APPNA NOW - October 2021 eNewsletter: President's Message, APPNA Election Results, APPNA MERIT Update and APPNA COVID & Social Welfare Disaster Relief Efforts

October 2021 Edition

APPNA President's Message

APPNA Election Results 2021

The results of this year's election for 2022 officers were announced on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at the Fall Council Meeting. Following are the winners of this year's election.

President-Elect 2022: Arshad Rehan, MD

Secretary 2022: Asif Mohiuddin, MD

Treasurer 2022: Joseph Emmanuel, MD

I would like to thank the NEC members for their hard work during the entire election cycle. We thank Dr. Aisha Zafar, Dr. Humeraa Qamar and Dr. Tayyab Rana for participating in this democratic tradition of APPNA.

Ashraf Sabahat, MD

Chair, Nominations & Election Committee

APPNA Fall Convention 2021

October 21-24, 2021 Dallas, Texas

Click here to view Fall Convention Photo Album

APPNA MERIT UPDATE

APPNA COVID Efforts & Social Welfare Projects

APPNA/ICNA Relief Efforts

-Sunday, October 24th, 2021

APPNA/ICNA Relief organized a winter drive and mobile clinic free community health fair at Northgate Village apartments in Dallas, TX.

Dr Abdul Rashid Piracha (Past president APPNA), Dr Haroon Durrani (president elect APPNA) and myself participated during the distribution of winter supplies including blankets, hoodies, caps, socks, gloves, hygiene kits and hot meals to mostly Afghani and other well deserved refugees families.

Over 150 refugee families received above mentioned winter supplies, hot meals, and free health screenings including blood pressure, blood sugar and BMI testing.

Physician consultation was provided by Dr Mohammed Abrar and Pharmacist Sister Naveen, they also provided free Covid-19 vaccines including Booster shots, Covid-19 education and awareness to the participants.