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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Ken Nelson on
4receiving the 2012 Illinois Family Physician of the Year award
5from the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson has spent the past few years helping to
7increase access to health care for uninsured persons in
8Illinois; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson has spent over 20 years as a volunteer
10at Community Nurse Health Association, through the Community
11Healthcare Network of the Western Suburbs; he has put his
12efforts into securing local specialty care for the uninsured
13adults in the western suburbs, broadening the Illinois Good
14Samaritan Law, and working through CURE to bring free medical,
15dental, and vision, services to thousands of underserved
16Illinoisans; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson completed his residency training in
18family medicine at LaGrange Memorial Hospital and continued on
19to the University of Chicago, where he completed a
20post-doctoral fellowship in clinical pharmacology; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson helped found the Prairie Medical Group

 

 

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1in the west suburb of Westchester; he has volunteered his
2services at the LaGrange-based Community Nurse Health
3Association's free clinic for adults and has served as the
4clinic's medical director since 1992; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dr. Ken Nelson will receive his award at the
6Illinois Academy Awards Banquet on November 9th at the
7Eaglewood Resort in Itasca; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10we congratulate Dr. Nelson on receiving the 2012 Illinois
11Family Physician of the Year award; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to Dr. Nelson as an expression of our respect and
14esteem.