NRI doc to be Advisor to US Secy

Dr Sampat Shivangi has been named the Advisor to US Secretary of Health.

Indian-American physician Dr Sampat Shivangi has been nominated the Advisor to the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael O Levin, the Bush Administration announced on Thursday.

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Shivangi, who practises in Jackson, Mississippi, is assuming office with immediate effect.

The Health Secretary has also asked him to serve on the National Advisory Council for a term beginning immediately. Levin expressed the hope that he would give the benefit of his valued counsel in the coming years.

Thanking Levin, Shivangi said he would utilise this opportunity to work for the underprivileged and underserved.

This includes his intent to promote projects in India and other developing nations on major issues like AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, maternal and child health programmes and education, as well as addressing the physician shortages in rural America.

Shivangi has been at the forefront of the powerful American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and served as Secretary and Vice President of the association besides representing it at the American Medical Association.