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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Richard M. Peterson of The University of Texas |
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Health Science Center at San Antonio has been elected the 39th |
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president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric |
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Surgery; and |
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WHEREAS, ASMBS is the nation's largest professional |
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organization of metabolic and bariatric surgeons and integrated |
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health professionals focused on obesity treatment; Dr. Peterson |
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has been involved in the group for nearly two decades, and he has |
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been a member of its board since 2019; over the years, he has |
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chaired the program, public education, and communications |
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committees, and he has distinguished himself as a contributing |
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author to the accreditation standards for bariatric surgery; he |
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also serves as social media editor for the organization's official |
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journal, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases; in addition, he |
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co-chairs the Standards and Verification Advisory Council of the |
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American College of Surgeons' Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery |
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Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Peterson is currently the chief bariatric and |
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metabolic surgery director at UT Health San Antonio, where he also |
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serves as a professor and the assistant director of surgery student |
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clerkship, and he oversees CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute in |
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Westover Hills as medical director; a respected leader in his |
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field, he is a past president of the Texas Association for Bariatric |
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Surgery; he holds a bachelor's degree in biology from the |
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University of California, Riverside, a master's degree in public |
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health from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, and a |
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doctoral degree from the American University of the Caribbean |
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School of Medicine; he completed his residency at Saint Agnes |
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Hospital in Baltimore and his fellowship in advanced laparoscopic |
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and bariatric surgery at the University of Southern California; and |
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WHEREAS, A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Peterson served |
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two combat tours of duty and attained the rank of major; during his |
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military career, he led the expansion of the largest U.S. |
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Department of Defense bariatric surgery program at the air force's |
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military flagship hospital, where he established the DOD's first |
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laparoscopic surgery fellowship; his honors include the |
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Meritorious Service Medal and two Air Force Commendation Medals; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The dedication, expertise, and commitment to |
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excellence demonstrated by Dr. Richard Peterson make him an |
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invaluable asset to ASMBS, and he may reflect with pride on his many |
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achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 1st |
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Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Richard M. Peterson on his |
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election as president of the American Society for Metabolic and |
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Bariatric Surgery and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Peterson as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |