NEW YORK (TIP): The new leadership team of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), headed by President-elect Dr. Ravi Kolli, is set to take over during its 40th annual convention in San Antonio, Texas in June.

Dr. Kolli did not have to contest the election this year as he has been serving as the President-elect during the past year. Dr. Anjana Sammadar, AAPI Vice President, also automatically becomes the President-Elect of AAPI for 2022-23.

Nine new office bearers were announced Sunday after elections for the year 2022-23 for AAPI leadership positions by Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, current President of AAPI, and Dr. Sajani Shah, AAPI’s Chief Election Officer, according to an AAPI press release.

They are:
Dr. Satheesh Kathula as Vice President
Dr. Meherbala Medavaram as Secretary
Dr. Sumul Raval as Treasurer
Dr. Kavita Gupta, Dr. Sunil Kaza, and Dr. Malti Mehta as members of AAPI’s Board of Trustees for a three-month year term.
Dr. Pooja Kinkhabwala as President, AAPI Young Physicians Section (YPS)
Dr. Ammu Susheela as President of AAPI- Medical Student/Residents & Fellows Section (MSRF).

Dr. V. Ranga will serve as the Chair, AAPI Board of Trustees for the year, 2022-23 and Dr. Gotimukula will continue to guide AAPI as the Immediate past President of AAPI.

“I want to thank AAPI members who enthusiastically participated in the AAPI’s electronic voting process that was held over a period of nearly a month and have elected a new and dynamic team to lead AAPI, the largest ethnic medical organization in the United States in the coming year and beyond,” Dr. Gotiumukula said.

“As the incoming President of AAPI, I would like to congratulate my incoming new team for the fiscal year 2022-23,” said Kolli.

“I’m very honored and consider myself fortunate to be bestowed with the responsibility of leading the four decades old strong organization with the cooperation and collaboration of an excellent team of dedicated, hardworking, and loyal officers and executive committee members who are with me to take AAPI to newer heights,” he added.

“I am looking forward to working towards strengthening the goals and mission of AAPI and to help make AAPI a healthcare leader in US and globally and work in the best interests of our Physicians and our community here in the US and serve our motherland, India,” Kolli said.

Vice President-elect Dr. Satheesh Kathula said, “We will work together to promote our values of professionalism, collegiality, and excellence in patient care and enhance AAPI’s reputation as a premier professional organization offering educational programs and advocacy.” “Since its inception in 1982, AAPI has been in the forefront, representing a conglomeration of more than 100,000 practicing physicians in the United States, seeking to be the united voice for the physicians of Indian origin,” said Dr. Gotimukula.