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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 411
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WHEREAS, Dr. Julio C. O'Ryan has greatly benefited |
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countless South Texas patients over the course of his long career |
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in pediatrics; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Bayamo, Cuba, in 1943, Dr. O'Ryan earned |
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his medical degree from the University of Zaragoza in Spain; he |
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completed an internship at Perth Amboy General Hospital in New |
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Jersey and residencies at Massachusetts hospitals associated |
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with Harvard Medical School; in addition, he had teaching |
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appointments as a clinical fellow in pediatrics at Harvard and as |
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a senior resident at Driscoll Children's Hospital; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. O'Ryan entered private practice in Kingsville |
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in 1975; he was also a clinical instructor for the Coastal Bend |
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College nursing program and taught neonatal resuscitation at the |
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Academy of Pediatrics at Christus Spohn Kleberg Memorial Hospital |
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in Kingsville; in 1998, he joined the pediatrics specialty clinic |
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at Christus Spohn Health System in Falfurrias; and |
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WHEREAS, Since 2006, Dr. O'Ryan has led pediatrics for |
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Community Action Health Center; its Federally Qualified Health |
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Centers provide care for medically underserved communities in |
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Kingsville and Falfurrias; with a gentle manner and quick smile, |
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he puts his young patients and their parents at ease; he and his |
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staff work long hours to ensure that every child receives the |
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best possible care; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. O'Ryan exemplifies the skill, compassion, and |
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dedication that are the hallmarks of the best physicians, and he |
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has earned the deep gratitude of his patients and the great |
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admiration of his colleagues; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby honor Dr. Julio C. O'Ryan for his |
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contributions to pediatrics in South Texas and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for continued success in his important work; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. O'Ryan as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas Senate. |
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LaMantia |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 13, 2023. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |