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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than 30 years, Dr. Francisco Mauricio |
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Bandeira Teixeira has served the residents of Alice and its |
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surrounding communities through his work as a physician and civic |
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leader; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Brazil in 1937, Dr. Teixeira earned his |
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medical degree from Universidade Federal do Ceara Medical School in |
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1964 and came to the United States shortly thereafter to work and |
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study; he arrived in Plainview and began employment at the town's |
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general hospital; two years later, after completing the first year |
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of his residency at Scott & White in Temple, he was drafted by the |
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U.S. Army; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1969, Dr. Teixeira began his year-long service in |
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Vietnam as a captain at one of the army's busiest hospitals, located |
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in Cu Chi along the Ho Chi Minh Trail; he later accepted a six-month |
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service extension and went on to earn numerous honors, including |
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the Bronze Star, before being discharged with the rank of major; in |
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December 1970, he returned to Temple, where he completed his |
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residency before beginning a year of employment in West; and |
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Alice welcomed Dr. Teixeira to their |
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community in November 1973, and the following month he married the |
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former Ingrid Follak, a fellow Brazilian he had met while living in |
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Temple; since his arrival in Alice, he has played an increasingly |
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important role in the city's medical community, serving as chief of |
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staff and chief of surgery at Alice Physicians and Surgeons |
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Hospital, Alice Regional Hospital, and CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital |
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Alice and as medical director for the Hebbronville, San Diego, |
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Premont, and Falfurrias rural health clinics; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Teixeira has been a fellow of the American Board |
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of Surgery since 1976 and is a member of the Texas Society for |
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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Surgeons; in |
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addition to serving on the board of Triad, he has held leadership |
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roles with the TRI-County Medical Society, Paragon PHO, the |
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American Medical Association, and the Texas Medical Association; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his years in Alice, Mauricio Teixeira has |
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worked to promote quality and excellence in the care of patients, |
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and he has further contributed to the betterment of the community |
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through three decades of engaged citizenship; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize Dr. Francisco Mauricio Bandeira |
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Teixeira for his medical and civic contributions to his fellow |
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residents and extend sincere best wishes to him for continued |
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success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Teixeira as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |