Sunitha Banda

Mrs. Sunitha Banda is a management consultant and a South Asian community member, a CV patient caretaker with personal experience of losing several family members to CVD complications.

Puneet Bhargava

Mr. Puneet Bhargava is a Pharmaceutical Alliance Management Director and a South Asian community spokesperson who advocates for a healthier lifestyle as a means of reversing Diabetes as he has done!

Amanda Clarke

MS

Amanda Clarke works with Dr. Dodani as the Research and Community Outreach Manager at HADSI(Healthcare Analytics and Delivery Science Institute). She is working with the entire team closely on conference organization and implementation.

Aparna Kalbag

PhD

Dr. Aparna Kalbag is Research Director at SKN Diabetes Center and has over 20 years of experience working with organizations focused on improving South Asian mental and physical health.

Annah Kuriakose

MD, MA

Dr. Annah Kuriakose is the Program Director of SKN Foundation and SKN South Asian Diabetes Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. She received her medical degree from New York Medical College and her Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi.

Renee DiMarzio

Renee DiMarzio is Executive Director of Departments of Medicine and Family Practice at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, with over 30 years of health care experience in academic, clinical and community settings. She is highly regarded as an enthusiastic, creative, transformational leader dedicated to develop services that deliver the highest quality patient care in a compassionate environment.

Sunil Parikh

MBBS, CPM

Dr. Sunil Parikh is an Outreach Director and Health Navigator at the SKN South Asian Diabetes Center at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. He also serves as the President of Sight Saving Academy of India (SSAI). He worked with the NJ State Commission for the Blind for over 30 years, through which he helped to develop Project BEST (“Better Eye-Health Services and Treatment”).

Patrick Dwyer

Patrick Dwyer is the Director of Continuing Medical Education at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Center for Continuing and Outreach Education (CCOE). Patrick is responsible for the overall continuing education program for Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and external stakeholders and partners.

Nayan K. Kothari

MD, MACP, FACR, FRCP, (Edin)

Dr. Nayan Kothari, is Chair of Department of Medicine and is the Chief Academic Officer and is the Founder and Director of Institute for Bedside Medicine at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. He is Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency and hold the titles of Clinical Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Academic Affiliate at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is honored Visiting Adjunct Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University and is currently the Governor of American College of Physicians – NJ Southern Chapter.

Joan C. Lynn

APN, FNP-BC, MSN

Joanie Lynn, FNP-BC, MSN is a pioneer in developing the role of the Advanced Practice Nurse at Saint Peter’s University Hospital over 17 years. She has diverse experience in Performance Improvements with the Internal Medicine Residency. Mentored by and in collaboration with Dr. Nayan Kothari, she is most proud of their Clergy Health Practice, Clinical Bedside skills program and Bedside Integrated Observership Program.

Jagdish Talreja

Mr. Jagdish Talreja is a technology entrepreneur and a South Asian community spokesman as a diabetes patient with personal expertise in managing lipid abnormalities and metabolic syndrome.

Sabuha Qureshi-Din

RPh

Ms. Sabuha Qureshi-Din, SKN Director of Administrative Services, is a licensed pharmacist specializing in organization management. She coordinates all SKN Foundation activities, including the SA health events.