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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Carlos Cardenas, president of the Texas Medical |
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| 6 | 7 | | Association, and Dr. Jose Cazares, president of the Texas Dental |
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| 7 | 8 | | Association, are rendering exceptional service and proudly |
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| 8 | 9 | | representing the Rio Grande Valley as leaders in the Texas medical |
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| 9 | 10 | | community; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Hailing from McAllen, Dr. Carlos J. Cardenas has |
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| 11 | 12 | | amassed more than 25 years of experience in medicine and health care |
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| 12 | 13 | | management; he graduated from The University of Texas Medical |
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| 13 | 14 | | Branch and became a board certified internal medicine specialist in |
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| 14 | 15 | | 1988; four years later, he cofounded South Texas Gastroenterology |
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| 15 | 16 | | Associates, where he practices today; in 1995, he was among a group |
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| 16 | 17 | | of doctors who joined together to establish Day Surgery at |
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| 17 | 18 | | Renaissance at Edinburg, now one of the largest physician-owned |
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| 18 | 19 | | facilities in the United States; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Cardenas served as president of the |
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| 20 | 21 | | Hidalgo–Starr County Medical Society in 2001 and was elected in |
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| 21 | 22 | | 2005 to the board of trustees of the Texas Medical Association, |
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| 22 | 23 | | which named him its 2017-2018 president; deeply committed to the |
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| 23 | 24 | | Rio Grande Valley and its next generation of medical professionals, |
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| 24 | 25 | | he recently helped to open a teaching hospital for students at the |
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| 25 | 26 | | new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, A McAllen-based dentist, Dr. Jose "Joey" Cazares is |
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| 27 | 28 | | a graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry; he has operated his own |
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| 28 | 29 | | private dental practice for over 25 years, during which time he has |
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| 29 | 30 | | twice been nominated by his peers as Texas Dentist of the Year; and |
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| 30 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Cazares joined the Texas Dental Association in |
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| 31 | 32 | | 1997, and he served on the TDA Board of Directors from 2005 to 2008; |
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| 32 | 33 | | he is a past president of the Rio Grande Valley District Dental |
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| 33 | 34 | | Society, Dentists Who Care, and the Texas and Rio Grande Valley |
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| 34 | 35 | | Academies of General Dentistry; at the national level, he currently |
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| 35 | 36 | | serves on the Academy of General Dentistry's Legislative and |
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| 36 | 37 | | Governmental Affairs Council and has been a delegate to the |
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| 37 | 38 | | American Dental Association; elected as president of TDA for |
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| 38 | 39 | | 2017-2018, he is the first member of the RGV District Dental Society |
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| 39 | 40 | | to serve in that role; and |
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| 40 | 41 | | WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans have long distinguished |
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| 41 | 42 | | themselves as champions for public health in their community, and |
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| 42 | 43 | | medical professionals across Texas are indeed fortunate to have the |
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| 43 | 44 | | benefit of their strong, visionary leadership; now, therefore, be |
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| 44 | 45 | | it |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 46 | 47 | | Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Dr. Carlos Cardenas |
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| 47 | 48 | | and Dr. Jose Cazares for their service as president of the Texas |
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| 48 | 49 | | Medical Association and Texas Dental Association, respectively, |
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| 49 | 50 | | and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, |
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| 50 | 51 | | be it further |
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| 51 | 52 | | RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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| 52 | 53 | | for Dr. Cardenas and Dr. Cazares as an expression of high regard by |
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| 53 | 54 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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