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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Pastor Alvarado of Brownsville is retiring in |
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2025, following a career spanning more than four decades as a colon |
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and rectal surgeon; and |
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WHEREAS, A trailblazer in his specialty in the Rio Grande |
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Valley, Dr. Alvarado is known for his expertise in upper and lower |
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endoscopies and anorectal surgery and for his skill in advanced |
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medical technology; he is a fellow of the Texas Society of Colon and |
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Rectal Surgeons and a longtime member of the American Society of |
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Colon and Rectal Surgeons; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Alvarado has given generously of his time and |
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expertise in numerous leadership roles, among them chief of |
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surgery, chief of medical staff, and member of safety and peer |
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review committees; he served as president of the county medical |
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society, and he was the county medical delegate to the Texas Medical |
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Association for over 15 years; in addition, he has been active in |
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Physicians Against Lawsuit Abuse and Citizens Against Lawsuit |
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Abuse; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Colegio San Agustin and the University |
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of Panama Medical School, Dr. Alvarado interned in the Panamanian |
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Social Security Hospital Systems and went on to a residency at |
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Gorgas Hospital; he completed his residency in colon and rectal |
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surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in 1982; later that |
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year, he began his noteworthy tenure in private practice at Upper |
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Valley Hemorrhoid Clinic; and |
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WHEREAS, Pastor Alvarado's skill, dedication, and commitment |
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to excellence have greatly benefited countless patients in the Rio |
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Grande Valley, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well |
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spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; 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 congratulate Dr. Pastor Alvarado on his |
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retirement 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. Alvarado as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |