Sampat Shivangi (1936 or 1937 – 11 February 2025) was an Indian-born American physician. Shivangi was the president of Indian American Forum for Political Education.[1] He served the Board for the Department of Mental Health in Mississippi for several years.[2] Shivangi was the onetime president-elect of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.[3] Shivangi received several awards for his work. The most notable award he received was the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee in Bengaluru on the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.[4]

Background

Sampat Shivangi was born in the town of Athani, now in Karnataka State, India. He joined Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India where he received his under Grad in medicine M.B.B.S.[5] He later attended Karnataka Medical College in Hubli, where he received his M.D and D.G.O post-graduate degrees in Medicine.

Shivangi died on 11 February 2025, at the age of 88.[6]

Career

Sampat Shivangi completed his Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Ob-Gyn and migrated to the United States in 1976. Later, he completed a fellowship from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Shivangi served as the Advisor to the US Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2005 to 2008.[7] He was the founding president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in Mississippi and was a president and chair of the India Association of Mississippi.[2][3]

He earlier served on the Mississippi State Board of Health.[8] Shivangi was honored for his role as adviser to the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration and chairmanship of Mississippi State Board of Mental Health.[8][2][9][10]

Shivangi also served as a house delegate in American Medical Association in Chicago.[5] He worked on India Civil Nuclear treaty and US India defense treaty that was passed in US Congress and signed by US-President George W. Bush. He attended numerous National GOP Conventions as a Delegate.[9][10]

The state of Mississippi also honored Shivangi by naming a lane after him in one of the premier medical facilities at Boswell Regional Medical Center.[2] He joined Executive Advisory Board of the Washington, DC–based think tank International Leaders Summit.[8] He advocated for the Green card reforms in the United States for physicians, engineers, teachers, nurses, and medical professionals.[11]

Awards and achievements

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sampat Shivangi elected president of Indian American forum for Political education at the RNC next month in Clevelan". Diya TV. 24 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mississippi Street in Boswell Regional Medical Center Named After Physician". India-West. 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Sampat Shivangi, M.D., of Ridgeland named chairman of Mississippi Board of Mental Health". Mississippi Business Journal. 22 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Bharat Barai, Sampat Shivangi to receive Pravasi Bharatiya Samaan Award". Indian Express Limited. 7 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b Pinto, Stanley (25 July 2014). "Kasturba Medical College alumnus chairman Mississippi Board of Mental Health". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "Indian-American physician Sampatkumar Shivanagi passes away". The Times of India. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  7. ^ "US: Street named after Indian-American Dr Sampat Shivangi in Mississippi". Daily News and Analysis. 24 April 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Indian American physician Sampat Shivangi joins the board of International Leaders Summit". The American Bazaar. 6 September 2018.
  9. ^ a b c Haniffa, Aziz (1 December 2017). "Veteran Republican activist named Person of the Year". India Abroad.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ a b "Indian-American Sampat Shivangi elected delegate to GOP convention". The Economic Times. PTI. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  11. ^ Rajan, Sujeet (9 March 2018). "Not just H-4 visa EAD, it's time Trump Administration begin Green Card reforms". News India Times.
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