American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin AAPI Journal
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AAPI Journal American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Spring 2018 www.aapiusa.org 1 www.aapiusa.org TABLE OF CONTENTS TOPICS # Editor’s Report - Ravi Jahagirdar, MD 4 President’s Report - Gautam Samadder, MD 5 Chair BOT Message - Ashok Jain, MD 7 President - Elect’s Message - Naresh Parikh, MD 8 Young Leadership Report - Kusum Punjabi, MD 9 Executive Committee 10 Regional Directors 11 Board of Trustees 12 AAPI’s Historic Global Healthcare Summit ,2017- Anjana Samadder, MD 13 Physical Survival in US Healthcare - Joseph Challi, MD 16 Doctors, Its time for us to get off the sidelines - Venugopal Menon, MD 17 Violence in Schools: Time to Be the Change - Dr. Nirupama Madduri 18 Wanterpreneur to Entrepreneur - Kusum Punjabi, MD 21 TB Free India - AAPI's Dream - Manoj Jain, MD 22 Increasing Nicotine use in Indian Youth, Impending chronic kidney disease epidemic - Mehul 23 Dixit, MD Kaziranga - Udita Jahagirdar, MD 34 Grasping an elusive diagnosis probing the mystery of undiagnosed groin, lower abdominal and 36 pelvic (UGAP) pain. - Dr. Pramod Wasudev Toxic Chemical exposure of farmers in India: Prevention strategies. AAPI JagtialClinic distributes 37 free protective gear - Jagan Ailinani,MDFACR A Multiple Probiotic Therapy to treat or prevent hospital acquired infections- Malireddy S. Reddy, 38 DVM, MS, Ph.D. What has AMA achieved "On the Hill" for Doctors? - Vidya Kora, MD 39 Integrated Medicine The Smart Approach - Pudupakkam K Vedanthan, MD 40 Update on the AAPI activities at the AMA - Vijaya Appareddy, MD 41 Understanding the Human Being An Ayurvedic Perspective - Hari Sharma, MD, DABIHM 42 The Great Journey Pre-med/Medical Students Externship 2018-19 - Veena Gandhi 44 My medical mission trips to India - Venkit S. Iyer, MD 46 AAPI Takes Its Legislative Agenda to Capitol Hill 48 03 www.aapiusa.org XXXX_Abbott_SJM Balloon_R1F_out.indd 1 9/22/17 9:29 PM EDITOR’S REPORT PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The strong support association, we are committed to unify AAPI by We, the AAPI Publication Committee, take pleasure to present this edition of our Journal for this year 2017 - 18. The response has continued to be enthusiastic, as 18 articles and dedication breaking down the barriers of various regions, are offered with two poems and seven reports. The decision to make the submission from an excellent languages, medical education within the process on a continual round the year basis has been welcomed by the writers. executive organization and bringing everyone together as a committee, whole rather than separate fragments. A noticeable shift has been to increased submission of medical topics, and if this particularly Dr. trend continues, future efforts could be directed to making the academic articles peer reviewed. Naresh Parikh In order for AAPI to retain our influence, we must (President Elect) mentor and develop the next generation of doctors A special section this year has been created for the AAPI candidates contesting for and Dr. Ashok Jain in leadership. I want to encourage medical students, various positions at the upcoming AAPI Elections. This service provides a platform for (Chairman, the residents, fellows and all second-generation Indian them to reach out and connect with the electorate, as these Journals are mailed out to Board of Trustees) American physicians to be actively involved in 16,000 Members. Ravi Jahagirdar, MD this year has been both local and national level for building a strong Editor, AAPI Journal Our thanks to the President Dr. Gautam Samadder for his encouragement at all levels, remarkable in so association focusing on leader development and and to each individual member of this Committee for their efforts to help with the Gautam Samadder, MD many ways. strengthening our professional relations. editing and proofreading, to Ms Vijaya Kodali at the AAPI Office for organizing the material, and Ms Arpita Chedda for President, AAPI AAPI’s mission We the physicians of Indian origin are proud of arranging the articles for final publication. has been to have our great achievements and contributions to our Please enjoy the 2018 AAPI Journal - the Spring Edition. our voices be heard by the people making the motherland, India, our adopted land, the US and in a laws. AAPI must succeed in bringing to very significant way to the transformation of the the forefront the many important Indo-US relations. healthcare issues facing the PUBLICATION COMMITTEE physician community and A new phase in our relationship and raising our voice unitedly AAPI will succeed in collaboration with the American before the US lawmakers. Our bringing to the forefront Medical Association has been the many important health membership is our strength care issues“ facing the initiated. AAPI will succeed in and as the 2nd largest physician community and bringing to the forefront the many medical association behind raising our voice unitedly important health care issues facing the AMA, we cannot stay before the US Congress the physician community and members. silent any longer. raising our voice unitedly before the US Congress members. I want to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to AAPI The American Association of Physicians Beejadi Mukunda, MD Nirupama Madduri, MD Radhu Agrawal, MD delegates and the Congressmen for of Indian Origin was pleased to support the taking the time out to come and support AAPI’s nomination of Dr. Jerome Adams for United States agenda at the national level. The powerful voice” Surgeon General, currently serving as Indiana of the leaders and members of the American Health Commissioner with a proven leadership Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), record with a steadfast dedication to improve the was heard on Capitol Hill on Thursday, April 12th at lives of the communities around him. the annual Legislative Day. Addressed by dozens of lawmakers from both the Republican and Democrat I was happy to visit numerous AAPI Chapters in my parties, the event was a forum for AAPI to have its efforts to engage the midlevel AAPI Leadership – voices heard on the corridors of power and giving the Regional Directors in bringing them closer to us a voice in shaping the healthcare policies and the mission and vision of AAPI and contributing to programs of the nation. the cohesiveness of this large organization and its Ravi Nathan, MD Tarang Sharma, MD members. As President of AAPI, the nation’s largest ethnic www.aapiusa.org 04 05 www.aapiusa.org AAPI with the collaboration and cooperation from AAPI Local Chapters was successful in organizing AAPI took the initiative to improve the Health and Healthcare of Overweight and CHAIR BOT MESSAGE Obese Veterans along with other My dear AAPI My dream is development of AAPI leadership organizations including WHEELS Global Colleagues, academy under leadership of the young physicians. Foundation (WGF), Global Association They are our future. of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) The AAPI 2017/2018 and VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS year has started with Our BOT has dynamic members. Dr Amit Chakrabarty (VFW) and MOVE! Weight Management flurry of important is engaged in fundraising efforts for AAPI to support Program in developing the “Veteran events and overseas hurricane Harvey rebuild efforts, and support the Obesity Awareness Campaign”. Leaders trip under the able Lymphoma and Leukemia Society by arranging Talat representing each of these groups leadership of Dr Aziz shows in nine cities. signed the official document, pledging Gautam Samadder to work together in the campaign and his young and Dr Hemant Dhingra is working hard on develop a supporting atleast one hundred VA energetic executive new osteopathic medical school in California where facilities throughout the United States. team. AAPI and its members would be active participants, Ashok Jain, MD in addition to start a new primary care residency Recognizing AAPI’s role in supporting BOT Chair, AAPI The South Africa CME program in Fresno, California. a Nine City Musical Tour by Talat Aziz and NJ and contributing to the many rising challenges trip was a success and Musical Gala, which helped raise 100K for victims of of our adopted country, AAPI has been in the very well organized. It was a monumental task with Many thanks to Dr Madhu Agarwal for a successful Hurricanes across USA. forefront, contributing immensely to meet the 250 member and family members joining the trip. year as BOT chair and many accomplishments. She ongoing needs of the larger society. has been mentoring me this year. Continuing with supporting noble causes, AAPI has During Independence Day celebration week, our YPS/ taken on yet another cause to promote through its AAPI’s recent meeting with the Association of MSRP group arrangeda a very informative leadership Dr Samadder is working hard to make GHS in Kolkata active support by officially launching a campaign Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America retreat at Indian consulate in New York. As always our a big success. He has the full support from all at the against Leukemia and Lymphomas, by donating (APPNA) and the Bangladeshi Medical Association young and dynamic BOT member Dr Kusum Punjabi BOT 100K to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of of North America (BMANA) was intended to lay mentored and coordinated the retreat that was a full America on March 10th during the annual AAPI the groundwork to provide South Asian-American house. Thank you Drs. Roshan Shah, Atul Nakhasi and Spring Governing Body meeting in Freemont, physicians a seat at the table in both organized Pooja Kinkhabwala for a job well done. CA and committing to make efforts in educating medicine and mainstream policy discussions. people about the deadly disease around the world. The MOU signed by the groups would seek to establish a coalition of South Asian Physicians in North America (SAPNA) which will collaborate MISSION: on strategic opportunities to address health and AAPI is a forum to facilitate and enable Indian American Physicians to excel in patient care, teaching wellness of South Asians in North America and the and research and to pursue their aspirations in professional and community affairs.