NEW YORK, July 14, 2004
A general vascular surgeon from
Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Krishna Sawhney named president of the
prestigious American Medical Association (AMA)
Foundation. He will serve the philanthropic arm of America's
largest physician's association till June next year, it was announced
on Wednesday. Sawhney was earlier the foundation's vice-president
and succeeds Duane M Cady, who is chair-elect of the AMA board
of trustees.
(From left)
Dr. Joseph Riggs, Dr. Duane Cady, Dr. Krishna Sawhney,
and Dr. Bruce Scott.
Dr. Sawhney, who is on the staff of Henry Ford
Wyandotte Hospital, serves as chief of surgery for the Henry Ford
Health System in Detroit, and was appointed to the foundation's
board in January 2001. He did a subsequent residency in surgery
at Henry Ford Hospital and Wayne State University Medical Centre.
He is also a director of the American Medical Political Action
Committee (AMPAC).
Dr. Sawhney said, "I am greatly honoured and humbled by
this opportunity to lead the AMA Foundation, with the help and
generosity of my fellow physicians, we can take this foundation
to the next level of support for our patients and future physicians."
Dr. Krishna Sawhney obtained a doctorate
in medicine at the Rajendra Medical College in Ranchi. He came
to the US in 1968 and interned at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady,
New York. He followed by a residency in pathology at DC General
Hospital in Washington.
He married to Pamela and a resident of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
They hav three children, the son is a third-year medical student,
first daughter is a dentist, and second daughter13-year old is
going school
