SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS
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M. Rashid Abbasi, MD
Oncology & Hematology Specialists, Morristown Memorial & St Claire Hospitals, NJ

Kavita P. Ahluwalia, DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor, School of Dental/Oral Surgery, Columbia University

Shazia Anam Akram, MPH
Founder and Chair, Board of Directors, The South Asian Health Project

Rohit R. Arora, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology at the Chicago Medical School and Chief of Cardiology and Vice Chairman of Medicine at the North Chicago VA Medical Center

Michael L. Barnett, DDS
Interim Associate Dean for Research, UMDNJ-NJDS

Jyotsna Changrani, MD, MPH
Assistant Director for the Center for Immigrant Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Upendra J. Chivukula
Assemblyman, New Jersey Legislature General Assembly

Anita Chopra, MD, FACP, CMD
Director, Center for Aging, Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-SOM

Shamita Das Dasgupta, PhD, DVS
Manavi, Inc. and NYU Law School, New York, NY

Gem P. Daus, MA
Director of Policy, The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Agnelo B. Dias, EdD
Clinic Administrator, Asian Outreach Program of Queens Child Guidance Center

Sunanda Gaur, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, AIDS Program,
Division of Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease, UMDNJ-RWJMS

Chandak Ghosh, MD, MPH
Medical Consultant with DHHS/HRSA, New York Regional Office, Founding Board Member, The South Asian Health Project

Linda J. Holmes, MPA
Executive Director, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

Sunit P. Jariwala, MD
Recent Alumnus, UMDNJ-RWJMS and National Service Chair, American Association of Physicians of Indian origin, Medical Students/Residents/Fellows (AAPI-MSRF)

S. Jay Jayasankar, MD
President, Boston Medical Library; Former President, American Association of Physicians of
Indian Origin (AAPI)

Wahida Karmally, DrPH, RD, CDE
Director of Nutrition, Irving Center for Clinical Research, Columbia University Medical Center

Rajendra Kapila, MD
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, UMDNJ-NJMS

Parag Khandhar, MPA
Board Member of the South Asian Health Project

Gopala Kovvali, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Carcinogenesis, President, Foundation for Research on Cancers among Asian Americans

Mona Mahal, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease, UMDNJ-RWJMS

Julie O'Sullivan Maillet, PhD, RD, FADA
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Research, UMDNJ-SHRP

Arnab Mukherjea, MPH
Co-Chair, Board of Directors (2004-2006), South Asian Public Health Association (SAPHA)

Satish C. Mullick, DMD, MSD
Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, UMDNJ-NJDS

Maya Raghuwanshi, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Director of Diabetes
Clinic, UMDNJ-NJMS

Nirmala Rajakumar, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-NJMS

Aruna Rao, MA
Director of Education Programs, New Jersey’s Alliance for Persons Affected by Mental Illness (NAMI)

Sabiha R. Sadiq, MA, DMSP
Consultant and Volunteer Community Worker

Virender Sethi, MD
Director of Cardiac Catheterization Center at Hackensack Hospital Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UMDNJ-NJMS

Sujata Warrier, PhD
Director, New York City Program, New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

Michelle Wien, DrPH, RD, CDE
Assistant Professor, Graduate Programs in Clinical Nutrition, Department of Primary Care, UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions

Sunil J Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, UMDNJ-RWJMS


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