PROGRAM SCHEDULE
| FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2026 | ||
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| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| MAYFAIR LAGOON | ||
| 6:30 am – 7:30 am | Yoga & Meditation | Dr. Amit Shah (USA) Dr. Arti Prasad (USA) AYUSH India |
| SWOSTI PREMIUM - CHANAKYA HALL (Sponsored by KALINGA HOSPITAL) | ||
| 9:00 am – 1:00 pm | SCIENTIFIC FORUM (ASSORTED CME) PROGRAM WITH MULTIPLE SPECIALISTS FROM USA AND INDIA: AN INTERACTIVE SESSION Co-Chair: Dr. Atasu Nayak |
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| 9:00 am – 9:25 am | METABOLIC SYNDROME, A HIDDEN EPIDEMIC | Prasun K. Jalal, MD (USA) Stan and Sue Parlee Endowed Chair of Hepatology and Director of Metabolic Clinic Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 9:25 am - 9:50 am | THE CHANGED LANDSCAPE OF TREATMENT FOR HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES | Arun Panigrahi, MD (USA) Professor of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT University of California |
| 9:50 am - 10:15 am | EMPOWERING CHANGE: AAPI ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL GAPS IN INDIA | Lokesh Edara, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI (USA) Assistant Clinical Professor WMU Schools of Medicine |
| 10:15 am - 10:40 am | CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION: EVIDENCE, AWARENESS, AND ACTION FOR ODISHA | Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nayak MD, FICOG, PhD |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | PSA TIGHTROPE BALANCING. EARLY DETECTION WITH OVER DIAGNOSIS | Amit Chakrabarty, MD, MS, FRCS, FICS Board-Certified Urologist Chairman, Urologic Clinics of North Florida Director, Center for Continence and Female Pelvic Health |
| 11:05 am - 11:30 am | NEW DATA AND TECHNIQUES IN MANAGEMENT OF CAROTID STENOSIS | Uttam Tripaty, MD Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon Houston, TX |
| 11:30 am - 11:55 am | FINAL CROSS ROADS - NAVIGATING THE THIN RED LINE IN THE ED AND ICU | Dr. Ajit Kayal Senior Anaesthesiology and Intensivist Professional, London |
| 11:55 am - 12:20 am | AAPI STEM CELL DRIVE IN INDIA | Shashi Kuppala, MD Chairman, AAPI Stem Cell Drive |
| 12:20 pm - 12:55 pm | New paradigms in Joint surgery: Joint preservation & Arthroscopy | Speaker: Prof.(Dr) Ranajit Panigrahi Kalinga Hospital |
| Moderation and Concluding remarks and advantages of robotics | Moderator: Dr Sanjeev Patnaik | |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm | CUTTING EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UROLOGY WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE FIELD (Recorded Surgery Demonstration) (Involving Robo-Technology) (CME) Simultaneous broadcast in KIMS and Swosti Premium | Chair: Ashok Hemal, MD (USA) Co-Chair: Amit Chakrabarty, MD (USA) Moderators: Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik Dr. Prasanta Nanda |
| KALINGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (KIMS) | ||
| 9:00 am – 3:00 pm | AAPI MASS CPR TRAINING EVENT FOR STUDENTS (HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE) | Coordinators: Dr. Dillip Panda (Director, KIMS) (India) Dr. Sathya Swaroop Patnaik (Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organizations, Odisha) (India) Advisor: Vemuri S Murthy, MD (USA) |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | CUTTING EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UROLOGY WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE FIELD Chair: Dr. Ashok Hemal Co-Chair: Dr. Amit Chakrabarty Moderators: Dr. Jagat Ballav Jagdev Consultant Urology, KIMS, Bhubaneswar Dr. Sumit Kumar Panda MBBS,MS,MCH (Urology) Associate professor & Head, Urology, KIMS Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik Dr. Prasanta Nanda | Main Auditorium |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Dr. Jagat Ballav Jagdev | Mihir M. Desai, MD, MPH, FRCS (Glasg.) Dua Family Professor of Urologic Oncology Vice-Chair, Innovation Director of Robotic Surgery Chair, Department of Urology Research Council Department of Urology University of Southern California |
| 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm | Consultant Urology, KIMS, Bhubaneswar | Sij Hemal, MD Assistant Professor of Urology (Robotic Urologic Oncology) University of Southern California (USC) Institute of Urology Los Angeles, CA |
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Single port robotic surgery as an emerging technique in the management of cancer prostate | Ram Pathak, MD Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic Vice chair research |
| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Focal Therapy in management of Cancer Prostate: Changing the field | Soroush Rais-Bahrami, MD, MBA, FACS William H. Boyce Endowed Chair in Urology Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Wake Forest University Department of Urology 1 Medical Center Boulevard | Winston-Salem, NC 27157 |
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm | Nerve preservation in radical prostatectomy: A paradigm shift | Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.) Professor and System Chair, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology Mount Sinai Health System, Chair of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Tisch Cancer Hospital at The Mount Sinai Hospital |
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Q&A Session and Panel discussion | Dr. Ashok Hemal Dr. Amit Chakrabarty |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Robotic bypass surgery and heart transplant | Kenneth K Liao, M.D., Ph.D., FACS Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Circulatory Support Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | SESSION 2: AAPI AYURVEDA CONSORTIUM (CME) – PARALLEL SESSION Team Leaders: Dr. Amit Shah (USA) Dr. Arti Prasad (USA) Mr. Rajesh Kotecha (AYUSH, INDIA) | Seminar Hall 1 |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Welcome Opening Remarks | Dr. Amit Shah Dr. Arti Prasad Mr. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Current State of Research in Ayurveda in India | Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan PhD, FNASc, FAMS, AYUSH, India |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Emerging Trends in Integrative Ayurveda and Whole Health in the United States | Dr. Arti Prasad MD, FACP. ABOIM, CPE, USA |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Current State of Research in Ayurveda in North America | Dr. Charles Elder MD MPH FACP ABOIM (Executive Director, Fellowship MS in Integrative Medicine and Ayurveda, USA |
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Practical Application of Ayurvedic Principles in Chronic Disease Management | Dr. Amit Shah MD ABOIM (Chair of the AAPI Ayurveda Consortium), USA |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Ayurvedic Product development – Research and Safety | Mr. Ram Shrivastava Mrs. Rinie Vohra, MAPI |
| 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm | Q&A | |
| 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | SESSION 3: AAPI-IMG SECTION UPDATE - AIDS IN NAVIGATING CHALLENGES FOR IMGS TO RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN USA EXCLUSIVE TEACHING SESSION FOR RESIDENTS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS – PARALLEL SESSION | Amit Chakrabarty, MD, MS, FRCS (USA) President, AAPI Urvish Patel, MD Inderpal Chhabra, MD Regional Director, AAPI |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 am | SUICIDE CARE IN TWO WORLDS: COMPARATIVE LESSONS FOR PRACTICE, POLICY, AND PRACTICAL TIPS Chair: Dr. Tarak Vasavada Co-Chair: Dr. Swati Mishra | Confernce Hall 8 |
| 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm | Warm welcome & overview of goals | |
| 2:10 pm - 2:35 pm | Suicide in India: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Current Prevention Programs | Dr. Amrit Pattojoshi |
| 2:35 pm - 3:00 pm | Addressing Family Stress, Trauma, and Substance Use in Suicide Risk Evaluation | Dr. Srinivasa Gokarakonda |
| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | EASE (Emotional Assessment of Students by Educators): A Collaborative Youth Suicide Prevention Program in Andhra Pradesh | Dr. Aparna Vuppala |
| 3:20 pm - 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | A Youth-Led Movement to Transform Adolescent Health & Fight Gender Inequality in India | Anupam Sharma, PhD |
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Physician, Heal Thyself: Mental Health, Suicide Risk, and the Implementation of Prevention Programs | Tarak Vasavada, MD |
| 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm | Engaging Panel Discussion | Panel |
| 4:50 pm - 5:00 pm | Closing remarks, sharing feedback, and resources | Swati Mishra, MD |
| 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm | POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Medical Students, Residents etc. from India & USA | Coordinators: Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) Dr. Priyanka Kolli (AAPI MSRF) |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | HANDS ON SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS | Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) |
| SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2026 | ||
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| MAYFAIR LAGOON | ||
| 6:30 am – 7:30 am | YOGA & MEDITATION | Dr. Amit Shah (USA) Dr. Arti Prasad (USA) AYUSH India |
| SWOSTI PREMIUM | ||
| 8:00 am - 9:30 am | BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLE ON INTEGRATIVE AYURVEDA (By invitation only) | Dr. Amit Shah (USA) Dr. Arti Prasad (USA) AYUSH India |
| KALINGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (KIMS) | ||
| 9:00 am - 11:.00 am | ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN GLOBAL MEDICAL PRACTICES; PRESENT & FUTURE Chair: Dr. Suresh Reddy Co-Chair: Dr. Inderpal Chhabra | Main Auditorium |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | AI in Action in Healthcare | Mr. Kinjal Saxena, Chief Product and Technology Officer, AIG Hospitals |
| 9:15 am - 9:30 am | Beyond Human Diagnosis: Road to Medical Superintelligence | Dr. Suvrankar Datta, MD Simons-Ashoka Faculty Fellow at the Koita Centre for Digital Health, Ashoka University. India. |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Digital Conscience: Navigating Ethical Frontiers in Medical Artificial Intelligence | Dr. Suresh Reddy, MD Formerly Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology BIDMC Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, MA. USA |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | AI in Radiology - a platform approach built in India for the world | Dr. Vidhur Mahajan, MD CEO, CARPL. AI |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | AI- Enhanced Patient education without increasing clinician workload | Priyaa Jain, MD Head of Medical Affairs, HealthIQ Inc. – Japan (MagIQWave LLP – India) |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | AI Challenges and pitfalls and the mitigation strategies | Inderpal Chhabra, MD Chief Medical Officer Cirrus Health Services, New York |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Panel discussion and QA | Dr. Suresh Reddy Dr. Inderpal Chabra Dr. Abhishek Kashyap Dr. Shubham Anand |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Inauguration, Lighting of the Lamp ceremony and Welcome Address - 45 mins 1. Host Leaders 2. AAPI President 3. Address by the Chief Guest & Others | |
| 2:00 pm-5:00 pm | RESUSCITATION & EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE WORKSHOP & AI-BASED MULTI-SPECIALTY CLINICAL CASE DISCUSSION (CME) Chair: Dr. Vemuri S. Murthy Co-Chair: Dr. Atasu Naik | Main Auditorium |
| 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm | Introductions | |
| 2:05 pm - 2:30 pm | 2025 AHA Resuscitation Guidelines Objectives: 1. To summarize key updates and practice-changing recommendations from the 2025 AHA Resuscitation Guidelines. 2. To discuss evidence-based advances in high-quality CPR, early defibrillation, and post–cardiac arrest care. 3. To apply the updated AHA resuscitation principles to real-world clinical case scenarios. | Dr. Joginder Solanki AHA |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Sudden Cardiac Arrest research in India Objectives: 1. Epidemiology of Sudden cardiac arrest and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in India 2. Research on OHCA in India 3. Strategies to improve OHCA survival in India. | Dr. Srinivas Ramaka MD, DM, FIAE, FACC, FAHA, FCSI, FTAS, FRCP |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | National Emergency Life Support (NELS) Program of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India Objectives: 1. Five days National Training Program for all graduate doctors of India; an effort by Govt. to train all doctors in life care support in emergency situations. 2. A conglomeration of 3 short Emergency Life Saving courses such as BLS, ACLS and ATLS. 3. Significant importance for hands-on-training, for perfect learning of different life saving activities, in emergency. | Dr. Debasish Swain, MD (Anaesthesiology) Fellow Cardiac Anes, Fellow Critical Care Medicine, ATLS, NELS |
| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Cutting-edge Emergency Medical Care Practice 1. Hands-on Workshop with Advanced Simulation Technology using SimMan3G Plus (Courtesy: Laerdal India) 2. AI (Robot-Based) Clinical Case Discussion | Program Director: Vemuri S. Murthy, MD, MS, FAHA, FICS Lead Faculty: Dr. Lt. Col. Y. Ashok, MD,DA,DNB,FICM Dr. Ashok Kumar Badamali, MD, FIECMO, MBA (IIM-R) Dr. Abanibhusan Jena, MD FCCM, Dip CMH(NIMHANS), FACEE Dr. Suresh Karne, MD, PhD Dr. Basanta Mohapatra, MD Dr. Arun Panigrahi, MD Dr. Anjali Gulati, MD Dr. Atasu Nayak, MD Dr. Abhishek Kashyap, MBBS Mr. Jagan Antharam (Laerdal India) |
| GENERAL SESSIONS | ||
| 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Medical Students, Residents etc. from India & USA | Coordinators: Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) Dr. Priyanka Kolli (AAPI MSRF) |
| 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | HANDS ON SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS | Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch | |
| Parallel Sessions (Individual Rooms @ KIMS) | ||
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | TB ELIMINATION: INNOVATIONS AND ROADMAP FOR INDIA Chair: Dr. Manoj Jain Co-Chair: Dr. Manoranjan Pattnaik | Conference Hall 8 |
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Opening Remarks: The Case for TB Elimination | Dr. Amit Chakrabarty Dr. Manoranjan Pattnaik Dr. Manoj Jain (video message from CTD) |
| 2:15 pm - 2:35 pm | Innovations in TB Care | Dr. Suvanand Sahu Stop TB Partnership - Geneva |
| 2:35 pm - 2:48 pm | Innovations in high-risk communities. | Dr. Vijay Yeldandi Univ. Illinois, Chicago |
| 2:48 pm - 3:00 pm | Innovations for Last-Mile TB Elimination | Dr. Digambar Behera PGI Chandigarh |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Innovations in AI and TB Elimination | Dr. Manoj Jain Emory, Atlanta |
| 3:15 pm - 3:40 pm | Panel 1 | Speakers & Dr. Salil Bhargava (MGM-Indore) |
| 3:40 pm - 3:52 pm | Innovation Talk | Prof. Sindhu Nandini Tripathy SCB, Cuttack |
| 3:53 pm - 4:05 pm | Tribal TB Project in Koraput | Dr. Sonali Kar KIMS |
| 4:06 pm - 4:18 pm | Innovations in Infection Prevention and MDR TB | Dr. Sunil Kharparde Former DDG TB |
| 4:18 pm - 4:30 pm | Healthcare Worker Safety and Training: Addressing the Frontline Challenges | Dr. Narayan Mishra (Odisha University) |
| 4:30 pm - 4:55 pm | Panel 2 | Speakers |
| 4:55 pm - 5:00 pm | Closing Q/A | All |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | AAPI DIABETES AND OBESITY FORUM (CME) Chair: Dr. Dibyajiban Mahapatra (USA) Co-Chair: Dr. Smita Joshi (India) | Seminar Hall 1 |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | GLP 1- pros, Cons, Complexities | Dr. Dibyajiban Mahapatra Practicing Internist, Huntsville, AL, USA |
| 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm | Type1 Diabetes: Journey of Advocacy leading to National Health Policy | Dr. Smita Joshi Technical Expert Group (TEG) for Diabetes, Health ProMotion and Diabetes in Children Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India |
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Epidemiology of T2 DM in Odisha | Dr. Sanjay Dash Consultant Physician, Dr Sanjay’s Wellness Centre, Talcher, Odisha |
| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Type 5 Diabetes: Old wine in new bottle | Prof Jayanta K Panda SCB Medical College, Cuttack |
| 3:20pm - 3:40 pm | Break | |
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Diabetes and Infections, Adult vaccinations | Dr. Amitav Mohanty Consulting Medicine Specialist, Apollo Hospital |
| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm | Gut Microbiota in Metabolic Syndrome | Dr. Sunil Kota Endocrinologist, Faculty, MKCG Medical College Berampur |
| 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm | Lipid Management in T2DM: practical lessons for internists | Dr. Lalatendu Mohanty MD, FICP Associate Dean and Vice Principal Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha |
| 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | Obesity Diagnosis and Management: Indian perspectives | Dr. Sambit Das MD (Medicine), DM (Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), FACE Professor & Head, Department of Endocrinology, KIMS Medical College and Superspeciality Hospital, Bhubaneswar Senior consultant Endocrinologist, Endeavour Clinics |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | AAPI GHC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT/CRITICAL CARE WORKSHOP Chair: Dr. Kalpalatha Guntupalli (USA) Co-Chair: Dr. Sidharth Mishra (India) | Conference Hall 4 |
| 2:00 pm- 2:05 pm | Welcome and introduction of faculty | Dr. Kalpalatha Guntupalli Dr. Sidharth Mishra |
| 2:05 pm – 2:25 pm | Deadly Bites & Toxic Hits: What Every ICU Must Know Common Poisoning and envenomation in Indian ICUs | Dr. Alladi Mohan Professor (Senior Grade) and Head, Department of Medicine Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) Dean of Faculty, SVIMS University |
| 2:30 pm – 2:50 pm | A panting lady with a cold handshake A review of acute decompensated heart failure | Dr. Sidharth Mishra Professor and Head The Department of Emergency Medicine . Kalinga Institute of Medical Science |
| 2:50 pm – 3:10 pm | To give or not to give Evaluation of fluid status in the iCU | Dr. Harikrishna, MD, DM Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care, SVIMS, Tirupati |
| 3:10 pm – 3:30 pm | ABGs Unmasked: The Fastest Path to Clinical Clarity ABGs in ICU | B. Babu Paidipaty, MD.,MSBA.,FACP.,FCCP.,FCCM.,FIGS. Pulmonary Critical Care Consultant Health Care Management Consultant Clinical Professor of Medicine CMU college of Medicine |
| 3:30 pm – 3:50 pm | See, Think, Act: A Clinician’s Survival Toolkit Don’t miss the low hanging fruit! Art of observation of critically ill patients | Kalpalatha Guntupalli MD FCCM, FACP, Master FCCP Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Frances K. Friedman and Oscar Friedman, MD '36 Endowed Professor for Pulmonary Disorders Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 3:50 pm – 4:00 pm | Coffee break and assemble for Hands on small group sessions Pick your stations by choice or lottery |
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| Stabilize, Diagnose, Rescue: A Hands-On ER/Critical Care Bootcamp | ||
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Station 1: Dynamic volume assessment Pulmonary cases Lung, pleural effusions, Vascular | Dr. Mohan Alladi Dr. Harikrishna Ajit Kayal MD FRCA Professor of Anesthesia St George’s University of London, UK |
| Station II: ABGs – Case based discussion | Dr. Babu Paidipaty Dr. Kalpalatha Guntupalli |
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| SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2026 | ||
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| KALINGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (KIMS) | ||
| 6:30 am – 7:30 am | INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE: FOCUS: YOGA AND MEDITATION (CME) | Ms. Sheetal Arya & Team Director, Divine Life Holistic Health Centre (DLHC), Cuttack Expert in yoga, yoga therapy, nutrition, naturopathy, and counseling |
| 9:00 am - 1:00 pm | WOMEN'S FORUM Co-Chair: Kalpalatha Guntupalli, MD FCCP Co-Chair: Tapti Panda MD MBA FACOG | Main Auditorium |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Tribal Health – Challenges and Opportunities Dance program by members 15 mins | Dr Sister Aquinas Edassery Founder Swastya Swaraj Society Kalahandi, Odisha |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Medical needs of the tribal communities in India: SCDs in tribals | Dr. Sanghamitra Pati Additional Director General, ICMR, New Delhi Director ICMR-RMRC Bhubaneshwar Odisha |
| 9:50 am - 10:10 am | “Beyond Access” Social and behavioral determinants of women’s health and nutrition in India | Dr. Ramya Pinnamaneni Director Public Health Education-KIIT Bhubaneswar Odisha |
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Unmasking Imposter Syndrome: Owning Your Power | Divya Kochhar Navani, MD Founder and CEO Internal Medicine Associates, Orlando, USA Women Physicians Chair, AAPI 2024-2025 |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | A Personal Story of Loss: Fight Against Auto Immune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 | Dr. Pushpa Rao Board Member APS Type 1 USA |
| 10:50 am - 11:15 am | “From Pitch to Policy” Leveraging the cricket success for disability heathcare reform. Celebrating Four Visually Challenged Cricket Champions India's visually challenged women's cricket team recently made history by winning the inaugural Blind Women's T20 World Cup in November 2025, defeating Nepal by seven wickets in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after an unbeaten tournament run. 4 of the members of this cricket team will be honored at the meeting. |
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | “The Real and the Reel” “Science, Innovation, Cinema, and the Story of India’s Covid Vaccine Triumph” A landmark session that brings together science, cinema, innovation and leadership — celebrating the real heroes behind India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin. This dialogue bridges the laboratory and the lens, exploring how truth and storytelling together shaped one of India’s proudest public health achievements. | Dr. Priya Abraham, MD, PhD Director, ICMR–National Institute of Virology Currently Professor CMC Vellore – My challenge in the first three months on the job! A new deadly pandemic caused by Covid 19! |
| Mrs. Pallavi Joshi National Award–Winning Actress & Producer who plays Dr. Priya Abraham in the movie – How I related to the character and portrayed the challenges of the women scientists in the movie |
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| Mr. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri Award winning script writer and Director, “The Vaccine War” - Why it was important to make this movie and educate the public about the crisis of the century and bring forth the brains, sweat and blood behind the success story that was – India beat all the odds and comes out a winner! |
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| 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Medical Students, Residents etc. from India & USA | Coordinators: Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) Dr. Priyanka Kolli (AAPI MSRF) |
| 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | HANDS ON SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS | Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| SPECIAL SESSIONS: | ||
| 1. HPV AWARENESS & VACCINATION PROGRAM | ||
| Venue: | MKCG Medical College Berhampur on January 6 at MKCG | |
| Coordinators: | Chair, USA: Dr. Meher Medavaram Chair - India: Prof. Dr. Bharti Mishra Dr. Amit Chakrabarty (USA) Dr. Lokesh Edara (USA) | |
| 2. AAPI STEM CELL DRIVE INDIA | ||
| Venue: | KIMS | |
| Date: | January 9-11 | |
| Coordinators: | Chair-USA: Dr. Sashi Kuppala Chair-India: Dr. Biswajit Bhuyan (KIMS) Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) | |
| 3. AAPI CHILD WELFARE INITIATIVE | ||
| Venue: | KIMS | |
| Date: | January 11 afternoon | |
| Coordinators: | Chair-USA, Dr. Sunita Polepalle Chair-India: Mrs. Nandita Bandyopadhyay Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (GAIMS, India) | |