Morning CME and Poster session

 Location: State House Convention Center

08:30–08:55 am – Continental Breakfast

• 08:55–09:20 am– Cancer Screening: Guidelines, Drawbacks & Biases – Dr. Ranga Govindarajan
• 09:20–09:45 am– Career Planning & Contract Negotiations – Dr. Senthil Raghavan
• 09:45–10:10 am– Take charge of your brain health! What to do and when to seek help    Dr. Kalpana Padala
• 10:10–10:30 am– Break: Poster Viewing & Judging
• 10:30–10:55 am– Diabesity: South Asian Perspective – Dr. Dinesh Edem
• 10:55–11:20 am– Longevity: How to Add Good Years to Your Life – Dr. Suman Peela
• 11:20–11:45 am– Preventing Physician Burnout – Dr. Puru Thapa
• 11:45–12:30 pm– Lunch and Product Theater by UCB

12:45 pm – 3:00 pm – Break

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Evening Program
 Location: State House Convention Center

• 03:00 pm– Registration
• 3:00–6:00 pm– Booth Visitation
• 6:00 pm– Welcome Speech
• 6:05 pm– Chief Guest Speech
• 6:20 pm– Keynote Speech
• 6:30 pm– Annual Excellence Award
• 6:40 pm– Charity Awards
• 6:50 pm– Scholarship Video
• 7:00 pm– Sponsor Speech
• 7:10 pm– President’s Address
• 7:20 pm– Introduction of 2026 Incoming Team
• 7:30 pm– Dinner & Cultural Event

Kindly RSVP here by Sept 28th: https://forms.gle/BA934TwXaX2WAdDQ8

RSVP for the event is required to attend the event to make accurate arrangements for the event. Kindly choose food preference carefully. It’s a three course sit down dinner; we will have option of Indian Vegetarian, Indian Non-Vegetarian and Indian American Non-Vegetarian (spice level- very mild) options. In no choice is made Indian Vegetarian will be default option for everyone.

Child Care: Child care for kids above age of 3 will be available. Please indicate in RSVP if need child care. 

This is Members only event, if you have not renewed your membership yet, kindly do it before the event to expedite the registration process on the day of event. 

Membership Renewal: https://aapiarkansas.org/membership-renewal/

Venue & Parking

 Event Location: State House Convention Center, 101 E Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
 Parking: State House Convention Center Parking, 201 Main St, Little Rock, AR 72201

Hotel Accommodation

Hotel: Marriott Little Rock

We have arranged rooms for AAPI members who’ll be coming from outside Little Rock.

• If you plan to attend both CME & Gala Dinner, please reserve rooms for October 3 & 4.
• If you plan to attend only the Gala Dinner, please reserve rooms for October 4 only.

Important:
 Book through the link below.
 If you attend the event, AAPI will cover the cost of your room.
 After booking, please text Dr. Janani Baskaran (302-559-2166) with:

• Confirmation number
• Name on booking
• Check-in and check-out dates

 Last day to reserve Hotel: Thursday, September 4, 2025 (limited rooms, first-come, first-served).

 Reserve Here – Marriott Little Rock (AAPI Group Link)

Contacts for Questions

• Admin: Ms. Vaibhavi Patel –  901-674-3977 |  aapiarkansas@gmail.com
• Chair, Annual Event: Dr. Prasad Padala –  501-580-0928
• Media Coordinator: Dr. Suman Peela –  501-410-2079
• Cultural Event Coordinators:   Dr. Kavya Veluvolu –  501-650-3224                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dr. Shamna Mohammad –  475-470-6770

We look forward to seeing you at this exciting and meaningful event!

Sincerely,

Shailendra Singh, MBBS, FACP, FACR
President AAPI Arkansas 2025