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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Angela Gardner of Grapevine has been named |
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president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, After earning her medical degree at the Texas Tech |
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Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Dr. Gardner completed a |
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transitional internship and an emergency medicine residency at |
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Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center in El Paso; she is |
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currently serving as an assistant professor in the department of |
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surgery at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; in |
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addition to teaching and treating patients, Dr. Gardner is active |
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in the field of emergency medicine and is an advocate of preserving |
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patients' access to quality emergency care; she also played a key |
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role in the passage of medical liability reform in Texas, and she |
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hopes to bring about similar changes at the national level; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1968, ACEP is the oldest and largest |
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national medical specialty organization representing physicians |
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who practice emergency medicine; with more than 22,000 members, the |
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organization sponsors a continuing education program, monitors |
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trends in the health care environment, and analyzes issues |
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affecting emergency physicians and their patients; ACEP also works |
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to affect public policy through its Washington, D.C., office, and |
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it publishes newsletters and a monthly journal, Annals of Emergency |
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Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, Having held various leadership positions in both the |
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Texas chapter and the national organization, Dr. Gardner brings her |
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extensive experience to ACEP as its president-elect; she has served |
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on its board of directors for six years and as its vice president; |
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she was also president of Texas ACEP in 2003 and the chair of the |
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National Report Card Task Force in 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has long demonstrated a profound |
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commitment to her profession, and she may indeed reflect with great |
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pride on her notable achievements as she takes on this new role; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Angela Gardner on her election |
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as president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Gardner as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |