Merced-Mariposa County Medical Society

06/30/2025

12/13/2024

We had a wonderful time at our Holiday Party! A special thank you to our sponsors, Central California Alliance for Health, Sierra Allergy Asthma & Sinus Center and the Cooperative of American Physicians for making the event possible!

11/25/2024

Join us for an enjoyable evening of appetizers, cocktails and great conversation!

Physicians, Residents, Community Partners, Sponsors and a guest are invited.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Merced Golf & Country Club
6333 Golf Road, Merced, CA

Hosted cocktails and appetizers will be served from 6:30 to 8:30pm
Registration:

Email from MMCMS Join us DECEMBER 10 at 6:30PM! Problems with how this page is displayed? View as a webpage. Join us for an enjoyable evening of appetizers, cocktails and great conversation! Physician

10/30/2024

Webinar: The Prevention of Childhood Lead Poisoning 1.5 CME
Friday, November 1 @12-1:30PM
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This course covers childhood lead exposure risks,CA screening laws, provider guidance, and interventions. Includes data on COVID-19’s impact

10/29/2024

09/30/2024

09/20/2024

Congratulations on your retirement Dr. Lakireddy. Thank you for all your years of service to the medical community.

Dr. Hanimireddy Lakireddy is retiring after 50 years as a cardiologist, 40 of them in Merced. In fact, he is considered to be a pioneer medical specialist in this city, and surrounding area.

Lakireddy is concluding his longtime practice at the end of this month, and he is not sure, at this point, what his retirement plans will include.

The 82-year-old doctor was born into a farming family on April 19, 1942, in the Velvadam village near Mylavaram, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He lost his mother at age 6, and was raised in part by his paternal grandmother. Despite challenges in his early years, Lakireddy excelled in the classroom.

“In India, if you are a good student, it’s common practice to go to medical school,” he says. “In high school, I was a very good student and my dad urged me to go to medical school.”

Sure enough, Lakireddy graduated from a medical school in Warangal in 1966, and then set up a practice as a surgeon in his hometown area of Mylavaram. He served there, in India, for about a decade; however, he also had family members and friends who immigrated to the United States over the years, and they urged him to come over as well.

Dr. Lakireddy ended up making the big move to America in 1978, and subsequently started a medical residency training program in New York and Connecticut for five years. When he came to Merced in 1984, with all his academic credentials in hand, there were absolutely no other cardiologists practicing in town. (Today there are five.)

Back in the ’80s, Lakireddy was seeing anywhere from 30 to 40 patients a day.

While he hasn’t kept track of the total number of patients during his career in Merced, he thinks he has registered more than 3,000.

You can read the full story on our website & at newsstands through Merced.

Story ✍🏼: Doane Yawger

08/26/2024

We know severely delays care for patients and is a roadblock for physicians delivering care. In California, we have a chance to streamline prior auth with by State Senator Nancy Skinner. Join now & take action to urge an AYE vote! https://www.cmadocs.org/sb516

07/29/2024

ONLINE VIA ZOOM
CERTIFICATED OSHA STAFF TRAINING

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024
11:30AM-1:30PM

FMMS, MMCMS, KCMS, TKCMS & CMA Members: FREE for the first person from your office $25 for each additional employee. Non-Members and their staff: $30

Register here:

August 21 @ 11:30AM Problems with how this page is displayed? View as a webpage. ONLINE VIA ZOOM CERTIFICATED OSHA STAFF TRAINING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024 11:30AM-1:30PM OSHA requires re-training fo

06/27/2024

CMA is now accepting nominations for outstanding through July 16! https://www.cmadocs.org/nominations/award-applications-nominations

Now accepting nominations for outstanding through July 16! Recognize your colleagues for one of our four awards, given during the annual CMA House of Delegates. https://www.cmadocs.org/nominations/award-applications-nominations

06/14/2024

More pics from the Summer Social!

We had a great time at the Summer Social! Good music, great company, excellent food and the weather even cooperated and cooled down a bit. It really was a fun event! A very special thank you to our EXCLUSIVE SPONSOR for the event, Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center Merced! It was great to partner with you! Amanda Ingram