Read about Inaugural Clinical Knowledge Development Program by GAPIO

The first inaugural Clinical Knowledge Development Program was organized by Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) in association with Apollo Hospitals, at Auditorium, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi on 28th July 2019. This was the first program in the series of total 12 programs.

Program was inaugurated by Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group and Founder President of GAPIO in the presence of world renowned oncologist, Padma Shri Dr. Datta Nori, from Sloan Kettering Hospitals, USA, Chairman of Radiation Oncology Unit at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, Prof. N K Ganguly, Former Director General – Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals, Vice President of GAPIO, Dr. Subramanian, Director Medical Services, Apollo Hospitals, Mr. Shiv Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Hospitals, Southern Region, Mr. C P Tyagi, Head Finance, Apollo Hospitals, Delhi along with senior consultants from Fortis Hospitals, Max Hospitals, Columbia Asia Hospitals and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Dr. Nazir Arab, member of President’s Council of GAPIO from Tanzania, Dr. Rajiv Sinha, Secretary, IMA, South Delhi, Dr. Anjan Bhattacharya from Kolkata, Dr. Geeta Batla, Head – Medical, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Dr. Binit Shekhar, Deputy Head – Medical, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).

There were 4 sessions on Cardiology, Diabetes, Oncology and Nephrology.

Dr. Datta Nori, International Director – Apollo Cancer Centres, Dr. S K Wangnoo, Senior Consultant, Endocrinology, former physician to President of India, Dr. Sai Satish, Senior Consultant – Structural Cardiology and Dr. Sanjiv Jasuja, Senior Consultant, Nephrology gave their talk on following topics:

Benefits of Clinical Knowledge Development Program:

  1. Clinical Knowledge Development.
  2. Skill Development.
  3. Exposure to cutting edge technologies and latest clinical developments in healthcare.
  4. Handholding and guidance for career path by mentors and career adoption.
  5. Watching of videos, live webinar and webcasts will be on complementary basis. 

The inaugural event on Clinical Knowledge Development Program will be organised on Sunday, 28th July 2019 at Auditorium, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. 

Renowned speakers, Padma Shri Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori, International Director – Oncology Services, Apollo Hospitals Group and Chairman of Radiation Oncology Unit at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, Dr. S K Wangnoo, Senior Consultant, Endocrinology, former physician to President of India, Dr. Sai Satish, Senior Consultant – Structural Cardiology and Dr. Sanjiv Jasuja, Senior Consultant, Nephrology will address the younger generation of medicos during this program. 

In 2017, GAPIO had launched a Leadership Development Program in order to enhance soft skills of young medicos. GAPIO has conducted 17 soft skills enhancement training workshops at Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Guwahati, Mumbai, Indore, Pune, Bilaspur, Mysore, Vizag, Madurai and Bhubaneswar.

  1. “Newer Developments in Radiation Oncology”
  2. “Newer Developments in Diabetes Management”
  3. “What’s new in Nephrology” and,
  4. “Transcatheter Therapies – No patient is left behind”

These four sessions were chaired by:

List of Chairpersons for Clinical Knowledge Development Program
Chairperson Sessions
1. Dr. Sujeet Jha – Director of Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Max Hospitals

2. Dr. Rakesh Prasad – Senior Consultant, Endocrinology, Fortis Hospital, Noida

 Diabetes
1. Dr. Rajesh Bansal – Head of Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Centre, Metro Hospital, Noida

2. Dr. Rajesh Kumar – Former Head of the Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant at Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi

 Nephrology
1. Dr. Vipul Roy – Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, New-Delhi

2. Dr. Pradeep Jain – Senior Consultants, Interventional Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, New-Delhi

 Cardiology
1. Dr. Dipanjan Panda – Consultant, Medical Oncology at Apollo Hospitals, New-Delhi

2. Dr. Sapna Manocha – Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology, Apollo Hospitals, New-Delhi

 Oncology

This program was accredited with 2.5 credit hours by Delhi Medical Council (DMC).

Total 230 delegates participated in this event which closed over a lunch.

Glimpses of the program are given below: