CHICAGO (TIP): Continuing its initiatives under COVID-19 care, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) and Heartfulness Wellness team invites all healthcare and medical professionals, caregivers, and covid care volunteers across the world for a series of webinars titled, “Virtual Covid Education Series”. These virtual sessions can be accessed without any fee at https://hfn.link/covideducation. The education series is presented in collaboration with Medicover Hospitals and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI). The sessions will be conducted by specialist doctors from India and the US with several years of experience in hospitals of international repute. The sessions will be broadcast over Heartfulness Wellness YouTube channel at http://hfn.link/covideducation at 6pm IST as per the schedule given here.

This virtual education series commences on Wednesday 26^th May 2021. The first topic in the series is, Steroids in Covid: Using Without Abuse by Dr. Nanda Kishore, Consultant – Critical Care, Medicover Hospitals.

The topic will delve into critical points including, the phase of illness when steroids are initiated, the types of steroids, form, dosage, duration, time of steroid initiation, the effective use of a combination of steroids and immunomodulators and also minimizing the side effects.

The eminent international panel of experts from various parts of the worlds for the session include Dr. Jayaram Thimmapuram, MD, MRCP, Internal Medicine, Wellspan York Hospital, USA, Dr. Manish Bharti, Consultant and Intensivist Incharge, Prince Sultan Cardiac and Research Centre, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Jose Chacko, Consultant Intensivist, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Dr. Chanra Sekhar Koneru, MD Internal Medicine, Athens, Alabama, USA. Dr. Ganshyam

Dr. Sharath Reddy, Executive Director, Sr. Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Director – CTO & Complex PCI Director – TAVR and Structural Heart Disease, Dr. Ganshyam M Jagathkar, Director Critical Care, Medicover Hospitals, Dr. Ravi Kolli, MD, President elect AAPI, Psychiatric Medical Director – SPHS, Director of a OP MH/DA PROGRAM covering 60,000 patients in multiple locations, Board Certified Psychiatrist with additional qualifications in Addiction, Forensic and Geriatric Psychiatry Past Clinical Assistant professor, University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University and Past President of ATMGUSA & RMCANA are the moderators for these sessions.

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