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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Roland Goertz is retiring from Waco Family |
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Health Center in February 2019, drawing to a close a remarkable |
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career as a physician and administrator that has spanned more than |
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three decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Roland Goertz graduated from The University of Texas |
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Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1981 and served his |
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residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth; in 1986, he |
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completed a clinical teaching fellowship in family medicine, and in |
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2003, he earned a master's degree in business administration from |
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Baylor University; and |
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WHEREAS, During the first 10 years of his career, Dr. Goertz |
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served as director of a family practice residency program in Corpus |
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Christi, medical director of a health plan in Austin, chair of the |
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department of family medicine at the UT Health Science Center at |
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Houston, and chief medical officer of the group partnership |
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practice of Houston Medical School and Hermann Hospital; and |
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WHEREAS, He moved to Waco in 1997, accepting the challenge of |
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overseeing a struggling community clinic, Waco Family Health |
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Center; as executive director and chief executive officer of the |
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foundations that supervise the center, he worked to have the clinic |
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certified as a federally qualified health center; since achieving |
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that goal in 1999, the Family Health Center has grown and thrived, |
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increasing its number of patients by 80 percent and expanding to 15 |
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locations; it also operates a 36-bed family medicine residency |
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program, the Brazos Regional Area Health Education Center, and the |
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Family Medicine Faculty Development Center of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, A leader in his profession and his community, |
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Dr. Goertz has chaired the Family Practice Residency Advisory |
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Committee of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and |
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served on the advisory board of Baylor University's Hankamer School |
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of Business and the board of the American Academy of Family |
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Physicians (AAFP); he has been a member of the Rotary Club, Waco |
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Community Health Action Partners, the Waco Business League, and the |
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executive committee of the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Goertz's awards include the Presidential Award |
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of Merit, the Political Action Committee Award, and the |
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Philanthropist of the Year award from the Texas Academy of Family |
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Physicians, the Robert Graham Family Physician Executive Award from |
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the AAFP, the Gold-Headed Cane Award from the McLennan County |
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Medical Society and Alliance, and the Distinguished Medical Alumnus |
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Award from the San Antonio School of Medicine Alumni Association; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of 33 years, Dr. Goertz has made a |
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significant impact on the practice of family medicine in Texas, and |
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his work as a skilled physician and an inspiring administrator has |
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benefited the lives of thousands in McLennan County; he has earned |
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the respect and admiration of his patients and his fellow doctors, |
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and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well-spent as he |
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embarks upon the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Roland Goertz on his |
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retirement from Waco Family Health Center and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for continued 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. Goertz as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Kacal |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 213 was adopted by the House on |
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February 6, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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