American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

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The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) is a professional association for Indian American physicians.

The association is based in Chicago and was founded in 1984. As of 2019, it claims a membership of 80,000 physicians.[1]

Doctors of Indian origin[]

As of 2019, there were about 938,980 active physicians in the US;[2] Indian-origin physicians account for at least 8.5% of the total physician population.[3]

It is noteworthy that India provides the largest number of International Medical Graduates to the US in absolute numbers.[4] More generally, India has been an important source of medical doctors for foreign countries since the 1960s.[5]

Jagdish Tytler controversy[]

In June 2004, AAPI became involved in a controversy for its invitation to Indian Minister for NRI Affairs Jagdish Tytler to be honored at a dinner gala.[citation needed]

Various human rights and Sikh groups threatened to hold demonstrations at the venue and the invitation to Jagdish Tytler was withdrawn.[6] Tytler resigned from the Indian government after being indicted by the official Nanavati Commission of inciting mobs for violence.[7][8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "AAPI USA". AAPI USA. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. ^ https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/workforce/interactive-data/active-physicians-largest-specialties-2019
  3. ^ https://www.aapiusa.org/
  4. ^ https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsa050004
  5. ^ https://peh-med.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1747-5341-3-24
  6. ^ "Members".
  7. ^ "Data" (PDF). www.witness84.com. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  8. ^ "Nanavati report: Credible evidence against Tytler". Rediff.
  9. ^ "Congress.gov - Library of Congress". www.congress.gov.

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