GMCANA

Newsletter December 2016

Planning towards the state of the Art

Maternal & Child Health Centre
at
Government General Hospital, Guntur, A.P.

PODILA PRASAD
GMCANA SUPER
SPECIALITY &
TRAUMA CENTER

and encourage them to support this worthwhile

project. All donations of $1000 or more will “A Single Generosity Enlarges the World”
be recognized appropriately on a donor wall - Mary Anne Radmacher
within the building as was the case in Podila-
Sincerely
GMCANA Trauma Centre. Individual Naming
Executive Committee & Board of Trustees
rights to specific areas of the building will also
GMCANA.
be offered and the details will be available to our
alumni as soon as the design work is finalized.
Our past president Dr. Uma Gavani (’65) is
working tirelessly with the HODs of Pediatrics,
Seasons Greetings!
Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the architectural
firm in India to complete the design work.

All donations by Check or Stock to GMCANA

True to our mission, GMCANA has
contributed significantly to the
improvement of education and
“ The Government of A.P and
GMCANA has partnered to
build a bigger and modern
health care facilities at GMC/GGH facility with Cellar and G+5
in USA are tax deductible and tax exempt in
for over 3 decades. Our alumni floor that would provide
India. Since we do not have any overhead
have set the precedent with the
costs, every dollar donated will be spent a well-designed functional
GMCANA auditorium in 2005, and
towards the completion of this project. space and state of the art
in an unprecedented public-private
technology to meet the “
Thank you very much for your continued partnership, the PODILA PRASAD-
support of GMCANA’s noble mission. GMCANA SUPER SPECIALITY AND needs of maternal and child
We wish you and your family, a Peaceful Happy New Year & Sankranti TRAUMA CENTER in 2014. health care at GGH.
Holiday season and a Prosperous New year. to all our alumni
 GUNTUR MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI OF NORTH AMERICA
P.O.Box 1587, Nederland, TX 77627 Phone: 409.722.8221
President www.gmcana.org ; sukhavasimdpa@gmail.com
Sambasiva Rao Sukhavasi (72) Federal Tax ID 43-1272807
409.722.8221 | sukhavasimdpa@gmail.com
President-elect
Srinivasa Reddy Alla (83)
903.821.2989 | srialla@yahoo.com
Secretary
Lakshmi Prasad M.Vemulapalli (76)
210 497 6645 | vmlprasad@gmail.com
Treasurer
The health of women and children is vital to creating a healthy world.
Madhu Paladugu (93)
6713 Millory Springs Ln Cary NC 27519
732 983 7622 | drpmbabu@yahoo.com
Past President
Venkateswara Rao Dharmavarapu (80)
314.315.2550 | vrdharma@hotmail.com
Executive Committee Members
Venkat Thota (79)
940.704.5509 | thotavenkat@hotmail.com
Swapna Ghattamaneni (96)
210-643-3795
swapnaghattamaneni@yahoo.com
Umesh Yalavarthy (95)
216. 513.4964 | umeshcdr@gmail.com
Srinivas Chanamolu (87)
419.222.7344 | chanamolu8@gmail.com
Naveen Bandarupalli (93)
704.989.6477 | drnaveenb@hotmail.com
Sasikanth Gorantla (99)
216.544.0757 | sasigorantla@gmail.com
Board of Trustees
Ramaraja Yalavarthi (67) Chairman
KedaranathChintapalli (68) 2005, and in an unprecedented public-private with our(Rs. 15 Crores) financial contribution. We
Venkateswara Rao Dharmavarapu (80)
Lakshmi Ganga (66) partnership, the PODILA PRASAD-GMCANA SUPER were able to promise to the Government of A.P.,
Uma Devi Gavani (65)
Venkateswara Rao Kata (60) SPECIALITY AND TRAUMA CENTER in 2014. The that we will be able to raise this money based on
Sambasivarao Kottamasu (64)
Venkata Prasad Podila (81) latter has become the hub of advanced health our trust in our alumni as we have contributed
Babu Reddy Sagireddy (83)
care interventions including heart and kidney over Rs. 20 Crores for Podila-GMCANA center.
Committee Chairpersons
Building Committee transplants along with hundreds of Cardiovascular
Babureddy Sagireddy (83)
and neurological services at GGH in a very short time.
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart”
Finance Committee
Venkateswara Rao Dharmavarapu (80) - Jean Baptiste Massieu
Madhu Paladugu (93)
Communications & Web Committee This new MCH building will be a much bigger
Bapu P. Arekapudi (62) Holidays are a time to celebrate with our family
Constitution & Bylaws Committee
undertaking. It will be the tallest and the biggest
and friends and remember those that have helped
Subba Rao Uppuluri(63)
building in Guntur city, with a space of 234,000
Nominations Committee
us get to where we are today. As we hear the
Venkateswara Rao Dharmavarapu(80) SFT and is 2.3 times bigger than our Podila-
Endowments Committee news about the lack of facilities for the soon
Ravikumar Tripuraneni (71) GMCANA Trauma Center. With a cellar (parking)
Liaison committee to be mothers, the newborns and the children,
Nagarjuna Reddy Ponugoti (72) and G+5 floors, it will be an imposing addition in
Comprehensive Proposal Committee it is that time to think of those less fortunate
Venkatasubbarao Uppuluri (63) GGH that will meet the essential needs. The result
people who need basic necessities in life.
Membership Committee
Shivakumar Muddana (2002) will be a tremendous impact on maternal, child
Database Coordinator
Krishna Murthy Oruganti (71)
mortality and enhancement of medical education GMCANA sincerely appeals to our alumni to
91 9849144664
okmurthy2003@yahoo.com consider this worthy cause and donate generously
Coordinators at GMC/GGH to serve the needy in the Navyandhra Pradesh.
Balabhaskara Rao Venigalla (71)
Chief Coordinator We hope to see that all our alumni respond in
Hanumantha Rao V. Palaparthy (72)
Srinivas Kanumuri (83)
kind and make it a great success, so that we all can
GMCANA Auditorium feel proud of our contributionsthat can change
Rucksana, Executive Secretary
Tel No. 91.863.2214779 the lives of so many Mothers and children in our
e-Fax No. 208.979.9271
gmcana1@gmail.com area. Please contact your classmates and friends