APCNA Office

President 2011-2012

Dr Friends and Colleagues:

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the APCNA website. I have been given the honor to be the next president of this organization. It is indeed a huge challenge, but one that I hope to fulfill with your support and guidance.

We have just concluded another successful year with landmark achievements. I strongly feel that it is the unique teamwork that this association is bestowed with that we have been able to do so many things in such a short span of time.

While our efforts have bore fruits in the form of successful projects such as; the APCNA-Rotary Club Pacemaker Bank in alliance with Heartbeat International, the BLS program with Pakistan Medical Association and the Initiative of Cardiovascular Prevention program for the indigent population of Pakistan, we must continue to strive for more new ideas and concentrated efforts to continue our work in future.

In the coming year, several major tasks lay ahead of us. It is clear that cardiovascular disease is fast becoming the dominant health care issue in the developing world and Pakistan is no exception. APCNA hopes to collaborate with health care institutions in Pakistan to increase cardiovascular health awareness, disease prevention and management. Another area we will be concentrating here in USA is to broaden our network of Pakistani Cardiologists in sharing information to enrich ourselves professionally while strengthening our bond of heritage. We will be creating the database of APCNA members who are actively involved in teaching and in leading positions in the fellowship programs. This will pave the way to introduce the regular contributions of their research work in APCNA’s annual meetings.

I look forward to your help in implementing some of the ideas. Your active participation in APCNA activities is the key to our success. I look forward to working closely with all of you.

Nadeem Afridi, MD FACC

Nadeem Afridi, MD FACC

1. Academic Cardiologist and teaching associate at Massachusetts General Hospital
2. Global Health Program at Massachusetts Hospital. Focus: Translational Research and models of intervention for Prevention of Non Communicable Diseases in low to middle income countries.
3. Consultant for Agror Pharma: Poly pill research and development in Pakistan
4. Primary Investigator: NCD research at Indus Hospital, Karachi Pakistan