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Flint Physician Bobby Mukkamala, MD, Becomes President of Michigan State Medical Society
The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) today formally welcomes S. Bobby Mukkamala, MD, a Flint otolaryngologist, as the new president of the Society. Doctor Mukkamala served the last year as president-elect of the Society.
Doctor Mukkamala, a board-certified otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon who earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, is past chair of the board of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint. He is also chair emeritus of the Crim Fitness Foundation. He and his wife, Nita Kulkarni, MD, have been instrumental in the revitalization of the downtown Flint area that is their home.
“The Michigan State Medical Society has always done an incredible job of advocating on behalf of physicians in an effort to help us better serve our patients and our communities,” Doctor Mukkamala said. “That’s always been important work, but it unquestionably takes on a new weight in these trying times. Now more than ever, Michigan’s physicians and patients need a strong, consistent voice working on their behalf, and I’m honored, humbled, and ready to take on that charge and carry our Society’s mission forward.”
In addition to his past term as president-elect, Doctor Mukkamala recently completed three years of leadership service as the chair of the MSMS Board of Directors, which provides operations oversight for the medical society headquartered in East Lansing. He also serves on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees and is a past recipient of the of the organization’s “Excellence in Medicine” Leadership Award. Doctor Mukkamala is a past president of the Genesee County Medical Society and currently serves on their board.
The Michigan State Medical Society is the statewide professional association of 15,000 physicians in Michigan and is affiliated with the American Medical Association. Physician policies on various issues involving public health, health care delivery and medical ethics are set at the annual MSMS House of Delegates meeting.