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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know Community News India Times January 07, 2022 8 T he Global Association of Physicians of Indian Ori- gin, GAPIO, has named members of the organiza- tion deserving honors for their achievements in 2021. In order to recognize the achievements and contribution of GAPIO members to healthcare, aca- demics, research, innovation and community locally or internationally across the globe, Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) has started circula- tion of a Monthly Honors’ list beginning from the month of July 2021, the organization said in a press release, Dec. 29, 2021. The monthly honors list covers the achievements of GAPIO members under the following categories: 1. Any kind of Awards won at National and Interna- tional level 2. Academic honors such as appointment as an Examiner / Guide for PhD, MCh and DM candi- dates/ Fellows etc. 3. Fellowships conferred 4. Exceptional clinical achievements such as the first in the region/ state/ country 5. Elected position to professional bodies (Medical associations/ Doctors’ associations/ Specialty associations) 6. Paper publications in indexed peer reviewed journal 7. Book/s published/ edited 8. Chapter/s contributed to books 9. Community service camps organized 10. Any charitable activity 11. Any unique procedure/ Innovation in surgery/ Diagnostics / Radiology and Radiation therapy or in any medical or surgical specialty 12. Clinical honors such as appointment as an Advi- sor to the prestigious organizations / Govern- ments The current Honors’ list includes the achievements of GAPIO members from the previous two calendar months. It includes New Jersey-based Padma Shri recipient Dr. Sudhir Parikh, chairman of Parikh Worldwide Media which publishes Desi Talk and News India Times. By a StaffWriter Global Association Of Physicians Of Indianorigin Honors High-Achieving Members Following is the list of GAPIO member- physicians honored: Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, Chairman of the Center for Asthma & Allergy Associates of Murray Hill, New Jersey, Chairman & Publisher-Parikh World Wide Media, ITV Gold (24/7 TV Channel) and Life Global, Patron Trustee and Senior Advisor of AAPI Chari- table Foundation, Awardee - Pravasi Bharatiya Samman and Secretary General of Global Association of Physi- cians of Indian Origin (GAP- IO), has been honoured with “Human Rights Leader of the Year Award” by New York City Administration and President of Manhattan Borough on December 10, 2021 Dr. Jugal Kishor Sharma, Medi- cal Director, Central Delhi Diabetes Centre, New Delhi conferred with ‘Honorary Doc- tor of Science (D.Sc. Honoris Causa)’ by Hemwati Nandan Bahugana Uttrakhand Medical Education University, Dehra- dun, state government uni- versity of Uttarakhand in the convocation held on Decem- ber 6, 2021 at Dehradun Dr. Ashish Aneja , Internal Medi- cine consultant fromKuruk- shetra, India, received ‘Best Doctor in Diabetes Care’ award 2021 fromRSSDI during Annual Conference of RSSDI 2021. Dr. N Ramakrishnan , Director, Critical Care Services, Senior Consultant in Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Chennai and his team has published the following article in journal Wellcome Open Research in November 2021: Impact of COVID-19 on non-COVID intensive care unit service utilization, case mix and outcomes: A registry-based analysis from India. Dr. Arun Prasad , President of Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI), 2018-20 and President of International MGB-OAGB Club for Bariatric Surgery was invited as a Fac- ulty for the FALS Bariatric 2021 Conference held at Kolkata from 3rd to 5th December 2021. He has also been invited to be part of the examining team for MRCS Part B OSCE – Delhi Hybrid – 17 January 2022. Dr. (Prof) Rajesh Taneja , Senior Consultant and Advisor, Urology Andrology and Robotic Surgery at Delhi, delivered a guest lecture on “Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis in 2021” during the session of 41st Congress of the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU), held in conjunction with the 10th Emirates International Urological Conference of the Emirates Urological Society (EUS) from November 10–14, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Ramesh Mehta, UK, OBE, a renowned pediatrician of national and interna- tional repute, Fellow of RCPCH, Founder President of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) and immediate past President of the Global Asso- ciation of Physicians of Indi- an Origin (GAPIO), has been felicitated by Organizing Committee of International Conference of COMHAD and BAPIO UK for delivering Late Dr. VR Pandurangi oration with scroll of Honour on December 12, 2021. Dr. Tarun Gupta , Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon at HIMSR and HAHC Hospital, New Delhi has been awarded the “IMA NDB Award of Excellence” from Indian Medical Association New Delhi Branch on the occasion of IMA New Delhi Branch Accolade Convention held on November 14,2021 at Indian international Centre, New Delhi. He was also selected as First Time Ever Executive Committee Representative from Department of General Surgery at Hamdard Insti- tute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) and HAHC Hospital to the Delhi State Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India and ratified in the GBM at SURGICON 2021 on Nov. 21, 2021 at IHC. Dr. Varadaraj Velamoor , Profes- sor of Psychiatry, Western, Lakehead, and Laurentian Universities, Canada, has published the following article with fellow experts: “Symptom Frequencies and Correlations with Tempera- ture Variations in Suspected Cases of Neuroleptic Malig- nant Syndrome (NMS)” pub- lished in European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, November 2021. Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda , Immediate Past President of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), has been formally conferred with “Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)” by the Consul Gen- eral of India, Atlanta Dr. Swati Kulkarni at a ceremony on December 1, 2021. His award was first announced.during the 16th edition of the Annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, held virtually on January 9th, 2021. Dr. (Prof.) Raju Vaishya, Sr. Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at New Delhi has been elected as an Editorial Board Member of Interna- tional Orthopaedics (SICOT) - A prestigious and high- impact Orthopaedic journal. Dr. Raju Vaishya has also published several articles in respected medical journals. Photo:courtesyGAPIO