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President’s Message

I would like to congratulate the APCNA executive committee and the general membership on yet another very successful and productive Annual Spring meeting at the ACC this March in Chicago.

As you all know, this is the fi fth year of APCNA and in this early stage our association has clearly earned the respect and trust of its members. � is was evident in Chicago where we saw an unprecedented increase in our membership!

� e meeting in Chicago was exemplary in all other respects as well. Among the highlights of the evening was a very enlightening and captivating keynote lecture on the status of cardiovascular health in the developing world by Dr. Robert O. Bonow, the Goldberg Distinguished Professor at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. He shared, among other things, his close emotional association with Pakistan that was nurtured in his childhood when his father was posted in Pakistan. His lecture struck a special chord in the APCNA membership and resonates loud and clear with our goal of increasing the awareness of cardiovascular health in the country of our birth!

Dr. Sultan Ahmed announced the results of the election and various committee nominations. Details can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. Dr. Javed Suleman presented a brief summary of the accomplishments of APCNA since its inception. Dr. Wajid Baig outlined the development, mission and vision of the Pakistan Pacemaker Bank. His report in this issue of our newsletter sheds further light on the goals of this Bank.

Summer has arrived and we are fast approaching our Annual Summer Meeting in Washington, D.C. As in the past, this meeting is hosted at the venue of the APPNA summer meeting and we expect an enthusiastic turnout and support of our members at this occasion. Details about the upcoming Winter Meeting are detailed in Dr. Suleman’s report in this issue. At this point I would like to remind our members to plan for this meeting and help by collecting and donating cardiac healthcare supplies.

As usual we expect an energetic response from our membership in the Spring as well as the Winter meetings! We look forward to your keen participation in the various APCNA projects that are underway both here and in Pakistan. Your involvement will go a long way in promoting the Aims and Objectives of our organization.

Looking forward to seeing you in the capital!

Immad Sadiq, MD, FACC,President APCNA

PRESIDENTDr. Immad Sadiq, MD, FACC

PRESIDENT-ELECT:Dr. Asif Rehman, MD, FACC

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:Dr. Rizwan A. Karatela, MD, FACC

GENERAL SECRETARY:Syed Wamique Yusuf, MD, FACC

TREASURER:Nadeem Afridi, MD, FACC

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:Rizwan A. Karatela, MD, FACC

DIRECTOR:Liaison External Organizations.:Wajid Baig, MD, FACC

BOARD OF TRUSTEE:Chairman:Shahbudin Rahimtoola, MD, MACCMembers:Sultan S. Ahmed, MD, FRCP, SQAS. Tanveer Rab, MD, FACCZia Moiz Ahmad, MD, FACCJaved Suleman, MD, FACC

EDITOR:Munir A. Shikari, MD, FACC

COMMITTEES:Chair Education & Research Mushabbar Syed - Lexington, KY Chair Resource DevelopmentNaeem Khan - Centralia, IL Chair MembershipArshad Rehan - Columbus, OH Chair Advocacy CommitteeMohammed Haseeb -Mount Vernon, IL Chair Fellowship TrainingRizwan Khalid - Atlanta, GA

ARTICLE SUBMISSIONWe encourage all APCNA members to please submit their articles for the publication through out the year. We are also seeking cardiology news, meeting information or any news that you would like to share with other members. Articles to be submitted by Email to [email protected]. Word document, pdf or plain email format will be acceptable. � e Editor reserves the right to edit all the submitted material. APCNA

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APCNA’s Pacemaker Bank Update:� e APCNA-Rotary Club Pacemaker Bank is working well in Karachi. In many ways this life-saving project is a victim of its own success. As you know the need for Permanent Pacemakers and De� brillators in Pakistan is enormous. � e same holds true for many other countries around the world. � is leads to situations at times where the needs are far greater than the supply. Heartbeat Inter-national (HBI), Tampa, FL. depends on donations from Pacemaker Companies predominantly Medtronics and St. Jude’s for the supply of these devices. � ey are in the process of replenishing their inventory.

� e shipments of devices to Pakistan continue as sched-uled. We stay in close contact with HBI to increase the volume of these shipments. We are very thankful to our implanting physicians (Drs. Azam Shafqat, Dr.Zahid Jamal and Dr. Bashir Hanif ) in Pakistan who donate their time and expertise for this lifesaving work. � e hard work by the Rotarians under the leadership of Ovais Kohari and his team is commendable. � ey do an outstanding job tak-ing care of all the logistical issues. Heartbeat International, Pakistan, plans on a major fundraising drive to support our Pacemaker Bank. We are con� dent that all our mem-bers will support this project.

APCNA and External Organizations:Our organization has grown over the years. With this growth has come an acknowledgement and appreciation of our projects by other organizations that do similar work. APCNA and its leadership feel strongly in working with these organizations. We continue our eff orts to introduce our work to organizations such as the ACC, HBI and CCO (Coalition of Cardiovascular Organizations).

� is cooperation with ACC includes our strong support for the ACC-PAC. Our members are encouraged to work with the ACC in contacting our politicians in Congress to pass legislation which makes sense for patients and physicians. APCNA would also like to work with other cardiovascular organizations in the US and overseas in joint projects on preventive cardiology, CME conferences and the promotion of cardiac care worldwide.We continue to look at new opportunities for joint proj-ects and encourage our members to become involved in these eff orts. All of working together can achieve much more than our individual eff orts.

Wajid Baig MD FACCChairman, APCNA-Rotary Club Pacemaker BankDirector, Liaison External Organizations.

APCNA Updates:APCNA Updates:WAjid Baig, MD, FACC

Dr. Robert Bonow recieved Honorary Lifetime membership of APCNA

Professor Rab at the meeting

Dr. Naeem Khan and Dr. Syed Zubair

APCNA at ACC 2008Fifth Winter Meeting Of APCNA: With last year’s winter meeting in Peshawar, APCNA completed its fi rst round of the yearly winter meeting rotation to major metro polities of Pakistan. Now with this fi fth meeting in Karachi, we would be starting our second rotation. The tentative dates for this year’s winter meeting is December 19th and 20th. The venue will be Regent Plaza Hotel (former Taj Mahal, Karachi) which is just across the NICVD. This meeting will be a joint collaboration of APCNA and Pakistan Cardiac Society with the support of the faculties of APCNA, NICVD, DUHS (Dow), AKU and Tabba Heart Institute. On Friday, December 19th, we will be 15 state of the art presentations on common topics in cardiology. Each presentation will be of 20 minutes and will be geared towards house staff trainees and primary care givers dealing in CV diseases. There will be direct telecast of interesting interventional cases from cath lab of NICVD. On this occasion, on behalf of APCNA, we will donate CV supplies to NICVD for the use of these supplies in the indigent patients. We hope to collect supplies worth one million dollars for donations.On Day 2, Saturday, December 20th 2008, there will be simultaneous work shops on Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, CT Angiography, PVD, Carotid Stenting and Robotic Cardiac Surgery. The APCNA will conduct bedside rounds in NICVD with the host faculty and their house staff teams. Realizing the appreciation, popularity and great opportunities of learning’s, we will have more ward rounds in other hospitals also, like Civil, Tabba and Aga Khan. These hospitals rounds will be arranged a day or two before or after the two days meeting, the details of which will be announced later. For accommodations, rooms will be available on reduced rates in Regent Plaza Hotel for the week of the symposium. Transportation from the airport will be provided by the hotel. Javed Suleman, MD, FACC, FSCAI.Coordinator, 5th Winter Meeting of APCNA

Dr. Hafeezullaf from Peshawar reconized for excellence in medical education.

Dr. Arshad Rehan and Dr. Javed Suleman.

Dr. Nadeem Afridi (Tr.),Dr. Immad Sadiq (P) Dr. Wamique Yusuf (GS) Dr. Asif Rehman (P-elect) Dr. Rizwan Karatela (ED)Dr. Nadeem Afridi (Tr.),Dr. Immad Sadiq (P) Dr. Wamique Yusuf (GS) Dr. Asif Rehman (P-elect) Dr. Rizwan Karatela (ED)Dr. Nadeem Afridi (Tr.),Dr. Immad Sadiq (P) Dr. Wamique Yusuf (GS) Dr. Asif Rehman (P-elect) Dr. Rizwan Karatela (ED)Dr. Nadeem Afridi (Tr.),Dr. Immad Sadiq (P) Dr. Wamique Yusuf (GS) Dr. Asif Rehman (P-elect) Dr. Rizwan Karatela (ED)

The APCNA 5th Annual Meeting was held in Palmer Hilton Hotel in Chicago on Sunday March 30th 2008. The general body meeting and the educational lectures was very well attended by over 100 Cardiologists. THis meeting marked the fi fth year of the organization.

Prof. Dr. Robert Bonow was the Chief Guest and the Keynote speaker of the meeting. Dr. Robert O. Bonow is the Goldberg Distinguished Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 published papers. He serves on the editorial boards of 11 medical journals including Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Bonow is past-President of the American Heart Association (2002-2003). He gave a superb presentation on “Global aspect of CV diseases”. Later he was awarded the honorary membership of APCNA.

APCNA President, Dr. Rizwan Karatela, delivered a welcome address at the evening. The President presented an excellent slideshow highlighting the last 5 years of APCNA’s work. Prof. Dr. Hafeezullah of Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, was awarded the APCNA award of excellence for his services to the cardiovascular education in Pakistan. The meeting was conducted by the host Dr. Syed Zubair of Chicago.

Dr. Javed Suleman, Past President and Member BOT, spoke on past achievements and future vision for APCNA. Dr. Wajid Baig, Chairman of the Pacemaker Bank project (crown jewel project of APCNA) gave a comprehensive report on the free pacemaker bank of Karachi, and efforts to establish two more banks, each in Lahore and Islamabad / Peshawar. Dr. Mohammed Haseeb, Chairman Advocacy Committee, gave presentation on efforts of APCNA regarding advocacy and work

for ACC-PAC.

Prof. Dr. S. Sultan Ahmed, Member BOT, and Chairman of the Nomination and Election Committee announced the results of the 2008 election of APCNA, and declared Dr. Asif Rehman as President Elect 2008, S. Wamique Yousuf as Secretary 2008 and Dr. Nadeem Afridi as Treasurer 2008 of APCNA. Chairman of Constitution and Bylaws committee, Dr. Sultan Ahmed, presented the proposed amendments to the Bylaws which had been circulated to the membership before, for its fi nal approval. The amendments were unanimously approved by the general body.

Dr. Immad Sadiq, incoming President, outlined his plans for his tenure, and announced Chairs of all the standing committees. The incoming President Dr. Immad Sadiq in agreement with his EC, announced Dr. Rizwan Karatela as Executive Director of APCNA for fi ve years period. It was also noted that the APCNA’s offi cial address will be at the address of the newly appointed Executive Director, Dr. Rizwan Karatela. A 24 pages colored newsletter which was distributed on the occasion. In addition to 51 life time members, another 15 colleagues signed up on the spot and paid their dues for life time memberships.

The following are the committee formation for 2008. Liaison for External Affairs: Wajid Baig - Fall River, MA, • Chair Education & Research Committee: Mushabbar Syed - Lexington, KY, • Chair Resource Development Committee: Naeem Khan - Centralia, IL, • Chair Membership Committee: Arshad Rehan - Columbus, OH, • Chair Advocacy Committee: Mohammed Haseeb - Mount Vernon, IL, • Chair FIT Committee: Rizwan Khalid - Atlanta, GA

Dr. Asif Rehman, President-Elect APCNA

APCNA’s Mission of Donations of Cardiology Supplies and Transfer of Skills and Expertise.

Dr. Mazhar Majid is a life member of APCNA and practicing solo as interventional cardiologist in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. This would be his third year of her one month of Interventional services that he provides at the Department of Cardiology in Civil Hospital, Karachi. During his stay he performs diagnostic cath and PTCA with the local faculty,

free of cost to non-affording patients. This year again, he will be taking several hundred diagnostic catheters, several stents, cath wires, few pacemakers and medical supplies to be donated to CHK on behalf of APCNA. APCNA recognizes Dr. Majid’s dedication and hard work and congratulate him for furthering the cause and spirit of APCNA in helping poor and non-affording patients in Pakistan. More details will be posted on the APCNA website.

Dr. Mazhar Majid is a life member of APCNA and practicing solo as interventional cardiologist in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. This would be his third year of her one month of Interventional services that he provides at the Department of Cardiology in Civil Hospital, Karachi. During his stay he performs diagnostic cath and PTCA with the local faculty,

free of cost to non-affording patients.

APCNA Events:Javed Suleman, , MD, FACC

The APCNA 5th Annual MeetingHilton Hotel in Chicago on Sunday March 30th 2008. The general body meeting and the educational lectures was very well attended by over 100 Cardiologists. THis meeting marked the fi fth year of the organization.

Prof. Dr. Robert Bonow was the Chief Guest and the Keynote speaker

Dr. Immad Sadiq, PresidentDr. Immad Sadiq assumed the responsibility as the President of APCNA at the spring meeting. He is currently practicing as an Interventional Cardiologist in Rhode Island.

Dr. Asif Rehman, President-ElectAt the APCNA annual spring meeting in Chicago, Dr. Rehman was elected the President-Elect for 2008. He is currently practicing as an Interventional Cardiologist in Long Island, NY.

Dr. S. Wamique Yusuf, General SecretaryAt the Annual APCNA meeting at the ACC Convention in Chicago, Dr. Yusuf was elected as the General Secretary of APCNA. He is currently practicing as Noninvasive cardiologist in Houston, TX.

Dr. Nadeem Afridi, TreasurerAt the Annual APCNA meeting at the ACC Convention in Chicago, Dr. Afridi assumed the responsibility as the Treasurer of AP-CNA. He is currently practicing as Nonin-vasive cardiologist in Boston, MA

Dr. Rizwan Karatela, Executive DirectorAt the Annual APCNA meeting at the ACC Convention in Chicago, Dr. Rizwan Karatela was appointed to be the fi rst Executive Di-rector of APCNA. He is currently practicing as Nononvsive Cardiologist in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Dr. Immad Sadiq, Dr. Immad Sadiq assumed the responsibility as the President of APCNA at the spring meeting. He is currently practicing as an Interventional Cardiologist in Rhode Island.

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Dr. S. Wamique Yusuf, At the Annual APCNA meeting at the ACC Convention in Chicago, Dr. Yusuf was elected as the General Secretary of APCNA. He is currently practicing as Noninvasive cardiologist in Houston, TX.

Dr. Asif Rehman, At the APCNA annual spring meeting in Chicago, Dr. Rehman was elected the President-Elect for 2008. He is currently practicing as an Interventional Cardiologist in Long Island, NY.

Dr. Nadeem Afridi, At the Annual APCNA meeting at the ACC Convention in Chicago, Dr. Afridi assumed the responsibility as the Treasurer of AP-CNA. He is currently practicing as Nonin-vasive cardiologist in Boston, MA

Dr. Rizwan Karatela, At the Annual APCNA meeting at the ACC Convention in Chicago, Dr. Rizwan Karatela was appointed to be the fi rst Executive Di-rector of APCNA. He is currently practicing as Nononvsive Cardiologist in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Executive Director of APCNA Appointed:

Since the formation of APCNA over fi ve years ago, and its exponential growth over this period, it was greatly felt by the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees of APCNA, the need to have continuation and consistency in all its activities year after year. The address of the organization was changing every year to the then elected President’s address. The banking, book keeping and accountings were also working on year to year basis. The newsletter was mailed form a different address every year. When dealing with other organizations like ACC, APPNA and pharmaceutical industry, we were providing new address of APCNA every January 2001. All these were not giving an image of continuation.

Keeping in view the diffi culties, the Executive Committee of 2008 in consultation with Chairman, CAB & L Committee and original writer of our constitution, Prof. S. Sultan Ahmed, and the Board of Trustees, approved the idea of nominating an Executive Director of APCNA. Our current President, Dr. Immad Sadiq, proposed Dr. Rizwan Karatela’s name as the fi rst Executive Director of APCNA. It was unanimously approved by the EC. The appointment of Dr. Karatela for fi ve years as ED of APCNA, was fi nally approved by the General Body in its Annual Meeting in Chicago in March 2008.

Since taking charge as Executive Director of APCNA Dr. Karatela has taken APCNA to a new height. The offi cial web site (www.apcna.net) was overhauled and is made more user friendly and interactive. He has consolidated the banking and accounting which was initially in a remote town in Illinois, to his town and address, where he could work directly with the bank and the accountant on more regular basis. The newsletter is now being published more regularly and consistently. There are many more merits to Dr. Karatela’s appointment, but among all, the biggest achievement is updating and maintaining the data base of APCNA’s annual and life members.

Looking from the rear view mirror, APCNA has achieved a lot in a short period of time, and now looking forward through the windshield, a bright future of APCNA lies ahead of us.Javed Suleman, MDMember BOT APCNA

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