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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lawrence L. Anderson retired as chief medical |
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officer of U.S. Dermatology Partners in Tyler in April 2020, |
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concluding an exemplary career with the organization that |
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spanned nearly two and a half decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson first joined U.S. Dermatology |
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Partners in 1996, and over the course of his tenure, he provided |
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comprehensive care to countless patients; he specialized in |
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treating skin cancer through Mohs surgical techniques, and he |
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further distinguished himself as a skilled and compassionate |
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leader in his roles as medical director and chief medical |
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officer; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Anderson has |
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served on a number of civic and professional boards, including |
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the Texas Medical Board, and he is a fellow of the American |
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College of Physicians and the American College of Mohs |
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Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology; he has also |
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authored dozens of articles on various medical subjects, and he |
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has been recognized by Texas Monthly as one of the state's "Super |
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Doctors" numerous times; and |
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WHEREAS, Prior to his tenure with U.S. Dermatology |
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Partners, Dr. Anderson served in the U.S. Army for 16 years, |
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holding such posts as chief of ambulatory care at Fort McPherson |
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and chief of medicine and dermatology at Fort Hood; a cum laude |
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graduate of Washington State University, he received his doctor |
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of medicine degree from Uniformed Services University and |
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completed his dermatology training and a surgical fellowship at |
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Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lawrence Anderson's care and expertise have |
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greatly benefited his patients and earned him the lasting |
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admiration of his colleagues, and he may indeed reflect with |
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pride on his notable record of achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 87th Texas Legislature, |
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3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Lawrence L. Anderson |
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on his retirement as chief medical officer of U.S. Dermatology |
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Partners and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; |
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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. Anderson as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |