Born Hamparzoum Keklikian , he came to America in 1920 to escape the Armenian Genocide , an event during which his three sisters had been killed .
Kelikian was an Armenian orthopedic surgeon and native of Hadjin in the Ottoman Empire .
Born Hamparzoum Keklikian , Kelikian came to America in 1920 to escape the Armenian Genocide , an event during which Kelikian 's three sisters had been killed .
Kelikian was an Armenian orthopedic surgeon and native of Hadjin in the Ottoman Empire .