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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Rosanne Popp of CHRISTUS St. Mary's Clinic in |
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Houston is serving as Physician of the Day at the State Capitol on |
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March 29, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, The Physician of the Day program at the State |
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Capitol provides for a doctor from the Texas Academy of Family |
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Physicians to be on call each day of a legislative session as a |
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resource for legislators and support staff; family physicians |
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travel from all over the state to volunteer their time and expertise |
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at the Capitol health clinic; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Popp earned her doctor of medicine degree from |
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1994 |
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and completed her residency at the McLennan County Family Practice |
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Program in Waco; she joined CHRISTUS Health as the medical director |
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of the Southwest Community Health Center in 2000, and today she |
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serves as the medical director of the CHRISTUS St. Mary's Clinic, |
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the CHRISTUS School Clinics, and the CHRISTUS Healthy Living Mobile |
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Clinics; she is active in a number of professional organizations, |
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including the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical |
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Association, and the American Association of Family Practice; |
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moreover, Sister Popp is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters |
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of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her career, Dr. Rosanne Popp has |
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provided skilled and compassionate care to countless Texans, and it |
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is indeed a pleasure to welcome this esteemed medical professional |
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to the State Capitol; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Dr. Rosanne Popp for her participation in |
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the Physician of the Day program and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Popp as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |