[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF ANMOL S. MAHAL, M.D., PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA 
                          MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 14, 2006

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. Anmol 
Singh Mahal, who has been named president of the California Medical 
Association (CMA). He is the first person of Indian origin to head the 
35,000-member organization.
  Dr. Mahal is a board-certified internist in solo practice in 
gastroenterology and internal medicine in Fremont, California. He came 
to the United States 33 years ago after receiving his medical degree 
from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India. 
He completed his internship in internal medicine at the College of 
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey and 
completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Stanford University 
Medical Center.
  He is a founding member and past president of the American 
Association of Physicians of Indian Origin of Northern California. 
Prior to being named President of the California Medical Association, 
Dr. Mahal served one term as the Chair of the CMA Board of Trustees and 
two terms as Vice Chair. He has been a member of the CMA Board since 
1997 and is a commissioner for the state Emergency Medical Services 
Commission.
  Dr. Mahal has served CMA on multiple committees including Chair of 
the Technical Advisory Committee on Culturally and Linguistically 
Competent Physicians, and as a member of the Technical Advisory 
Committee on Minority Physician Issues. He is currently a member of 
CMA's Committee on the Medical Board of California, and the Ethnic 
Medical Organization Section Executive Board.
  In addition to his activities at the state and local levels, Dr. 
Mahal has served as Chief of Staff of the Washington Hospital 
Healthcare System in Fremont, California and a member of the Board of 
Directors of the Washington Outpatient Surgery Center in Fremont. He is 
a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
  I join Dr. Mahal's colleagues, friends and admirers in wishing him 
every success as he takes the helm of leadership as President of the 
California Medical Association.

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