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The Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) invites you to participate in the 2023 Annual Meeting, scheduled for June 21-25, 2023 at the New York Marriott Marquis representing over 5,000 Nigerian throughout the United States.
Chinyere Anyaogu MD MPH FACOG
(Obstretrician/Gynecologist)
ANPA PRESIDENT
I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to lead this great organization. ANPA has grown from humble beginnings to a much respected and admired professional organization representing the interests of a very talented and engaged membership. I honor and respect the vision of our founders who have labored for years to bring us to where we are today. To these great members, I express profound gratitude.
To usher ANPA into the next Quadranscentennial era, my Presidential platform will be built upon the following:
In several countries esp low and middle income countries (like Nigeria) out of pocket expenditure constitutes a major proportion of healthcare spending. In the current state of the Nigerian economy it is easy to appreciate how this situation impacts health access. Therefore, we must optimize resources from all sources. The private sector can offer effective development solutions, not just financing. We will need to be creative in engaging different types of Private -public partnerships in the form of domestic or global, formal, informal or hybrid out of the box. Seeking out, engaging & working collaboratively – creates Partnership of Purpose- at home, in the communities we live in, abroad and where we call home – would help to generate the resources to actualize our strategic goals.
We have a large population of potential members with almost 20 Chapters functioning loosely toward a common goal. Our effectiveness as a body rests in our people strength, the number of engaged members and also the constant grooming of younger members ensure a broad age spectrum of members with different talents and views.
However, when we talk of people’s strength it’s not just members. We also need a caliber of minority health care professionals at home to address the fact that when you have a provider who you can relate to then you are more likely to receive what they are saying and have better outcomes.
Actualizing impactful projects will help move ANPA forward.
- Collaborating with entities of high repute in a targeted way to create tertiary and specialist bandwidth.
- Health care promotion on a population scale by health education messengers using mobile messaging in a tiered method with major carriers.
- Use the already existing platforms ; Womens Hat and Tea platform to elevate the status of Women and children in Nigeria as a low hanging fruit
- Using research as a tool to direct care giving . I have the commitment of several healthcare researchers – their own right to collate a council of Researchers in ANPA to crystallize a way for us to obtain Health care research money
- Use health care financing to engage delivery projects. 50 MDs worth a net worth of at least $100,000 creates a worth of $5,000,000.00. This provides a basis to engage and create systems level impact in Nigeria.
It’s time for us to have a place of business in Nigeria – a place where we can have our work of the day be done, monetize administrative functions as we pursue activities including capacity building, educational activities including simulation, distance learning and leadership training.
The time has come for us to step out of the shadows and claim our position as leadership in the nation creating a way to monetize our efforts will help us to create a way to actualize the projects we are intending — In the words of Chinua Achebe
Local Chapter Projects
Networking Opportunities to serve member’s professional growth.
- Networking Opportunities to serve member’s professional growth.
- 5K Run Activities promoting individual well-being while raising funds for a designated local cause and ANPA national programs.
- Coat Drive for the poor.
- Mentoring and Youth Developments: ANPA mentors Health care professionals through residency, early professional life, through chapter collaborations and networking, professional programs and also through its collaboration with Mentoring in Medicine.
- Thanksgiving Feed the Hungry programs involving our children.
- Free Health Fairs open to the public.
- ANPA Golf fundraising Events to support our local and national charitable programs.
Ladies Hat And Tea Forum
A philanthropic arm of ANPA with focus on promoting services pertinent to women and children. ANPA women work to support initiatives that are in line with the association’s mission. Widely popular and engaging, the Hat and Tea is a hugely anticipated part of the annual program. Some initiatives have involved donations of milk, water storage systems and money to motherless babies homes in Nigeria, specifically Enugu in 2016 and Abuja area in 2018; raising money to pay for continuation of services to rape victims at the Mirabel Rape Center in Lagos, in 2017.
Diaspora Professional Healthcare Initiative (DPHI)
ANPA will work alongside diaspora physicianss, pharmacists and nurses in this program created by the Federal Minister of Health, Prof. Adewole and Mrs Abike Dabiri, Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs, to provide highly specialized care to designated centers of excellence in our country on a rotational basis.
Volunteerism & Global Health
As our Flagship program, we harness our talents and offer services to the indigent and undeserved in our country. This is demanding though richly fulfilling as we “giveback “to our communities from where we started in the first place. It has three components:
- Medical mission: We provide free medical, surgical and dental care to the underserved and indigent in the country.
- Continuous Professional Development/CME program: With the recognition of the medical talents in our organization, the Nigerian government designated ANPA as a National CPD provider to enable skills transfer and continuing education for our colleagues in Nigeria.
- Advocacy: We seek out and interact with the healthcare stakeholders in the government to lobby for and promote appropriate healthcare practices in the country.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Team Build and Collaboration with stakeholders in the healthcare sectors such as pharmacists and nurses have helped advance its goals to reach across the healthcare spectrum and bridge the healthcare divide. ANPA strongly believes that successful healthcare provision in the country can only result from the collaborative and synergistic engagement of various medical professionals working together while respecting each other’s role in the value chain, for the well-being of the patient who is at the center of care delivery.
ANPA Mental Wellness Program
Addresses the increasing incidence of burnout and stress management of our high-performing physicians as they manage the realities of the US workplace and shoulder the support of family and extended relations in and outside the US.
- The Trio led by Dr Charles Dike
Who We Are
ANPA represents the professional interests of 4,000 plus physicians, dentists and allied health professionals of Nigerian birth, ethnicity or empathy in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. ANPA provides a platform for medical and scientific dialogue on issues of health within North America, the Caribbean, and Africa.
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MD, FACS
(General Surgeon)
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(Infectious Diseases)
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ANPA member benefits include continuing education credits, leadership and/or committee involvement opportunities, annual meeting discounts, and options to serve and/or support medical missions.
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- This category applies to medical students (pre baccalaureate) and MD residents who currently enrolled in a US medical program. This membership type requires approval.
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- This category applies to non-MD healthcare professionals including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, RNs, etc.

ANPA Honorees/Awards
The selection shall be based upon unusual loyalty and exceptional contributions to the mission of the organization, as well as the recipient’s outstanding influence in maintaining and advancing the best standards of medical education, medical practice, healthcare leadership or clinical research.
- Exceptional Contributions AWARD
- Founding Members AWARD
- Healthcare Leadership AWARD
- Outstanding New Member AWARD
- Lifetime Contribution AWARD
- Excellence in Academia
ANPA Week
ANPA week is our annual trip to Nigeria where free medical and surgical care is provided to an indigenous population; continuous professional development training is imparted to the local medical staff; and health care advocacy is done.
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