Mujtaba Qazi, MD
President
The North American Medical Alumni (NAMA) of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America(APPNA) is a not-for-profit, non-political, educational, humanitarian, and charitable organization. We bring into one compact organization the eligible graduates of Pakistani descent of medical schools in the United States and Canada.
NAMA has made significant strides in 2021 and 2022. NAMA is now an independent non-profit corporation in the state of Missouri. In 2021, we launched the NAMA website https://www.appnanama.
We are especially proud of Dr. Tayyib Rana (West Virginia University School of Medicine), who campaigned for APPNA Treasurer in 2021 (https://appna.org/tayyib-
NAMA members continue to serve on APPNA committees, volunteer in APPNA service programs, go on mission trips, provide continuing education, and participate in APPNA meetings.
NAMA and the Caribbean Alumni co-hosted a Symposium at the 2021 Fall Meeting in Dallas, where we focused on professional development:
Public Service through APPNA during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tayyib Rana, MD, PCEO (West Virginia University)
From Clinician to Administrator
Sameer Siddiqui, MD, FACS (University of Missouri – Columbia)
From Surgeon to Inventor
Jafar S. Hasan, MD, MBA (University of Michigan)
The Road Less Traveled: Careers in Industry for Physicians
Bilal Khan, MBA (University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School)
We encourage APPNA members of all chapters and alumni to introduce North American medical school graduates and students to www.appnanama.org and the NAMA-Caribbean Facebook page (https://www.facebook.
We all have friends, colleagues, and children from US medical schools who are not fully engaged with APPNA, where NAMA can be their conduit to service and leadership. All they need is encouragement from you to join NAMA and APPNA.
NAMA (free membership) –
APPNA –
Sincerely,
Mujtaba A. Qazi, MD
NAMA 2022 President
On behalf of the NAMA 2022 EC