The Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation

Dr. Prem Reddy and his family founded the Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation, previously known as the Desert Valley Charitable Foundation, in 1986. It is a nonprofit foundation that has donated millions to various charities, including those that support health education, college scholarships, public healthcare education and free community clinics.

In the United States, the Foundation assists patients unable to afford treatment by funding free clinics and organizations supporting preventative care. The Foundation also seeks to ensure that students of all backgrounds can pursue careers in medicine. On a global level, the Foundation supports Samaritan’s Purse by donating equipment used in clinics across poverty stricken regions around the world. The Foundation also funds clean water initiatives, childhood vaccinations programs, educational grants, new medical clinics and medical missions to treat blindness with free cataract removal surgeries and pediatric congenital heart defects. Medical equipment has been donated for use in clinics in areas of Africa, Indonesia and Central America.

The Foundation supports programs such as Access to Healthcare in Nevada, a nonprofit medical program offering discounted medical services to Nevada's working poor uninsured, and provides funding for clinics, such as the Turner House Children's Clinic in Kansas City, making access to high quality pediatric health care services available for underserved and uninsured children. The Foundation also made a large donation to the YMCA in Kansas City, funding a cancer survivor program which allows participants to attend free of charge and receive much needed support during their recovery process.

In 2014 Dr. Reddy made a commitment of $40 million to found the California University of Science and Medicine, a new non-profit MD school to be located in San Bernardino, CA. Through Prime Healthcare Services facilities and myriad foundation donations, Dr. Reddy and the Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation strive to meet the healthcare needs of the community.

Driven by Dr. Reddy's life-long passion for healing and education, the Foundation acts as a steward of private funds to be used for public good and fulfill a commitment to give back to the community.

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Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP, is a physician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Dr. Reddy was born into a family of proud leaders in rural India where he learned the values and guiding principles that led to his remarkable accomplishments and generosity. The focus of Dr. Reddy's work has been to save failing hospitals, turn them into thriving community assets, and give back to the community, gifting hundreds of millions of dollars to causes related to health care and caring for others.

Dr. Reddy is double board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. During his 25 years of practice, he performed more than 5,000 cardiac procedures, including coronary angiography and angioplasty and permanent pacemaker implantations. Dr. Reddy has been named by Modern Healthcare as one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives” in health care nine times, the “25 Top Minority Executives in Healthcare” multiple times, and is consistently listed among the “Top 100 Physician Leaders to Know” and “Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.” Dr. Reddy has also been honored locally in California, most recently with the 2017 Bernard Osher Philanthropists of the Year award, recognizing Dr. Reddy and his wife Dr. Venkamma Reddy for their generous support of Victor Valley College and other Southern California community colleges.

In 2001, Dr. Reddy formed Prime Healthcare Services with a mission to save hospitals, improve community healthcare and provide the very best care to patients. Prime Healthcare now owns and operates 45 hospitals and more than 100 outpatient locations in 14 states and is the fifth largest for-profit hospital system in the nation. Among numerous accolades, Prime Healthcare has been recognized as one of the “10 Top Health Systems” and one of the “15 Top Health Systems” in the nation three times. Since 2003, Prime Healthcare hospitals have been recognized 47 times among the “100 Top Hospitals” in the nation by IBM Watson Health.