President’s Message

Inderpal 2024

Inderpal Chhabra , M.D.

Dear Members of AAPIQLI,

I am honored to serve as the President of AAPIQLI for the year 2024. As we move forward, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the importance of our organization and the role it plays in the healthcare community of Queens and Long Island.

AAPIQLI was founded in June 1995 with the goal of representing the interests of all physicians of Indian origin in Queens and Long Island area. Over the years, AAPIQLI has become the largest ethnic physician organization in New York, consisting of about 1000 members. It is the largest chapter of AAPI in the US. The organization provides a platform for physicians of Indian origin to come together and work towards the betterment of the community, and promotes diversity and inclusion in healthcare.

As we look ahead, I am excited to continue the work of our visionary founding members, past presidents, and the AAPIQLI leadership throughout all these years. Our main objectives are Education, Encouraging Research for students, Community service, Charitable work, Mentorship, Physician practice related issues and to involve culturally to celebrate the rich and diverse culture of India, along with recognizing their peers’ achievements. We will continue to provide cutting-edge medicine during our monthly educational programs, which ends with our Annual CME Symposium and research competitions to encourage medical research towards the end of the year. We will also continue to support Medical Students of Indian Origin by sponsoring Summer Scholarships at the Hofstra Medical School for several years and continuing to do so. We will help to find internship opportunities for aspiring medical students and international graduates in the area and help them with their admissions to residency programs. As a service to the Community, AAPI-QLI conducts Health camps, Blood drives, provides free flu vaccines, eye care, dental care, and preventive medical care to the poor and needy in the community. We undertook obesity awareness campaigns in schools and for veterans of our nation. Even during the testing times of COVID, AAPIQLI continued to fulfill its objectives and spearheaded the community movement in collaboration with several local organizations to provide education, medications, supplied test kits/Masks to the people and provided food for the health care workers. Every year AAPIQLI provides charitable contributions to numerous organizations, food kitchens, senior care centers and during any natural calamities. Culturally, AAPIQLI is an integral part of the society of Long Island. It engages in activities in collaboration with local cultural organizations such as IALI, AIA, TLCA, NYTTA etc. AAPIQLI members celebrate Diwali every year together on a grand scale. In addition to fulfilling the above objectives this year AAPIQLI will be exploring the possibilities to coordinate with govt sponsored programs and explore to have our own meeting space.

I look forward to working with all of you to continue to make AAPIQLI a success. Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Inderpal chhabra MD FACP

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