Who We Are

Doctor.am is one of the earliest Armenian medical and e-health websites, founded in 2004 with the mission of making reliable medical information accessible to the public through the internet.

From its early years, Doctor.am focused on digital health education, medical terminology, and structured healthcare information at a time when online medical resources in Armenian were extremely limited.

Recognition and Awards

Award Category: e-Health.
Mashtots-1600 Award: In 2005, www.doctor.am won first place in the "Mashtots-1600" (also referred to as Mashtots 2005) national award for Armenian e-health projects. This contest was organized in Armenia to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet and served as a national selection mechanism for projects to represent Armenia at international WSIS-related competitions. Winners in various categories (e.g., e-health, e-science) were chosen to showcase Armenian ICT innovations globally, aligning with WSIS goals of promoting ICT for development, including health applications.
Event Schedule (June 2005)
June 6, 2005 (Competition/Jury): This period marked the intensive evaluation phase of the Mashtots-1600 All-Armenian e-Content Competition. During this time, national experts reviewed local projects like doctor.am to select representatives for the global World Summit Award (WSA).
June 11, 2005 (Gala Concert): A high-profile Gala Concert and Award Ceremony was held in Yerevan, Armenia, to honor the national winners. This event celebrated the convergence of Armenian culture (the alphabet's anniversary) and modern technology.
National Representation: The winners announced in June were nominated to the WSA Grand Jury which met later that year in Manama, Bahrain.
WSIS Connection: These Armenian national events were specifically designed to showcase the country's progress in Action Line C7: e-Health and other digital sectors ahead of the final Tunis Summit in November 2005.
Organizers: The events was supported by the Armenian government to ensure a strong presence at the international summit led by Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan. The Director of Delegation of Armenia was Garegin Chugaszyan. Secretary of the Council of Development of Information Technologies, Delegation of Armenia was Armen Grigoryan.

International Participation and Ranking

International e-Content Competition in Bahrain (Linked to WSIS Tunis 2005): As part of the broader World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process, www.doctor.am participated in the 2005 international e-content competition held in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This event was launched in conjunction with the United Nations WSIS Tunis 2005 to highlight global e-content projects.
Event: In September 2005, the WSA Grand Jury took place from September 3 to September 10, 2005, in Manama, Bahrain.
The selections made during this week in Bahrain were officially announced later at the Winners Gala in Tunis on November 16, 2005, during the WSIS summit.
Event: The second phase of the UN-organized World Summit on the Information Society.
Date: November 16, 2005.
Doctor.am was ranked in the top 10 among participants from all countries in the e-health category. This recognition emphasized its role as an innovative platform providing medical information, doctor directories, and health resources, particularly in Armenian, English, and Russian languages.
Purpose: A medical information portal designed to provide accessible health information, professional medical consultations, and a directory of healthcare services in Armenia.
Significance: It was recognized by a jury of 35 international experts as one of the best multimedia applications globally for its role in narrowing the digital "content gap".

This recognition confirmed Doctor.am’s role as a pioneering platform in Armenia’s early e-health ecosystem.

In 2005, the World Summit Award (WSA) Grand Jury and its associated events took place in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. The jury process, which evaluated international e-content projects (including e-health winners like doctor.am), was held in September 2005 in preparation for the WSIS Tunis 2005 Summit.
Location: Manama, Bahrain.
Activity: The WSA Grand Jury 2005 evaluated 753 products from 168 countries to select the best 40 global innovations.
Gala Connection: While the preliminary competition and jury evaluation happened in Manama, the final Winners' Gala and presentation ceremony took place on November 16, 2005, in Tunis, during the official World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Participants of WSIS Tunis 2005.

2004 - 2026

Doctor.am — Medical Knowledge & Index Portal (Historical & Current)

Doctor.am is an multilingual medical information and reference portal that provides medical, clinical, and healthcare-related information, focusing on organizing and analyzing health data, terminology, and clinical resources rather than serving as a social or appointment portal. It serves as an index of medical terms, conditions, and resources intended to support both healthcare professionals and the general public. The site historically provided structured medical reference material, including glossary entries and indexed biomedical terminology, helping users learn about diseases, symptoms, treatments, and standardized medical concepts.
Core content and structure (archived and live elements):

Medical Glossary & Terms:

The site includes searchable medical terminology indexed with standard classification codes (e.g., MeSH/UMLS, SNOMED), offering definitions, hierarchical relations, and cross-references that help users understand clinical concepts.

Condition & Disease Information:

Entries typically cover conditions and disorders with descriptive summaries, clinical notes, and links to related topics to educate users on pathophysiology, symptoms, and often references to standardized nomenclature.

Multilingual Support:

While primarily English-language, the glossary and indexed content include multilingual descriptors and mappings to international medical vocabularies, offering cross-lingual access for clinical terms.

Academic & Professional Use:

Doctor.am has been used as a reference point for biomedical research, education, and as a searchable repository of clinical terms, linking to standardized medical classification systems.

Purpose & Audience:

The platform oriented toward health informatics, clinical reference, and structured medical information, suitable for professionals, researchers, and informed users seeking healthcare data or terminology context.It organizing data from multiple healthcare sources and analyzing clinical and drug-related data to support research and decision-making, rather than being the appointment booking portal.

Historical Context

Archived snapshots show the domain has existed for many years and has been used for medical and health-information purposes, consistent with the developer and data roles linked to the site.






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Our Mission

What We Offer

Doctor.am provides high-quality, trustworthy resources for healthcare professionals, students, and the general public: