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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