(New York, NY; April 26, 2016): For
over three decades, the Association of American Physicians of Indian
Origin (AAPI) has been in the forefront, educating, informing,
advocating and providing a forum for the over 100,000 members whom it
represents to have a collective voice in the healthcare industry in
the United States.
The fluid political
climate in the nation makes the healthcare industry and those who
provide and benefit from healthcare services ever more challenging.
Now, as the healthcare industry is rapidly evolving with the
changes constantly impacting the providers, the Government, and
patients, AAPI is once again playing a lead role in bringing together
leaders from across the spectrum to discuss and provide insights into
what to look for in the year 2020 in the healthcare sector.
Fareed Zakaria, a world renowned
journalist and author will lead this in-depth
Healthcare 2020 CEO Forum by AAPI, which will look at the major
global developments in the rapidly changing healthcare sector, with
an emphasis on new ideas and innovative solutions to America’s
complex healthcare related issues.
“We are proud to have
the Fareed Zakaria leading this prestigious forum,†says Dr. Seema
Jain, President of AAPI. “Representatives from the healthcare
industry, including leading CEOs from hospitals, pharmaceutical
companies, academicians, intellectuals and physicians, who will focus
on the changing trends in the healthcare sector and how they impact
the providers, hospitals and corporations as well as the patients.
The Forum will also offer insights into managing efficiently the
growing costs in the delivery of healthcare services,†she added.
Fareed Zakaria writes a
foreign affairs column for The Post. He is also the host of
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and a
contributing editor for The Atlantic. Before being named to his
position at time in October 2010, Zakaria spent 10 years overseeing
Newsweek’s editions abroad and eight years as the managing editor
of Foreign Affairs. He is the author of “The Post-American Worldâ€
(2009) and “The Future of Freedom†(2007).
Born in India, Zakaria received a B.A. from Yale College and a Ph.D.
from Harvard University.
“The AAPI CEO Forum, planned to be
held on June 30th from 4 to 6 pm will help the delegates at the
Convention in New York City at the prestigious the Marriott Marquis,
Time Square in New York from June 30th to July 4th, 2016 better
understand the recent trends in the delivery of healthcare to
millions across the nation,†said Dr. Rita Ahuja, Chair Person of
the Convention Committee.
Anwar Feroz, AAPI’s Honorary Advisor,
says, “The CEO Forum will focus on the changing trends in the
healthcare sector and how they impact the providers, hospitals and
corporations as well as the patients. The Forum will also offer
insights into managing efficiently the growing costs in the delivery
of healthcare services.â€
“With the changing trends and
statistics in healthcare, both in India and US, we are
refocusing our mission and vision, AAPI would like to make a positive
meaningful impact on the healthcare delivery system both in the US
and in India,†Dr. Seema Jain says.
Representing the interests of the over
100,000 physicians of Indian origin, leaders of American Association
of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic
organization of physicians, for 34 years, AAPI Convention has
provided a venue for medical education programs and symposia with
world renowned physicians on the cutting edge of medicine.
Dr. Seema Jain says, “Physicians and
healthcare professionals from across the country and
internationally will convene and participate in the exchange of
medical advances, to develop health policy agendas, and to encourage
legislative priorities in the years to come. We look forward to
seeing you in New York!†For more details, and sponsorship
opportunities, please visit: www.aapiconvention.org
and www.aapiusa.org
