Dr. Pallavi Patel is President and CEO of State Care and Bay Area Primary Care Association. There are five locations across Tampa. She also established a charity hospital in her native country, India.

“This is really exciting, you know we do the work we do without any expectation of recognition,” said Patel. “When you see such distinguished women who has been recognized before and inducted into Florida Hall of Fame… to be recognized alongside with them, it’s a great honor.”

Governor Charlie Crist, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, and Attorney General Bill McCollum presented the awards. They also inducted: Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente and US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

After the recognition ceremony, Charlie Crist held a reception honoring those women at the Governor’s Mansion.

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