The Business of Medicine: Survival Essentials for Clinicians
A 10-Month Lecture Series, March – December 2022
Please join us for a free lecture on Friday, March 18 with Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, Chair, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association, who will be discussing physician leadership.
Physician Leadership in Uncertain Times
Friday, March 18, 2022 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Richland Community Center, Riverview Room
Bobby Mukkamala, MD, is the first Indian American to be elected as the Chairman of the American Medical Association (AMA). Bobby Mukkamala, MD is a board-certified otolaryngologist in private practice in Michigan. Bobby shares his medical office with his wife Nita Kulkarni, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist. The couple have established the Endowed Health Professions Scholarships at the University of Michigan and have twin sons, Deven and Nikhil, who are currently in college at the University of Chicago and University of Michigan, respectively.
Dr. Mukkamala, who has been active in the AMA since residency, is a past Michigan representative to the AMA Young Physicians Section, and a past recipient of the AMA Foundation’s “Excellence in Medicine” Leadership Award. He served as the chair of the Michigan State Medical Society Board of Directors as well as its president and was on the Michigan delegation to the AMA House of Delegates.
The AMA provides physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies across the nation, removing obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises, and driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care and training the leaders of tomorrow.