HLS 17RS-1255 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 33
BY REPRESENTATIVE JENKINS
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Dr. G. E. Ghali for his leadership as chancellor of LSU
Health Sciences Center in Shreveport
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Dr. G. E. Ghali, D.D.S., M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), Chancellor of
3 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, for extraordinary
4 leadership in the advancement of the institution and in the rich legacy of medical
5 instruction and research that he contributes to his community, the state, and the
6 world.
7 WHEREAS, Dr. G. E. Ghali's leadership has led to LSU Health Sciences Center
8Shreveport receiving full ACGME accreditation for all training programs, completing fiscal
9year 2016 with a positive operating margin, and the development of new relationships with
10six community hospitals signing memorandums of understanding to enhance education and
11clinical activities thereby increasing health care services for the populous of north Louisiana
12and the state as a whole; and
13 WHEREAS, before Dr. Ghali began his service in 2016 as chancellor and dean of
14the LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, he had amassed a vast knowledge and
15experience in the field of medicine, serving as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and as the
16Jack W. Gamble Endowed Chair in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; and
17 WHEREAS, in 2012, Dr. Ghali led the initiative to establish the Cleft Lip and Palate
18Program at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Shreveport, and since that time has served as
19director of the program; and
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1 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali is also the founder of the Ark-La-Tex Craniofacial and Cleft
2Team, which provides complex oral and maxillofacial care to children and adults across
3multiple healthcare institutions; and
4 WHEREAS, the LSU System received significant domestic and international
5recognition for the rare and lifesaving surgery performed by Dr. Ghali on a three-year-old
6Brazilian patient with a five-pound facial myxoma whose family was unable to secure
7needed medical services in her home country; and
8 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali performed this surgery, as he has many others in the past, at
9no cost to the patient, and was awarded the "2017 Volunteer Service Award for Global
10Impact" by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., in part for his work on this case; and
11 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali has received numerous awards including "The Samaritan of
12the Year" (Samaritan Counseling Center), and the "William Haynie, MD Award in
13Pediatrics" (Northwest Louisiana Pediatric Society); and
14 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali's service to humanity includes eighteen years of travel to India
15performing missionary work to operate on those suffering with cleft lips and palates, as well
16as adults with oral, head, and neck cancer, and serving as an instructor to all branches of the
17military regarding management of maxillofacial injuries; and
18 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali has been recognized for his leadership role in developing an
19Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Section within the American College of Surgeons as well
20as developing guidelines for accepting Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons as full fellows in the
21American College of Surgeons, and as recipients of the "Distinguished Educator Award"
22from the Southeastern Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the "William J. Gies
23Foundation Award" and the "Robert V. Walker Distinguished Service Award" from the
24American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; and
25 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali's work has been memorialized in eighty-two publications and
26in contributions to forty books; and
27 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali has received more than three hundred invitations to lecture
28all across the world; and
29 WHEREAS, Dr. Ghali shares his wonderful life with his wife, Hope, and their
30children, Gregor, Grace, Gabrielle, and Garrisyn.
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1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2commend Dr. G. E. Ghali, MD, Chancellor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences
3Center in Shreveport, for extraordinary leadership in the advancement of the institution and
4for the rich legacy of medical instruction and research that he contributes to the world; and
5does hereby extend its best wishes and gratitude to Dr. G. E. Ghali for his contributions and
6continued success.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
8to Dr. G. E. Ghali, D.D.S, M.D., F.A.C.S., and F.R.C.S. (Ed.).
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 33 Original 2017 Regular Session Jenkins
Commends Dr. G. E. Ghali, MD, Chancellor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center in Shreveport, for extraordinary leadership in the advancement of the institution and
for his contribution to medical instruction and research.
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