| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1708 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Angela Gardner of Grapevine has been named |
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| 6 | 6 | | president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians; |
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| 7 | 7 | | and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, After earning her medical degree at the Texas Tech |
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| 9 | 9 | | Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Dr. Gardner completed a |
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| 10 | 10 | | transitional internship and an emergency medicine residency at |
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| 11 | 11 | | Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center in El Paso; she is |
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| 12 | 12 | | currently serving as an assistant professor in the department of |
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| 13 | 13 | | surgery at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; in |
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| 14 | 14 | | addition to teaching and treating patients, Dr. Gardner is active |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the field of emergency medicine and is an advocate of preserving |
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| 16 | 16 | | patients' access to quality emergency care; she also played a key |
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| 17 | 17 | | role in the passage of medical liability reform in Texas, and she |
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| 18 | 18 | | hopes to bring about similar changes at the national level; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Founded in 1968, ACEP is the oldest and largest |
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| 20 | 20 | | national medical specialty organization representing physicians |
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| 21 | 21 | | who practice emergency medicine; with more than 22,000 members, the |
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| 22 | 22 | | organization sponsors a continuing education program, monitors |
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| 23 | 23 | | trends in the health care environment, and analyzes issues |
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| 24 | 24 | | affecting emergency physicians and their patients; ACEP also works |
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| 25 | 25 | | to affect public policy through its Washington, D.C., office, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | it publishes newsletters and a monthly journal, Annals of Emergency |
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| 27 | 27 | | Medicine; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Having held various leadership positions in both the |
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| 29 | 29 | | Texas chapter and the national organization, Dr. Gardner brings her |
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| 30 | 30 | | extensive experience to ACEP as its president-elect; she has served |
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| 31 | 31 | | on its board of directors for six years and as its vice president; |
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| 32 | 32 | | she was also president of Texas ACEP in 2003 and the chair of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | National Report Card Task Force in 2006; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has long demonstrated a profound |
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| 35 | 35 | | commitment to her profession, and she may indeed reflect with great |
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| 36 | 36 | | pride on her notable achievements as she takes on this new role; |
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| 37 | 37 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 39 | 39 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Angela Gardner on her election |
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| 40 | 40 | | as president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and |
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| 41 | 41 | | extend to her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be |
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| 42 | 42 | | it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 44 | 44 | | prepared for Dr. Gardner as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 45 | 45 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 46 | 46 | | Truitt |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 49 | 49 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1708 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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