He felt that the ties of fraternal love that bound the alumni body could only strengthen APPNA. Thus KEMCAANA survived as a separate vibrant organization with main emphasis on its interaction with the alma mater. As a result other alumni organizations also became active in pursuit of delivering to their alma mater and at the same time more activity gradually build up from these platforms to strengthen APPNA.
The local chapters of APPNA have evolved over the years
in several states with our chapter now being 6 years old.
Although The Greater St. Louis chapter has over the years
seen a lot of activity but the membership strength could be
better. Just as in the central APPNA where alumni from all
medical schools are represented it will be great if we engaged
the alumni from different schools in the local chapters to
make concentrated effort to bring their members to the unified
platform and learn from each others experience.
We can start here from St. Louis and encourage creation
of local alumni representatives to be responsible for bringing
in their peers for active involvement without losing the
focus of a unified chapter with the goal of reaching out and
giving back to the community as a well disciplined group.
Best Regards,
M. Haseeb, MD, FACC
APPNA President Elect 2011
APPNA Secretary 2010
