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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to commend Quincy Scott, D.O. for | ||||||
| 4 | receiving the 2023 Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award | ||||||
| 5 | from the Illinois Rural Health Association; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | ||||||
| 7 | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | ||||||
| 8 | settings; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Scott graduated from the Chicago College of | ||||||
| 10 | Osteopathic Medicine in 1990; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Scott served as chief resident in Family | ||||||
| 12 | Practice at Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of | ||||||
| 13 | Medicine in Carbondale and completed his residency in 1993; | ||||||
| 14 | and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Scott began his career in medicine in private | ||||||
| 16 | practice, serving the rural community of Hillsboro in 1993; | ||||||
| 17 | and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Dr. Scott expanded his service by becoming the | ||||||
| 19 | medical director for the Gateway Adolescent Substance | ||||||
| 20 | Rehabilitation Center in 1994; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, That same year, Dr. Scott started working with | ||||||
| 2 | SIU School of Medicine's Department of Family and Community | ||||||
| 3 | Medicine; over the course of nearly 30 years, he has served | ||||||
| 4 | patients in clinics in Johnston City, West Frankfort, and | ||||||
| 5 | Carbondale; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Through his role as a faculty member for SIU | ||||||
| 7 | School of Medicine and as program director in its partnership | ||||||
| 8 | with the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Scott | ||||||
| 9 | has trained nearly 200 physicians which has aided in the | ||||||
| 10 | recruitment of osteopathic physicians to rural areas in | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Dr. Scott has been a huge advocate for the | ||||||
| 13 | physician assistant (PA) profession in Illinois; he was one of | ||||||
| 14 | the founders of SIU School of Medicine's PA Program, later | ||||||
| 15 | serving as the program's director, and he was instrumental in | ||||||
| 16 | passing several laws to enhance the PA Practice Act in | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois and eliminate barriers to care in rural settings; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, When not providing patient care or training | ||||||
| 19 | medical students, Dr. Scott can be found cheering on his | ||||||
| 20 | beloved Chicago Cubs or setting sail on a cruise ship; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we commend Quincy Scott, D.O. for receiving the 2023 Rural | ||||||
| 4 | Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois Rural | ||||||
| 5 | Health Association; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That we commend Dr. Scott for his compassion and | ||||||
| 7 | dedication to his patients and for filling such a tremendous | ||||||
| 8 | void in rural medicine in southern Illinois for over 30 years; | ||||||
| 9 | and be it further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Dr. Scott as a symbol of our esteem and respect. | ||||||