Six Telugu doctors got elected to the largest ethnic medical society in the US, the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in USA. The body represents the interests of over 100,000 Indian-American physicians and about 25,000 medical students/residents of Indian heritage in the USA.
AAPI is an umbrella organization has over 150 local chapters, specialty societies and alumni organizations. For over 30 years, Indian physicians have made significant contributions to health care in USA. Almost 10-12% of medical students entering US schools are of Indian origin.
Dr. Suresh Reddy MD, MHM (Health Management and Policy), current secretary of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has been elected as the Vice President. He will automatically become the President without election in the 2019-20. Dr. Suresh Reddy is the Medical student of Kakatiya Medical College and native of Warangal District in Telangana.
Previously Dr Suresh Reddy was the President of Association of Telugu Medical Graduates of USA, which represents all the Telugu Medical Graduates living in USA (ATMG- USA). He was also the president of Osmania, Gandhi, Kakatiya and Telangana Medical Alumni of USA (OGKTMA).
Along with Dr Suresh Reddy, the five other Telugu doctors elected for significant posts include Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagaddaas Secretary. He was the medical student of Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada. Dr. Anupama Gotimukula elected as the treasurer. She belongs to Warangal and Graduated from Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal.
Dr. RavindraKolli, Dr. SriniPotluri and Dr. Hemath Reddy also Telugu Doctors elected unanimously as Regional Directors of the organisation. Dr Satheesh Kathula and Dr.Sreenivas Gangasani are also presently serving as the trustees in AAPI.
Dr. Seema Arora, Dr Amit Chakrabarty and Dr Hemant Dhingra were elected for the board of trustees. After being elected Dr. Suresh Reddy vowed to take the more than three-decades-old organization to new heights and rope in more young doctors. Our goal will be to train at least 25,000 people under one roof (especially first responders, school teachers, and lay people) in CPR(Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) which will be a Guinness record. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR, is an emergency procedure that combines chest compression often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
Along with other Telugu doctors, Dr. Hanmanth Bejjanki, Dr. Srivasa Chebrolu and Dr. Sujeeth Punnam, Dr. Suresh Reddy have discussed with the Health Minister of Telangana Dr. Laxma Reddy and Bhongir MP Dr. Narsaish, regarding donating life saving defibrillators(Automated External Defibrillators) to several ambulances in Telangana soon.
An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, Dr. Suresh Reddy informed.
Dr. Suresh Reddy said Each of these AEDs cost US $ 2000/- and cheaper versions are also available. We are looking to work in tandem with the Ministry of Health in the state in implementing this project. Ambulances will be fitted with these devices, he added.
The Newly elected Vice President, Dr. Suresh Reddy, had many illustrious years of service to the medical community and to AAPI, is chief of radiology at Hines Medical Center, associate professor of radiology at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago, and affiliated faculty in the department of neurosurgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
As chief of interventional neuroradiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for almost a decade, Dr Reddy had been involved in the highly specialized techniques and art of treating aneurysms and strokes in the complex part of our body, the brain. He is also extensively trained to do procedures on the spine, some of which include doing complex procedures and Kyphoplasties in the very inaccessible regions of the spine.