Avedis Donabedian was born in Beirut , Lebanon , in an Armenian family from Turkey . Although the rest of his parents ' families perished from the Armenian Genocide , Donabedian 's immediate family was able to escape , ultimately migrating to Palestine . His father had qualified as a doctor at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and soon after set up practice in the small Christian town of Ramallah , near Jerusalem . Donabedian received his early education at the Friends ’ ( Quaker ) school there and subsequently followed his father in studying medicine at the American University of Beirut
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Avedis Donabedian