Dear Georgians:

We, the undersigned Georgians from New Jersey area appeal to you for your full and enthusiastic support for Dr. Wasim Khan's campaign for Senate by generously contributing to its success. 

Dr. Khan graduated from King George's Medical College (KGMC) in 1982. He went to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, for a fellowship in Clinical Immunology and further post-grad training and clinical research. He published in British Journal Lancet in 1984, Indian Heart Journal and other peer reviewed journals including, as first author, from Harvard where he did further post-grad training and research in Cancer Epidemiology. After spending nearly 7 years at Harvard, Dr. Khan has been consulting with pharmaceutical companies like Novartis, Pfizer, J&J, Schering-Plough and Roche.  

Dr. Khan has contributed to drug development and FDA approval of major anti-neoplastic agents from these companies collaborating with Mass General, Sloane-Kettering, MG Anderson and Mayo Clinic, as well as immunosupressants for most solid organ transplants including a large 500 patient study of heart transplant.  Dr. Khan had his premedical education at Lucknow Christian College, Delhi United Christian School and Diamond Jubilee High School where he was recognized as Best Student with prize: a copy of 'Experiments with Truth' by Mahatma Gandhi! Dr. Khan had his first electoral training also at KGMC when he won an election for an editor of Anatomical Society and was later asked to run for Secretary of Clinical Society loosing by all of a one vote! Dr. Khan refused recount. Dr. Khan won many prizes for debates, singing, drama at SP Fair and representing KGMC in various inter-medical festivals. He also won KGMC Chess Championship. His literary works were published in The Pioneer, National Herald, Amrit Bazaar Patrika and Women's Era.

Georgian Khan comes from a nation-building Indian family with impressive public service record that includes one of the 50 Bharat Ratnas*, the very third President of India, Dr. Zakir Husain Khan who laid the foundation of basic education; and a Padma Bushan Josh Malihabadi, a freedom-fighter who inspired the progressive literary movement and attitudes necessary for functioning of a liberal democracy. The national service of his ancestors in pre-independence India included,  Sir Israr Hasan Khan , as  the Prime Minister of Bhopal State, Ashfaq Hasan Khan , as the Prime Minister of Jaipur State and Dost Mohammad Khan, the first Indian to qualify for Wimbledon quarter finals. One of the greatest Georgians in public service, Padma Bhushan Dr. Mahesh Prasad Mehray, who founded a chain of Eye Hospitals was Dr. Khan's mentor and a father-figure. Dr. Mehray was a close associate of his philanthropist grand-father who gifted his entire farm to the Eye Hospital project. With that inspiration Dr. Khan started a voluntary free clinic for the poor of New Delhi with junior doctors of AIIMS. He also volunteered with New Delhi Citizen's Committee to provide free emergency services in 1984 Delhi disturbances. In USA , Dr. Khan has worked with Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, Federation of Indian Left, local Indian Associations such as Harvard and MIT students and alumni associations with such luminiaries as Nobel Laureates Dr. Amratya Sen  and Dr. Bernard Lown  and Dr. Shashi Tharoor, former UN Deputy Director General.

In 1993, Dr. Khan  volunteered on Hillary Clinton's Task force for Health Care and was also recognized with an Outstanding Volunteer's Award of Brigham & Women's Hospital, the oldest Harvard teaching hospital. Now, it is incumbent upon us Georgians to support fellow Georgian, Dr. Khan's campaign for his 'Green for Your Health' and 'Universal Child Health Care' programs in New Jersey!

Sincerely,

Dr. Manzoor Abidi
(212th President of American Medical Association)
Dr. Avinash Chandra Nigam
Dr. Ali Shamsi
Dr. Chitra Sethi
Dr. Irfan Amin
Dr. Jameel Khan
Dr. Kailash Nath
Dr. Masood Rizvi
Dr. Shiva S. Dayal
Dr. Virendra Sethi
Dr. Yash Khanna

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*Bharat Ratna: Highest Civilian Honor usually reserved for the services of Presidents and Prime     Ministers who served for long periods. Only about 50 recepients since indepence of India.
 
Padam Vi/Bhushan: Top civilian honors awarded to only couple of thousand over last 60 years for distinguished services that has included sometimes non-Indians such as US Congressman Frank Pallone.