Full Text of HR0456 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Shokry Tawfik, M.D., on | 4 | | the occasion of receiving the 2021 Rural Physician Lifetime of | 5 | | Service Award 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. Tawfik graduated from Cairo University School | 10 | | of Medicine in 1975; he completed his internship at Cairo | 11 | | University Hospitals along with his residency from Fayoum | 12 | | Chest Hospital before immigrating to the United States, where | 13 | | he completed his residency at the University of Illinois | 14 | | College of Medicine in Rockford in 1984; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Tawfik established his family practice in | 16 | | Lena and joined the staff at FHN Memorial Hospital in 1984, | 17 | | where he has held various leadership positions through the | 18 | | years, including chair of the Family Medicine Department, | 19 | | president of the medical staff, chair of the Credentials | 20 | | Committee, and chair of the Recruitment and Retention | 21 | | Committee; he has also served on the hospital's board of | 22 | | directors; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Tawfik has consistently shown support for his | 2 | | office staff, especially in times of great stress; he has | 3 | | hosted dinners for staff at his home in appreciation for the | 4 | | care they have provided his patients; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Tawfik's passion to help rural medically | 6 | | underserved areas of northwest Illinois has extended outside | 7 | | the state, as he is a strong supporter of medical mission trips | 8 | | and an active member of the Christian Medical and Dental | 9 | | Associates; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his service to patients, Dr. | 11 | | Tawfik has been an active member of various community | 12 | | organizations in Lena and the surrounding areas over the past | 13 | | few decades; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Shokry Tawfik, M.D., on receiving the 2021 | 17 | | Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois | 18 | | Rural Health Association; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That we commend Dr. Tawfik for his compassion, | 20 | | his dedication to his patients, and his service in rural | 21 | | medicine in northwest Illinois over the past 37 years, and we |
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| 1 | | wish him the best in his retirement; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Dr. Tawfik as an expression of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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