Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) health scare began creeping into America earlier this year, Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN has been a fixture on the cable television, as he broke down the virus, its symptoms and the precautions, preventions and cure. Now, as the full blown pandemic has completely changed the way Americans lead their lives, there are several Indian Americans who have come into national and international limelight.
Dr. Amit H. Sachdev, an interventional gastroenterologist, who’s in his mid-30s, is the only Indian-American among 15 White House Fellows selected to the 2019-2020 Class of this prestigious program, the White House announced on Oct. 28. The Birmingham, Alabama- born, and upstate New York-raised Sachdev, who hails from a family of physicians and is an endobariatrics subspecialist.
The organization’s new president, Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Naresh Parikh, announced the two-pronged agenda shortly after taking the reins from Dr. Gautam Samadder at the conclusion of AAPI’s 36th annual convention at the Greater Columbus Convention Center July 4-8.
From both coasts to the U.S. heartland, Indian-American hopefuls are taking their chances: Longshots among Democratic congressional candidates challenging GOP incumbents include Gayatri Agnew, a senior executive at Walmart Foundation, who ran unopposed in the May 22 primary for District 93 in Arkansas.
Entrepreneur and attorney Suneel Gupta is receiving highly visible campaign support from his high-profile older brother — CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta — in a video that describes, in part, the siblings’ childhoods.
The American Pain Association (APA) has launched its “Turn the Tide Summit” to address the challenges and strategies surrounding the nationwide opioid epidemic, beginning with an event Dec. 13 at the Rowan University Medical School in Camden, New Jersey.
