85S13053 BK-D
By: Guerra H.R. No. 488
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Dr. Carlos Cardenas, president of the Texas Medical
Association, and Dr. Jose Cazares, president of the Texas Dental
Association, are rendering exceptional service and proudly
representing the Rio Grande Valley as leaders in the Texas medical
community; and
WHEREAS, Hailing from McAllen, Dr. Carlos J. Cardenas has
amassed more than 25 years of experience in medicine and health care
management; he graduated from The University of Texas Medical
Branch and became a board certified internal medicine specialist in
1988; four years later, he cofounded South Texas Gastroenterology
Associates, where he practices today; in 1995, he was among a group
of doctors who joined together to establish Day Surgery at
Renaissance at Edinburg, now one of the largest physician-owned
facilities in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cardenas served as president of the
Hidalgo–Starr County Medical Society in 2001 and was elected in
2005 to the board of trustees of the Texas Medical Association,
which named him its 2017-2018 president; deeply committed to the
Rio Grande Valley and its next generation of medical professionals,
he recently helped to open a teaching hospital for students at the
new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine; and
WHEREAS, A McAllen-based dentist, Dr. Jose "Joey" Cazares is
a graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry; he has operated his own
private dental practice for over 25 years, during which time he has
twice been nominated by his peers as Texas Dentist of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cazares joined the Texas Dental Association in
1997, and he served on the TDA Board of Directors from 2005 to 2008;
he is a past president of the Rio Grande Valley District Dental
Society, Dentists Who Care, and the Texas and Rio Grande Valley
Academies of General Dentistry; at the national level, he currently
serves on the Academy of General Dentistry's Legislative and
Governmental Affairs Council and has been a delegate to the
American Dental Association; elected as president of TDA for
2017-2018, he is the first member of the RGV District Dental Society
to serve in that role; and
WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans have long distinguished
themselves as champions for public health in their community, and
medical professionals across Texas are indeed fortunate to have the
benefit of their strong, visionary leadership; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Dr. Carlos Cardenas
and Dr. Jose Cazares for their service as president of the Texas
Medical Association and Texas Dental Association, respectively,
and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
for Dr. Cardenas and Dr. Cazares as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.