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DOCTOR DAMORDARA RAJASEKHAR RETIRES AS PRESIDENT OF THE SAN BERNARDINO 
                         COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

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                             HON. PAUL COOK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 21, 2019

  Mr. COOK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the retiretnent of 
the President of the San Bernardino County Medical Society, Dr. 
Damordara Rajasekhar, who will be completing his term on June 20, 2019.
  Dr. Rajasekhar earned his medical degree in 1976 from Madras Medical 
College in India. Afterwards, he went on to serve his pediatric 
internship and residency at the University of Connecticut John Dempsey 
Hospital, and cmnpleted a fellowship in neonatal perinatal medicine at 
the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care. Dr. Rajasekhar 
began

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his term as President on June 20, 2018, serving the 2,800 member 
physicians with distinguished leadership over the past year. Dr. 
Rajasekhar also served as the chief of medical staff at Victor Valley 
Community Hospital and has a solo practice in Apple Valley. He believes 
that the physician-patient relationship is a key factor in providing 
quality health care, and he has always worked to promote the betterment 
of the medical profession.
  Dr. Rajasekhar's leadership and cmnmitlnent are greatly appreciated 
by his colleagues and the public he served. On behalf of the United 
States House of Representatives, I would like to thank Dr. Damordara 
Rajasekhar for his years of public service and wish him the happiest of 
retirements.

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