Doctors Warn: Be Extra Cautious This Fourth of July, and Let the Experts Handle the Fireworks
June 29, 2026
This Fourth of July, Minnesota physicians are once again urging their fellow Minnesotans to leave the fireworks up to the professionals.
Lakeville Physician Named President of Minnesota Medical Association
September 30, 2024
Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA, of Lakeville, was installed as the Minnesota Medical Association’s (MMA) 158th president on September 27 during the association’s Empowering Physicians Conference in Minneapolis.
Bogonko, a hospitalist with Allina Health in Shakopee, has been very active with the MMA since he became a member in 2010. He served as the chair of the MMA's Board of Trustees from October 2020 to September 2023. He has also served on the MMA’s Executive Committee, Policy Council, Nominating Committee, Awards Committee, and the Finance and Audit Committee.
His term, which officially begins October 1, lasts one year.
About the Minnesota Medical Association
The Minnesota Medical Association is a non-profit professional association representing physicians, residents and medical students. With more than 10,000 members, the MMA is dedicated to being the indispensable and unified voice of physicians for advancing the practice of medicine, the profession and patient health in Minnesota.
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The state’s largest advocacy group for Minnesota physicians and physicians-in-training will advocate for five key legislative priorities at the Capitol this session, which begins February 17. The group will hold its annual Physicians’ Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 4, bringing together physicians and physicians-in-training from across the state to meet with their elected officials.
“Dozens of healthcare-related bills go through the Capitol each session,” said Lisa Mattson, MD, the Minnesota Medical Association’s (MMA) president. “But to make an impact for patients and medical practice in Minnesota, we really need to focus our efforts on a few top issues.”