Three things to know:
1. Dr. Farrukh served as chief of surgery at the Lancaster, Calif.-based hospital in 1995 and chief of staff from 1996-99.
2. Born in Lebanon, he later moved to the U.S. and completed a general surgery residency at Union Memorial Hospital and a neurosurgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, both in Baltimore.
3. Dr. Farrukh was sworn into his sixth term on the board on Dec. 4.
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