The 43rd AIIMSONIANS of America Annual Convention

August 6-9, 2026

Kansas City, MO

AIIMSONIANS Reunite: Celebrating Friendship, Heritage, and Excellence at AOA ’26! The AIIMSONIANS of America proudly invites you to the 43rd Annual AOA Meeting, a cherished tradition that brings together alumni of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. More than just a conference, AOA ’26 is a celebration of lifelong friendships, shared heritage, and professional growth. Whether you've known each other for decades or are meeting fellow alumni for the first time, this gathering is a chance to relive memories, exchange ideas, and strengthen the bonds that make AIIMS alumni a family.


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AOA 2026 Convention – Welcome Videos


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CME Agenda (Preliminary)
DAY ONE - FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026
7:00-8:00 Registration & Breakfast
Mentorship Roundtables—Meet the Professors Drs. Shailender Bhatia, M.K. Devi, Varun Puri
Social Media Roundtables—Meet the Influencers Drs. Abhinav Singh Verma, Saurabh Sethi
Research Roundtables—Meet the Scientists Drs. Turaga Kiran, Shaji Kumar, Rajiv Agarwal
8:00-8:10 Official Welcome
Dr. Mallika Gupta
Session 1 - Gastroenterology Moderators: Drs. Sajan Jiv Singh, Gaurav Arora
8:10Functional Gut DisordersDr. Anjan Bhattacharya
8:25Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseDr. Siddharth Singh
8:40Vaccine for Colon CancerDr. Ajay Bansal
8:55Advances in GastroenterologyDr. Ekta Gupta
9:10Microbiome & CancerDr. Vikas Dudeja
9:25Audience MCQs and DiscussionCME Committee & Panel
9:40-10:00 Coffee Break
Session 2 - Public Health Moderators: Drs. Shipra Arya & Vibhor Krishna
10:00FDA & International Clinical TrialsDr. Geetika Srivastava
10:20Quality and SafetyDr. Hardeep Singh
10:35High Containment PathogensDr. Sanjay Jain
10:50Cardiometabolic Disease in South AsiansDr. Dinesh Kalra
11:05Tobacco Control & Cancer PreventionDr. Dileep Bal
11:35Moderated Audience Q&A with Dr. Bal
11:45Audience MCQs and DiscussionCME Committee & Panel
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Business Roundtables—Meet the Entrepreneurs Arpit Rao, VK Sharma
Leadership Roundtables—Meet the Leaders Geetika Khanna, Sai Yendamuri, Hardeep Singh
Bookwriting Roundtables—Meet the Authors Sanjiv Chopra, Pankaj Vij, Narayan Verma, Kriti Puri
Session 3 - Future of Medicine Moderators: Drs. Nidhi Aggarwal & Puneet Sood
13:00Active Learning in Medical EducationDr. Sharad Mathur
13:15AI in MedicineDr. Amik Sodhi
13:30Aging and DementiaDr. Abhinav Diwan
13:45Precision Therapeutics for Mendelian DisordersDr. Radhika Dhamija
14:00Advances in CKD and ESRDDr. Gaurav Gupta
14:15Audience MCQs and DiscussionCME Committee & Panel
14:30-14:45 Coffee Break
Session 4 - Research Judges: Drs. Neeraj Singh, Anurag Mehta, Nikhil Chawla, Snigdha Jain, Kartik Sehgal, Srikant Das
14:45Research Abstracts (12 presentations, 4 min each)Trainees
15:45Audience MCQs and DiscussionCME Committee & Panel
16:00 Adjourn Day One
DAY TWO - SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026
7:00-8:00 Registration & Breakfast
Mentorship Roundtables—Meet the Professors Drs. Shailender Bhatia, M.K. Devi, Kamal Gupta
Social Media Roundtables—Meet the Influencers Drs. Abhinav Singh Verma, Saurabh Sethi
Research Roundtables—Meet the Scientists Drs. Turaga Kiran, Shaji Kumar, Rajiv Agarwal
Session 5 - Oncology Moderators: Drs. Shitanshu Uppal & Nitin Jain
8:00Blood Based Diagnostics in Cancer MonitoringDr. Ravi Rao
8:15ENT Cancers in AsiansDr. Sunil Kumar
8:30Advances in Cancer TherapeuticsDr. Anirban Maitra
8:45CART TherapyDr. Esha Kaul
9:00Pearls from Expert Padma Shri on Cancer PreventionDr. Neerja Bhatla
9:30Audience Q&A with Padma Shri & Dr. Neerja Bhatla
9:40Audience MCQs and DiscussionCME Committee & Panel
9:55-10:15 Coffee Break
Session 6 - Cardiovascular Medicine Moderator: Drs. Malini Madhavan & Utkarsh Kohli
10:15Moderated Discussion: Peripheral Arterial DiseaseDr. Saket Girotra
10:35Congenital Heart DiseaseDr. Pankaj Madan
10:50Advances in Heart Failure – From Drugs to DevicesDr. Abhishek Jaiswal
11:05 Keswani Lecture: Cardiac Arrhythmology: From Pulse to Digital Science, A View From the Front Row Dr. Sanjeev Saksena
11:35Moderated Discussion and Audience Q&A
11:45Audience MCQs and DiscussionCME Committee & Panel
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Business Roundtables—Meet the Entrepreneurs Arpit Rao, VK Sharma
Leadership Roundtables—Meet the Leaders Varun Puri, Geetika Khanna, Sai Yendamuri
Bookwriting Roundtables—Meet the Authors Sanjiv Chopra, Pankaj Vij, Kriti Puri
Session 7 - Beyond Medicine
13:00Audience Participation—Jeopardy! CME TopicsDrs. Arjun Gupta & Preetpaul Singh
14:00Social Work by AoA MembersDr. Rajesh Kabra
14:30 Adjourn Day Two
CONFERENCE FACULTY

Rajiv Aggarwal — Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Nidhi Aggarwal — Associate Professor, Nephrology, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Gaurav Arora — Gastroenterologist; President and Founder, Texas Digestive Care, Denton, TX

Shipra Arya — Professor of Surgery; Director of Quality; Section Chief–Vascular Surgery, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Dileep Bal — Clinical Professor, Cancer Center, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI

Ajay Bansal — Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Motility, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Anjan Bhattacharya — Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Neerja Bhatla — Professor & Head, Obstetrics and Gynecology, AIIMS New Delhi, India

Shailender Bhatia — Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Nikhil Chawla — Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Sanjiv Chopra — Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Srikant Das — Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Waco, TX

Radhika Dhamija — Associate Professor of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Abhinav Diwan — Professor, Division Chief of Cardiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Vikas Dudeja — Professor of Surgery, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

Saket Girotra — Professor, Cardiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Arjun Gupta — Assistant Professor, Hematology & Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Ekta Gupta — Chief of Gastroenterology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Gaurav Gupta — Chief, Division of Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Mallika Gupta — Assistant Professor, Transplant Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Nitin Jain — Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Sanjay Jain — Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Snigdha Jain — Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Abhishek Jaiswal — Cardiologist, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Rajesh Kabra — Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Kansas Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, KS

Dinesh Kalra — Professor, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Esha Kaul — Director, Medical Oncology, Medanta Hospital, Noida, India

Geetika Khanna — Professor, Radiology and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Turaga Kiran — Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Utkarsh Kohli — Professor, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL

Vibhor Krishna — Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Devi Mukkai Krishnamurty — Associate Professor, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Shaji Kumar — Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Sunil Kumar — Professor & Head, Surgical Oncology, AIIMS New Delhi

Pankaj Madan — Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, University of Texas Health

Malini Madhavan — Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Anirban Maitra — Professor of Pathology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

Sharad Mathur — Kansas City VA Medical Center

Anurag Mehta — Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Emory University

Sajan Nagpal — Gastroenterologist, MNGi, Minneapolis, MN

Amit Noheria — Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center

Kriti Puri — Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Varun Puri — Professor, Thoracic Surgery, Washington University

Arpit Rao — Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Ravi Rao — Medical Oncologist, California Cancer Associates

Sanjeev Saksena — Professor, Electrophysiology Research Foundation

Kartik Sehgal — Director, Thyroid Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Saurabh Sethi — Gastroenterologist & Influencer

Virender K. Sharma — Founder, AZ Center for Digestive Health

Hardeep Singh — Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Neeraj Singh — Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Preetpaul Singh — Hematologist-Oncologist, Springfield Clinic

Siddharth Singh — Gastroenterologist, Mayo Clinic

Amik Sodhi — Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin

Puneet Sood — Professor, UCSF

Geetika Srivastava — FDA Oncology Center of Excellence

Shitanshu Uppal — Professor, University of Michigan

Abhinav Singh Verma — Resident, Psychiatry, Metrohealth

Pankaj Vij — Founder, Crack the Wellness Code

Sai Yendamuri — Thoracic Surgeon, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center