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anupama gotimukula-led leadership
vows to take aapi to newer heights
Our Bureau work as an Emergency Physician at Rutgers
Chicago, IL Robert Wood Johnson university hospital in
NJ serving our local community and teach-
r. Anupama Gotimukula, President ing at the Medical school as Assistant Profes-
of American Association of Physi- sor in Emergency Medicine.”
Dcians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has Dr. Ravi Kolli, President-Elect is a
vowed to make AAPI a premium health- Board-Certified Psychiatrist with addition-
care leader, primarily focusing to improve al qualifications in Addiction, Geriatric and
and reform the current healthcare system Forensic Psychiatry, and serves as Psychiat-
and help towards making a better healthcare ric Medical Director of Southwestern Penn-
model for the patients; create awareness sylvania Human Services. A former Clinical
projects on major chronic diseases burden- Asst. Professor of Psychiatry, University of
ing our health care system through Lifestyle Pittsburgh and West Virginia University, Dr.
modifications; establish a support system to Kolli had served as the President-Elect in
members going through racial discrimination 2020-21, Secretary of AAPI 2019-20, Region-
in the US; support AAPI legislative efforts to al Director of AAPI 2017-18, Past President
make healthcare better and affordable to all of Pittsburgh Chapter of AAPI (TAPI), Past
and promote charitable activities globally. President of Rangaraya Medical College
During a solemn ceremony attended by Alumni of North America and as the Past
hundreds of AAPI delegates from around President of Association of Telugu Medical
the nation, Dr. Anupama Gotimukula and Graduates in USA.
a new executive committee, consisting of Dr. Dr. Satheesh Kathula, Secretary of AAPI
Ravi Kolli, President-Elect; Dr. Anjana Sa- said, “I want to assure that I will sincerely
madder, Vice President; Dr. Satheesh Kathu- work for the betterment of our beloved or-
la, Secretary; Dr. Krishan Kumar, Treasur- ganization, AAPI.” A board certified hema-
er; Dr. Kusum Punjabi, Chair, Board of tologist and oncologist from Dayton, Ohio,
Trustees; Dr. Soumya Neravetla- President, practicing Medicine for nearly two decades,
Young Physicians Section; and, Dr. Ayesha Dr. Kathula is a clinical professor of medi-
Singh, President, Medical Student/Residents cine at Wright State University- Boonshoft
& Fellows Section; assumed charge of AAPI school of medicine, Dayton, Ohio. He grad-
during the 39th annual Convention at the uated from Siddhartha Medical College, Vi-
fabulous and world famous Omni Atlanta at jayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1992.
CNN Center and Georgia World Congress He has been actively involved in community
Center on July 4th, 2021. service locally, nationally and internationally
A resident of San Antonio, TX, for the last two decades. He has been award-
Dr.Gotimukula is a board-certified Pediat- ed with the “Man of the year-2018, The Leu-
ric Anesthesiologist, practicing since 2007, is kemia and Lymphoma Society. ’”
affiliated with Christus Santa Rosa, Baptist Dr. Krishan Kumar is a pediatric emer-
and Methodist Healthcare systems in San gency medicine physician in East Meadow,
Antonio. After graduating with distinction New York and is affiliated with multiple hos-
from Kakatiya Medical College, NTR Uni- pitals in the area, including Nassau Universi-
versity of Health Sciences in India, she did ty Medical Center and North Shore Univer-
Residency at University of Miami & Univer- sity Hospital. A recipient of the prestigious
sity of Illinois, and Fellowship in Pediatric Parvasi Bharatiya Diwas Award, Dr. Krishan
Anesthesiology at University of Michigan. Kumar, served as the Chair and Program
As a Healthcare Leader, Dr. Gotimukula Director, Department of Pediatrics, Nas-
recognizes that “AAPI has power. We have sau University Medical Center, from Janu-
legitimate respect and trust of our commu- ary, 2017-April 2019. Dr. Kumar is a Clini-
nities in every corner of America. AAPI will cal Professor of Emergency Medicine at NY
leverage that power of our purpose and net- College of Osteopathic Medicine and Clini-
works to help address specific challenges re- cal Professor of Pediatrics at NY College of
lated to affordable healthcare delivery. that year. I then went to Philadelphia and Osteopathic Medicine. He has served as the
Holding leadership roles while a student, completed my residency in Emergency Med- Medical Director, Fire Police EMS Acad-
Dr. Punjabi says, “I was the Class President icine from Drexel University - Hahnemann emy- County of Nassau, NY from 2000 to
in medical school and got the Deans Award University Hospital. For the past 12 years, I January 2019.
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