Full Text of HR0324 95th General Assembly
HR0324 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On Saturday, April 28, 2007, Advocate Christ | 3 |
| Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, will be | 4 |
| hosting the Salute 2007 Gala at the Hilton Chicago Hotel at | 5 |
| which Mark Slaughter, M.D. will be honored by the Advocate | 6 |
| Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital as a 2007 | 7 |
| Outstanding Physician Leader for his exceptional | 8 |
| professionalism and contributions in his medical field; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark S. Slaughter, M.D. graduated from Indiana | 10 |
| University School of Medicine and completed his residency in | 11 |
| General Surgery at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern | 12 |
| University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; he completed a | 13 |
| fellowship in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the | 14 |
| University of Minnesota Fairview University Medical Center in | 15 |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Slaughter has held academic positions at the | 17 |
| University of Illinois and has had research experience at | 18 |
| Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, and the | 19 |
| Cardiac Surgery Clinical Research Center, Inc.; and
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Dr. Slaughter holds many honors, including two | 21 |
| designations as "Top Doctor in Chicago" (Thoracic Surgery) in | 22 |
| 2002 and 2003; Alley-Sheridan Scholar, Thoracic Surgery |
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| Foundation, Understanding the New World of Health Care, and | 2 |
| several earned at Northwestern University, including the | 3 |
| Medical School Outstanding Resident Teacher award, the Harold | 4 |
| L. Method, M.D. Award, the Outstanding Surgical Resident, and | 5 |
| the Outstanding Surgical Resident Teacher of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Slaughter is a member of many professional | 7 |
| societies including the American College of Chest Physicians | 8 |
| (Fellow), the American College of Surgeons (Fellow), the | 9 |
| American Society of Transplant Physicians, the Cardiac Surgery | 10 |
| Society of Chicago, the Heart Failure Society of America, and | 11 |
| the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation; | 12 |
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Dr. Slaughter has also served on many government | 14 |
| agency advisory committees, including the Health and Human | 15 |
| Services Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee; he has served as | 16 |
| the Physician Reviewer for Iowa Foundation for Quality | 17 |
| Healthcare (Medicare), and serves on several international
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| committees including the International Scientific Committee | 19 |
| World Artificial-Organ, Immunology,
and Transplantation | 20 |
| Society; the Advisory Board for the International Academy of | 21 |
| Cardiology; the Scientific Advisory Boards for the 8th World | 22 |
| Congress on Heart Failure, the 3rd World Congress on Heart | 23 |
| Disease and the 5th International Congress of CAD;
Dr. | 24 |
| Slaughter has been widely published and has spoken at numerous |
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| conferences; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate Mark Slaughter, M.D., on being honored by the | 5 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital for | 6 |
| his exceptional professionalism and contributions in his | 7 |
| medical field; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Mark Slaughter, M.D., as a symbol of our respect.
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