Dr. Challa Re-Elected President and Dr. Sheth Re-Elected Vice President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2020

Contact:
Mark A. Spangler, MA
Executive Director
(304) 558-2921
Mark.A.Spangler@wv.gov

Dr. Kishore Challa Re-Elected President of WV Board of Medicine;
Dr. Ashish Sheth Re-Elected Vice President

Charleston, WV __ South Charleston cardiologist Dr. Kishore K. Challa on Monday was re-elected to serve a second, two-year term as president of the West Virginia Board of Medicine, while Cross Lanes internal medicine specialist Dr. Ashish P. Sheth was re-elected to a second, two-year term as vice president.

The election took place during the regular bimonthly meeting of the WVBOM in Charleston. Challa and Sheth officially begin their second terms today. Dr. Quartel-Ayne Amjad, recently named state health officer and commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, serves as board secretary.

“I am honored to continue to lead the outstanding board members and staff of the West Virginia Board of Medicine,” Challa said. “The licensure, regulation and oversight of more than 7,000 physicians, 120 podiatric physicians and nearly 1,000 physician assistants in West Virginia is a responsibility we take very seriously, and we are most fortunate to have an organization that is up to the challenge.”

Challa succeeded Dr. Ahmed D. Faheem as president of the 16-member board in 2018.

Challa, president of South Charleston Cardiology Associates, began his medical education in his native India, and then moved to the U.S. to complete a medical residency and cardiology fellowship at Coney Island Hospital in New York. After completing his training in interventional cardiology at New York Medical College, he and his family moved to Charleston in 1989.

Dr. Challa is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology, is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Kanawha Medical Association. In February 2013, he was presented with the Distinguished West Virginian award by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, and in 2014 received the American Heart Association’s Heart of Gold award.

Challa also chairs the board’s Executive/Management Committee and Personnel Committee, and serves as a member of the Legislative Committee. He was originally appointed to the board in January 2013 and reappointed by Gov. Jim Justice in October 2017.

Like Challa, Dr. Sheth began his medical education in India before completing his residency in internal medicine at Jersey Shore Medical Center. Dr. Sheth also chairs the board’s Complaint Committee, and serves as a member of the Executive/Management Committee, Legislative Committee and Personnel Committee. He and his wife, Falguni, who is a respiratory therapist, operate the medical practice WV Primary Care.

The West Virginia Board of Medicine is the state agency charged with protecting the health and safety of the public through licensure, regulation, and oversight of medical doctors (MDs), podiatric physicians (DPMs), and collaborating physician assistants (PAs).

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