afire, bandindo a torture of the victims feet being beaten until bloody, to burst, and death… for then, and surely then, none of all the Genocides that followed the Armenian Genocide shall never have ever been!  The cycle of Genocides shall have ended – all the innocents since shall have not been murdered,  survivors had not to have lived with the unforgettable memories.  Manooshag

  2. Ditto that Manooshag.. Well Said..

    I would like to add that I will be sharing this will all of my friends.. I did not know that our own person was the mastermind behind this medical genious…

    Thank you for that and let the world know that Armenians are definintely one of the smartest if not THE smartest people on earth.. I am very proud of you..

    Gayane

  3. Dear inventor, Dr. Damadian,
    It has been more than 10 years now we have the MRI in our medical center, St. Marc Medical And Diagnostic center. I wonder how the world would be without that system in the diagnostic medicine. We are so proud of you. I wonder if you could come over to the middle East-Beirut so we could honor you in a proper way.

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