Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA)

The Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America (APPNA) represent more than 15,000 physicians and health care professionals of Pakistani descent serving across the United States and Canada. The Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America (APPNA) is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to fostering scientific development and education in the field of medicine and to delivering better health care, irrespective of race, color, creed, or gender. APPNA is one of the largest ethnic medical societies in North America representing more than 15,000 physicians and health care professionals of Pakistani descent serving across the United States and Canada.

Mission:
• To support medical education and research.
• To advance the interests of medicine and medical organizations.
• To foster scientific development and education in the field of medicine for the purpose of improving the quality of medicine and delivery of better health care, without regard to race, color, creed, sex or age.
• To facilitate a greater and better understanding and relations amongst Pakistani physicians and between them and the people of North America.
• To support the efforts of those who would preserve, protect and enhance the reputation and services of the medical profession in general and Pakistani physicians in particular.
• To assist newly arriving Pakistani physicians in orientation and adjustment.
• To institute ways and means to cooperate with other medical organizations in North America.
• To encourage medical education and delivery of better health care in Pakistan, specifically by arranging for donation of medical literature, medical supplies, and by arranging lecture tours, medical conferences, and seminars in Pakistan.
• To participate in medical relief and other charitable activities both in Pakistan and in North America.