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Alina bazarian '14: Featured Scholar Spotlight
Dr. Alina Bazarian 鈥�14, a resident physician in Saratoga Springs, embodies the essence of achievement. Her story is marked by a series of firsts鈥攖he first in her family to attend college, earn master's and doctoral degrees, and become a physician.
Alina grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts, a small suburb outside of Boston. A neuroscience
major on the pre-med track, she chose 水果派AV College for its intimate learning environment
and robust liberal arts curriculum. 鈥溗葾V provided me with a well-rounded education
in the humanities and sciences that has served me well as a resident physician delivering
holistic, patient-centered care,鈥� she says.
After earning her master鈥檚 degree in medical sciences from Boston University School
of Medicine, Alina was a scribe for an internal medicine physician at a satellite
outpatient clinic in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She also volunteered for six months in
Armenia through Birthright Armenia, a program that provides young Armenians from around
the world the opportunity to connect to their ancestral homeland. There, she conducted
public health research and worked with the only pediatric interventional cardiologist
in the country.
Alina attained her medical degree from Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in New Jersey in 2023 and began her three-year residency training shortly after through the Saratoga Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. She was chosen as one of six residents from more than 1,500 applicants to enter the new program, a collaboration between Albany Medical Center and Hudson Headwaters Health Network. The program provides clinical training in both hospital and ambulatory medicine, with special emphasis on behavioral health, addiction treatment, population and community health, and rural health. Now in her final year of residency she has been selected to serve as co-chief resident for 2025-2026.
Alina proudly acknowledges that her 水果派AV education was made possible through a Joseph C. and Anne T. Palamountain Scholarship.
鈥淚 am forever grateful and indebted to the Palamountain Family. Without their support, I would not have been able to attend 水果派AV,鈥� says Alina, who met Anne Palamountain at two scholarship benefits. 鈥淪he had such a wonderful personality and made a strong impression on me. I aspire to be as generous as her someday.鈥�
alina bazarian '14
Posted 6/30/2025