Recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Service to the School

Recipient of the
Distinguished Alumnus Award
for Service to the School

Sarkis J. Kechejian ’63 is the president of K Clinics located in North Texas predominately in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Alliance Health, Inc. and president of the Kechejian Foundation. A member of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Board of Visitors since 1998, he has provided invaluable guidance and support for the School and our students. Recognizing the significant need for financial assistance to the students, he established the Kechejian Family Scholarship Fund at the School in 2000. The charitable foundation he established provides support for education and Armenian related projects.

A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, he served as director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Methodist Hospital in Dallas and was an assistant clinical professor of cardiology at Southwestern Medical School. He established a private practice of invasive cardiology and in 1982 he opened the first K Clinic. In 1988 he chose to devote himself full time to the administration of the K Clinics. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the Dallas County Medical Society.

Dr. Kechejian did his internship and residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York and his cardiology fellowship at New York University Medical Center.