Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIII, Issue I - Spring 2019 | Page 24

Q:
YOU HAVE RECEIVED MUCH RECOGNITION OVER THE
YEARS. ARE THESE TRIBUTES MEANINGFUL TO YOU?
A:
The community has been very good to me for the
past 38 years. I have received many local and state
awards, accolades, and honors, paralleling my national
recognitions in cardiology. A few honors that I received
had never existed in the history of Pasco County. I am
grateful for the recognitions. I worked very hard to build
my private practice, but never expected or accepted a
penny from the hospital.
President, American Heart Association, Florida
Affiliate, 2003.
Q:
A:
WHAT AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ARE
AMONG THE MOST MEANINGFUL TO YOU?
The “National Physician of the Year Award”
from the American Heart Association in
2005, in addition to the other awards from AHA. I
am the only cardiologist that ever received all three
of the most prestigious national awards from the
AHA. I also really appreciated the Proclamation
by the Pasco County Commission recognizing
February 1, the first day of “Heart Month,” as
“Dr. Rao Musunuru Day” in perpetuity—the first of
its kind in the history of Pasco County.
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