American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

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 29.5% 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.

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human rights and Sikh groups threatened to hold demonstrations at the venue and the invitation to Jagdish Tytler was withdrawn.[6] Tytler resigned from the Indian government after being indicted by the official Nanavati Commission of inciting mobs for violence.[7][8][9]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. "Active Physicians in the Largest Specialties, 2019".
  3. https://www.aapiusa.org/
  4. Mullan, Fitzhugh (2005). "The Metrics of the Physician Brain Drain". New England Journal of Medicine. 353 (17): 1810–1818. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa050004. PMID 16251537.
  5. Wright, D.; Flis, N.; Gupta, M. (2008). "The 'Brain Drain' of Physicians: Historical antecedents to an ethical debate, c. 1960-79". Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. 3: 24. doi:10.1186/1747-5341-3-24. PMC 2613146. PMID 19000306.
  6. "Members". 25 April 2015.
  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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