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WHEREAS, May 2013 has been designated as Brain Tumor |
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Awareness Month, and this occasion provides a fitting opportunity |
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to honor The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and its |
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president, Dr. Ronald A. DePinho, as well as Doctors Charles A. |
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Conrad, Jeffrey S. Weinberg, and Susan McGovern, whose skill and |
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dedication have immeasurably aided countless people in the fight |
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against cancer; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1941 as part of The University of Texas |
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System, the MD Anderson Center is one of the world's most respected |
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institutions devoted exclusively to cancer research, education, |
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prevention, and patient care; in 2012, the center was ranked as the |
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nation's best hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World |
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Report's "Best Hospitals" survey, and it has been rated in the top |
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two every year since the survey's inception in 1990; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Ronald DePinho, an internationally recognized |
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former professor of medicine and genetics at Harvard Medical |
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School, became president of MD Anderson in 2011, having served as |
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the founding director of the Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer |
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Science at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; he graduated as the |
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salutatorian of his class at Fordham University and earned his |
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medical degree with distinction in microbiology and immunology from |
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the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; today, he focuses his |
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research program on the molecular underpinnings of cancer, aging, |
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and degenerative disorders; and |
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WHEREAS, A former member of the board of the American |
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Association for Cancer Research, Dr. DePinho has served on a number |
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of advisory boards in the public and private sectors and co-chaired |
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advisory boards for the Cancer Genome Atlas project and the |
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National Cancer Institute Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium; |
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his myriad accolades include the March of Dimes Basil O'Connor |
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Starter Scholar Research Award and the James S. McDonnell Scholar |
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Award, and he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts |
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and Sciences in 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Conrad, a graduate of The University of |
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Texas Medical School at Houston, joined the staff of MD Anderson in |
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1992 as a clinical fellow in neuro-oncology; he became director of |
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clinical operations in the Department of Neuro-Oncology in 2009, |
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and he also serves in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics; |
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the author of nearly 70 peer-reviewed publications, he divides his |
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time between active patient care and laboratory investigations and |
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has participated in numerous clinical trials; his many honors |
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include the Waun Ki Hong Award for Excellence in Team Science; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jeffrey Weinberg is director of training in the |
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Department of Neurosurgery; he is also the director of Brainsuite, |
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an intraoperative MRI research group, and he is known for his |
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particular expertise in primary and metastatic brain tumors, |
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stereotactic radiosurgery, spinal cord tumors, intraoperative |
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delivery of anticancer agents, and pediatric brain tumors; |
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moreover, he is rotation program director for the neurosurgical |
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residency programs at Baylor College of Medicine and The University |
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of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; he has received the |
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Achievement Award in Science from the International Biographical |
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Centre in Cambridge, England, among a host of accolades, and he has |
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published more than 50 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, as |
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well as 8 book chapters; before moving to Houston, he was chief |
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neurosurgery resident for New York University Langone Medical |
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Center, Bellevue Hospital, and Veterans Affairs Hospitals in New |
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York City; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Susan McGovern is an assistant professor in the |
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Department of Radiation Oncology in the CNS/Pediatrics section; |
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currently, she focuses on pediatric radiation oncology, and she is |
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especially engaged in developing dose-volume constraints for |
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re-irradiation of pediatric brain tumors; a graduate of the |
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University of Notre Dame, she earned both her medical degree and a |
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doctorate through the Northwestern University Medical Scientist |
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Training Program; she went on to complete a transitional internship |
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and residency in radiation oncology at MD Anderson, followed by a |
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postdoctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, During Brain Tumor Awareness Month, we celebrate the |
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accomplishments of those who work tirelessly to advance scientific |
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knowledge and deliver the highest quality of medical care to cancer |
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patients, and the MD Anderson Cancer Center has improved the lives |
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of hundreds of thousands of people through the efforts of such |
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distinguished professionals as Dr. DePinho, Dr. Conrad, Dr. |
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Weinberg, and Dr. McGovern; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize May 2013 as Brain Tumor Awareness |
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Month and honor Dr. Ronald A. DePinho, Dr. Charles A. Conrad, Dr. |
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Jeffrey S. Weinberg, Dr. Susan McGovern, and the entire staff of The |
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for their exceptional |
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work to treat and prevent brain cancer. |
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King of Parker |
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Coleman |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1894 was adopted by the House on May 10, |
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2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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