Prem Reddy, MD, Chairman
Dr. Prem Reddy completed his residency training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at the Down State Medical Center, S.U.N.Y. in Brooklyn, New York. In 1981, he moved to California and established his medical practice in the High Desert area of Southern California. Dr. Reddy is double Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He was awarded the honor of becoming a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (“FACC”) and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (“FCCP”). During his 25 years of practice in the High Desert, he has been deeply committed to the service of his patients and has performed more than 5,000 cardiac procedures, including coronary angiography and angioplasty and permanent pacemaker implantations. Due to his dedication, his practice thrived.
In 1994, Dr. Reddy built from the ground up an 83-bed acute care hospital, Desert Valley Hospital, in Victorville, California. Desert Valley Hospital received coveted accreditation with “commendation” in its first year of operation for the high quality of its services and continues to lead all hospitals in the area with the highest survey scores.
Throughout his career, Dr. Reddy has been committed to serving the communities in which he works. In 1989, he established the Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization with an initial gift of $1 million. Since that time, he has contributed over $20 million dollars to the Foundation. The Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation serves the health care needs of the High Desert communities in many ways, including a free public health library, a scholarship program for students in the health care field, and the support of other health care related charities.
Dr. Reddy is an active philanthropist, contributing to numerous charitable causes. He greatly values education and has donated extensively to providing opportunity for education within the health care field. He sponsors hundreds of scholarship grants to students interested in the health care field. His charity and generous contributions have often been recognized and awarded. The Victor Valley Community College named their student health clinic, “Dr. Prem Reddy Student and Staff Health Center” and its allied health program, the “Dr. Prem Reddy School of Health Sciences,” in honor of his $1 million donation to the program. The Western University of Health Science in Pomona, California, named its largest lecture hall the “Dr. Prem Reddy Lecture Hall,” in honor of his many contributions to education in the health care field.