Three medical residents from Goa’s Healthway hospital shine at national conference
Three DNB residents from Healthway Hospitals — Dr Dhruv Bawania, Dr Ankit Nair and Dr Pritesh Vaishnav — secured fifth place in the APICON Quiz held at the all-India level physician conference – APICON 2026 in Patna.
Panaji, February 2026: Three medical residents from Healthway Hospitals Goa secured the fifth place in the APICON Quiz at the 81st Annual Conference of the Association of Physicians of India — APICON 2026 — held in Patna recently. The medical residents, Drs Dhruv Bawania, Ankit Nair and Pritesh Vaishnav, currently pursuing their DNB Medicine at the hospital, represented Goa and competed against 48 teams from leading medical colleges from across the country.
The conference, one of the country’s largest national gatherings of physicians and internal medicine specialists with nearly 10,000 delegates in attendance, featured academic sessions, workshops and the highly competitive National Medical Quiz. At the Quiz, the Goa team secured its spot among the top finalists and clinched the fifth spot following teams like IPGMER & SSKM, Kolkata (1st), Madras Medical College & Stanley Medical College, Chennai (2nd), KMC Manipal (3rd) and NIMS Hyderabad (4th).
At the quiz, the efforts of Dr Dhruv Bawania and Dr Ankit Nair were especially noted as they were the only first year residents of DNB Medicine to compete. Furthermore, the team was lauded, as the Healthway Hospitals residents were the only participants to answer a challenging question.
This win adds to the team’s consistent academic success, considering that they were earlier selected for the zonal round in Mumbai for the national quiz at IRACON 2025, and also qualified for the semifinal round of the National Medical Quiz at the RSSDI Conference 2025. The team was felicitated by Dr Kamlesh Tewary, President of APICON 2026 and former dean of the Indian College of Physicians
“This accomplishment marks a significant milestone for both the institution and the state of Goa, considering that Healthway Hospital’s DNB program was established only three years ago. We are proud of our students’ dedication, knowledge and national-level performance,” said Dr Vijay Naik , Head of medicine department, Healthway Hospital about the win.
Healthway Hospitals has been hosting the DNB (Diplomate of National Board) Medicine program over the past three years. The three-year postgraduate programme awards doctors with a medical qualification equivalent to an MD in India. This national-level recognition for its students has further boosted Goa’s standing among the long-established and prestigious medical institutions across the country.
