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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Francis H. Wright Jr. of San Antonio concluded |
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his noteworthy tenure as chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task |
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Force in December 2024; and |
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WHEREAS, Appointed to the task force by the governor in 2019, |
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Dr. Wright was named chair two years later; the team of experts |
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coordinates the implementation of the state's plan for the |
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prevention, early screening, diagnosis, and management of chronic |
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kidney disease, and it educates health care professionals as well; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Now retired, Dr. Wright worked tirelessly in behalf |
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of chronic kidney disease patients during more than four decades as |
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both a surgeon and advocate; he performed over 3,000 transplants, |
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and as medical director of Transplant Care Consultants, he |
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addressed such issues pertaining to care as quality, outcomes, and |
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access; prior to that role, he served as founding director of organ |
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transplantation as well as director of the Solid Organ Transplant |
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Program and of the Transplant Surgery Fellowship Program at the |
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Texas Transplant Institute on the campus of Methodist Specialty and |
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Transplant Hospital in San Antonio; in addition, he established and |
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directed the transplant program at Centennial Medical Center in |
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Nashville, Tennessee; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to improving health care, Dr. Wright |
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helped to develop national transplant policy as a member of several |
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committees of the United Network for Organ Sharing, and he served as |
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president of both the South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation |
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and the American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation; he |
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further gave of his time and knowledge to boards and committees of |
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the State of Texas Kidney Foundation and the U.S. Renal Network 14; |
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his professional affiliations have included the American Society of |
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Transplant Surgeons and the International Transplantation Society, |
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among others; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Wright's research regarding organ transplant |
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topics appeared in numerous publications; a fellow of the American |
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College of Surgeons, he received his medical degree from The |
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and |
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completed an organ transplant fellowship at the University of Iowa |
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Hospitals in 1988 as a member of its surgery faculty; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his leadership and vision, Francis Wright |
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greatly advanced the important mission of the CKD Task Force, and |
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his contributions are indeed deserving of special recognition; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Dr. Francis H. Wright Jr. for his service |
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as chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force and extend to him |
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sincere best 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. Wright as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |