Nashville, my hometown, was the venue of the annual APPNA Fall meeting. The meeting was held at the gorgeous Gaylord Opryland resort. The welcome reception was held at the iconic JT restaurant in downtown Nashville. It exceeded our expectation with over 50 attendees joined on a gorgeous evening. Live music, roof top access and a trip of the downtown culminated at the famous Siegenthaler bridge over the Cumberland River. According to attendees this was a welcome departure from previous receptions. Majority of participants enjoyed this evening that finished with warm pink chai on the Cumberland River.
Friday and Saturday morning CME activity provided 8 hours of well thought out topics. They were well attended with positive feedback. I personally would like to thank the CME chair and Co-chair, doctors Saadia Khan and Mohammad Ali for their hard work and dedication and conducting this program.
This year the host committee arranged a bus tour of the city of Nashville as well as a trip to the Parthenon museum, this was high light of Saturday and over 50 participants enjoyed a visit to Athena.
Friday evening theme was Cowboys and Country music. The entertainment hall was dressed as such and Jessica provided the music and a brief dance kit. It was well received as many members joined with country out fits and hats.
The penultimate day included the morning CME session followed by a lunch time Session 101. The central point being social political and organization involvement. The APPNA Stalwarts Drs. Omar Attique and Arif Ahmed gave very thoughtful insights into organizational involvement and ground level participation.
The APPNA executive committee session was well attended.
The dinner and Saturday Entertainment session exceeded capacity. Over 500 participants were in session. This year the central theme was healthcare disparity. Mr. Mark Yancy, CEO Nashville Health, gave his intake on healthcare inequity followed by thought provoking speech by Key note speaker Dean Vanderbilt, Professor Donald Brady.
President Durrani used his official address to highlight the flood situation in Pakistan and initiated a fund raiser.
On behalf of the Nashville host committee, I would like to thank the executive committee APPNA and specifically President Durrani for inviting us to Host the meeting. I personally would like to thank all the members of host committee specially Dr.Hana Khan for the hard work and commitment and organizing a Well attended meeting beating in a short time.
Best, till next time
