Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Oct 4: Governor of Austin, Greg Abbott has appointed Dr Sathish Nayak of Mangaluru origin as one of the six board members of Texas Medical Board for the term that will end on April 13, 2025.
The other members of the Texas medical board are Arun Agarwal, Devinder S Bhatia, MD, Vanessa Hicks-Callaway and Jason Tibbels. Practice of Medicine in the state of Texas is monitored by this board.
Dr Sathish Nayak's family in the city is elated at the news of him getting appointed for the Texas Medical Board. His brother-in-law and former president of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Rammohan Pai Maroor said, "Dr Nayak has worked very hard to attain this position. We are elated at this news. My sister Suman married him, when he was doing his MD in KMC."
Dr Sathish Nayak and his wife Sumana with Texas governor Greg Abbott
Dr Satish Nayak is a member of the American Medical Association, Texas Association of family physicians, American Academy of Family Medicine, in addition to the recent appointment as member of the Texas Medical Association. He is also a trustee of Hindu Association of West Texas and currently serves as the vice-president of the Yeriwah Mega Foundation. Dr Sathish Nayak of Andrews is a family physician, obstetrician and gynecologist at Nayak Clinic.
Dr Sathish Nayak studied MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Kasturba Medical College Mangaluru and Doctor of Medicine in family medicine from Westchester Country Medical Cente and a doctor of medicine in transitional medicine from the University of Maryland. He has also received a bachelor of medicine and surgery from Karnataka University.
Dr Sathish Nayak also owns Medical Spa in Andres, Texas since 14 years. Andrews in Texas is a small community of 18,000 people. He is practicing there since 17 years. Earlier he was in Carthage, Illinois, where he practiced for five years. This is also a small rural area with only 3,000 people.
Dr Sathish Nayak did his PU from St Joseph's College of Arts and Science in Bengaluru. His schooling was done in Bishop Cotton Boys School, Bengaluru and St Paul's School Belagavi.