Full Text of HR0259 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Barbara L. Krueger, MD | 4 | | as she is honored by The Gala Committee of Advocate Christ | 5 | | Medical Center and Advocate Children's Hospital as the | 6 | | Outstanding Physician Leader Honoree; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Krueger was born in Syracuse, New York, on | 8 | | August 31, 1954; she lived in 9 states throughout her formative | 9 | | years and graduated from Peachtree High School in Atlanta, | 10 | | Georgia; she attended the University of Georgia and Georgia | 11 | | State University, graduating with a bachelors of science in | 12 | | Allied Health Sciences/Respiratory Therapy; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Following graduation, she worked at Piedmont | 14 | | Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, as a staff respiratory therapist, | 15 | | supervisor; in 1980, she became Director of Respiratory | 16 | | Therapy; in 1984, she entered Emory University School of | 17 | | Medicine, graduating in 1988; she began her surgical residency | 18 | | at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago; | 19 | | after completing her residency in 1993, she joined the | 20 | | partnership of Hopkins, Mesleh, and Hopkins at Christ Medical | 21 | | Center; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, In 1996, Barbara Krueger's medical practice |
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| 1 | | became exclusively focused on breast cancer evaluation and | 2 | | treatment; she began a weekly Interdisciplinary Breast | 3 | | Conference in 1998 and went on to develop "Breast Center | 4 | | Without Walls" to improve the quality, access, and efficiency | 5 | | of care for breast cancer patients; in 2010, she began a weekly | 6 | | Multidisciplinary Breast Oncology Clinic on Fridays to | 7 | | evaluate newly diagnosed breast cancer cases and to form a plan | 8 | | for treatment best suited to each individual; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Krueger was appointed Medical Director of | 10 | | the Breast Cancer Program at Advocate Christ Medical Center in | 11 | | 2011, a position she holds to this day; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Krueger will be honored at Salute 2013: Oh | 13 | | What Night! on April 27, 2013, at The Field Museum in Chicago; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we recognize Barbara Krueger as she is honored by The Gala | 18 | | Committee of Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate | 19 | | Children's Hospital as the Outstanding Physician Leader | 20 | | Honoree; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Barbara Krueger as an expression of our esteem and |
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