AKIPRESS.COM - On March 26-27, the Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic organization of physicians, representing over 100,000 physicians of Indian origin, wants to make their voices heard on Capitol Hill and around the nation, Irish Sun reported.

AAPI's Annual Legislative Day conference will discuss medicare sustainable growth rate, immigration reform, combating obesity, implementation of affordable care and growing US-India relations.

Indian-Americans constitute less than one percent of the country's population, but they account for nine percent of the American doctors and physicians.

One out of every seven doctors serving in the U.S. is of Indian heritage, providing medical care to over 40 million of U.S. population.

As part of comprehensive immigration reform, AAPI has urged the Congress to include international medical graduates also along with international students graduating with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for being fast-tracked for Green Cards.

This proposal would enable highly-skilled workers to remain in the U.S. after receiving their higher education in America, AAPI said.