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A PrOFIlE

Dr. Anupama Gotimukula: Committed to strengthen

and Make AAPI A Premier Healthcare leader

ajay GhOsh
New York

r. Anupama Gotimuku-
la, who will be assuming
Dthe leadership role as
the President of AAPI during
the upcoming Annual Conven-
tion on July 4th in Atlanta, GA
has been playing a critical role
in coordinating and leading AA-
PI’s numerous efforts to help In-
dia, as our motherland has been
impacted by the recent ongoing
Corona pandemic disaster
The soft spoken, thought-
ful and visionary leader,
Dr. Gotimukula is the only
4th Woman elected to be the
President of American Asso-
ciation of Physicians of Indian
Origin in its nearly four decades
long history. Dr. Anupama says board-certified Pediatric An- communications platforms for forts as she believes: “Our voice
“I like to hope. I am a passion- esthesiologist, practicing since Indian American Physicians should be heard at the Corridors
ate people-person with a pleas- 2007, is affiliated with Christus and keep the members well of power at the federal, state
ing personality. I strive to be Santa Rosa, Baptist and Meth- connected. “Patience, Perse- and local levels focus to address
an empathetic team leader and odist Healthcare systems in San verance, Passion and Positive IMG issues, Visa/Green card
good listener, always seeking Antonio. Attitude,” are her mantra to issues, increasing Residency
and doing my best to achieve the After graduating with dis- be successful in leadership. Slots, Medicare Physician pay-
team’s goals,” tinction from Kakatiya Medi- She realizes that leadership ment cuts, Malpractice liability,
As a woman leader, being cal College, NTR University of is a skill and these attributes and other healthcare issues that
the leader of the largest ethnic Health Sciences in India, she within her have been well rec- impact the South Asian and the
physician medical organization did Residency at University of ognized by the physician com- larger American society.”
in the United States, Dr. An- Miami & University of Illinois, munity locally and nationally. Her biggest achievement in
upama wants to make AAPI a and Fellowship in Pediatric An- As a woman leader and as life so far is “Being what I am
premium healthcare leader, pri- esthesiology at University of the elected leader of a diverse today, a physician, a leader, and
marily focussing to improve and Michigan. organization such as AAPI, a humble human being and be
reform the current healthcare Narrating her childhood Dr. Gotimukula is aware of the able to give back to my society,”
system and help towards making ambitions “my parents always many challenges she is likely to says Dr. Gotimukula.
a better healthcare model for encouraged and nurtured me encounter as AAPI’s President. Among the goals for AAPI,
the patients; create awareness the skills to be a leader and this “As leader of the largest physi- the visionary woman leader
projects on major chronic dis- positive culture influenced me cian ethnic nonprofit organiza- says, “With the collaboration,
eases burdening our health care throughout my childhood,” re- tion with diverse cultures, yes, cooperation and support of the
system through Lifestyle modifi- calls Dr. Gotimukula, who grew challenges are expected.” Executive Committee, and the
cations ; establish a support sys- up in a family of engineers at Enumerating some of the entire AAPI family, I want to
tem to members going through Regional Engineering College programs for AAPI to serve the build a strong support system
racial discrimination in the US; Campus all her childhood. diverse members of AAPI across to protect the IMG physicians
support AAPI legislative efforts As the President of AAPI, the nation, Dr. Gotimukula and their issues and help with
to make healthcare better and Dr. Gotimukula will work to- wants to have collaborative ef- physician burnout. I will further
affordable to all and promote wards “strengthening the orga- forts with Specialty, Alumni, and the existing educational goals
charitable activities globally; nization’s mission, encourage Chapter societies for the physi- and charitable goals and engage
A resident of San Anto- participation of more young cians. On the Legislative front, member physicians to support
nio, TX, Dr.Gotimukula is a physicians, develop the best Dr. Gotiumukual will initiate ef- these goals.”

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