ARB Board Member Biographies
John G. Telles, M.D.

This page last reviewed January 06, 2010

Appointed April 2008 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dr. Telles has been a cardiologist at the Heart Group Cardiovascular Associates Inc. since 1979, where he also serves as managing partner.

Concurrently serving on the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and Air Resources Board, Dr. Telles brings broad practical knowledge of both the health impacts of air pollution and the importance of the agricultural economy to air pollution control decisions at the state and local levels.

He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Medical Society, California Medical Society and is former president of the Fresno Madera Medical Society.

Dr. Telles received his B.A. in Chemistry from U.C. Davis in 1971 and M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine in 1974. He completed his Internal Medicine residency in 1977 at the University of Rochester, New York. Dr. Telles also did a cardiology fellowship at UCLA/Harbor General Hospital.

Dr. Telles grew up on a farm in the San Joaquin Valley and now lives in Fresno.

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