APPNA NOW - September 2022 eNewsletter: President's Message, , Pakistan Flood Relief Efforts, APPNA Convention and Event Information

September 2022 Edition

APPNA President's Message

My dear APPNA family,

Thank you so much for your gracious support and generosity, we raised over $500K in our recent online fundraiser.

I cannot even fathom the amount of pain and suffering our country men and women are facing due to the current floods. Children displaced from homes, families loosing all their belongings, dealing with hunger, illness and death.

I count on you, to support APPNA’s efforts to help Pakistan in this difficult time.

Please donate generously to our APPNA flood relief efforts. We are in it for long haul.

We will keep our membership up to date regarding our ongoing relief activities.

We are a few weeks away from APPNA fall convention at Meeting will be held at Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN from September 22-25, 2022.

Our host committee has worked tirelessly to make this a memorable event, from excellent CME, entertainment to organizing tours of the beautiful city of Nashville. I am looking forward to meeting all my friends and share our achievements and endeavors in the current year.

Long live APPNA!

APPNA Flood Relief Efforts

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APPNA 45th Annual Convention

July 13-17, 2022

Harrah's Atlantic City, New Jersey

Dear Colleagues,

APPNA Summer Convention was held this year at the Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City New Jersey from July 13-17, 2022. In APPNA’s History this was the first-time summer convention was held in NJ. Our dedicated Summer Host Committee volunteered countless hours to make this a very memorable summer convention for all the attendees.

APPNA hosted Premier of Pakistani movie “ London Nahi Jaunga “attended by Humayn Saeed and Mehwish Hayat in person . Keeping kids and younger audience in mind “The Masters of Illusion” magical show was a huge success. One of the well-attended forums this year was Makalma- Javed Ahmed Ghamidi kay Saath. Top class entertainment was presented by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists and singers. APPNA Art Competition was held for kids and teens. The theme was: My Culture My Identity. Their artwork was showcased and auctioned after the competition. Funds raised through this auction were donated to charities and gifted to the participants. The ever-famous Bazaar with more than 200 retail, non-retail, and corporate booths, showcased their businesses and displayed their products and services. 3 day CME Program provided the attendees with state of art lectures and hands on workshop , attendees were able to collect 12 CME hrs in addition to claiming MOC credits.

Inauguration ceremony on Wednesday was followed by Poolside reception with high tea and melodious music by Renowned Pakistani violinist Ustad Raees Khan. Evening Entertainment was hosted by New Jersey Chapter. Thursday was our Cultural night reflecting all our provinces in the décor and authentic cuisine. For first Time in Appna History Annual Mushaira hosted renowned poets like Amjad Islam Amjad and many other well-known names from all around the Globe . Friday being Alumni night was very well represented by 14 different Alumni groups.

Mental health served as main theme this year; mental health awareness walk was very well attended. Saturday was our annual Banquet night followed by Halwa Puri Nashta next day as we bid farewell to all the convention guests until we meet again next year. It was a great honor for me to serve as Chair of summer convention, am thankful to Dr. Haroon Durrani for bestowing me this responsibility and my entire host committee especially Dr. Jamil Mohsin and Dr. Imran Amir for all their time and efforts in making this a very successful and well attended Summer Convention,

Regards,

Shehla Siddiqui, MD

Chair Summer Convention 2022