Overview
- American Medical Association president Dr Bobby Mukkamala was honored at the gathering, marking his role as the first Asian-American and first person of Indian origin to lead the 180-year-old body.
- Dr Mukkamala urged greater knowledge exchange and prevention-focused care, citing nearly $5 trillion in U.S. health spending driven in part by high drug costs and waste.
- He cautioned about rising antimicrobial resistance in the United States linked to misuse of antibiotics and workforce shortages, and said AI should serve as augmented intelligence under physician oversight.
- Indian Medical Association president Dr Dilip Bhanushali said the IMA has adopted 2,000 villages nationwide as part of an ongoing outreach program.
- AHPI’s Dr Giridhar J Gyani highlighted India’s training gap of roughly 50,000 MBBS seats versus 18,000 postgraduate seats brought to the government’s notice, as leaders from major Indian hospitals and the U.S. Consul General joined the discussions.