Full Text of HR0701 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Rebecca | 4 | | Pedersen for receiving the "2017 Rural Physician of Excellence | 5 | | 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, In 1993, Dr. Pedersen received her Bachelor of | 10 | | Science from Millikin University in Decatur; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pedersen went on to earn her medical degree at | 12 | | the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine's Rural Medical | 13 | | Education Program in 1998; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pedersen completed the Cabarrus Family | 15 | | Medicine Residency program in Concord, North Carolina in 2001 | 16 | | and later that year began her career with FHN; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr Pedersen has been extremely active in the | 18 | | administration of FHN, serving as Chair of their Family | 19 | | Medicine Department and on their Foundation Board; she is | 20 | | currently serving on the FHN Board of Directors and is the |
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| 1 | | Hospice Medical Director as well as FHN's Chief Quality | 2 | | Officer; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, For the past 16 years, Dr. Pedersen has been a | 4 | | tremendous asset to the area, providing a full range of family | 5 | | medicine including prenatal, obstetrical, pediatric, and adult | 6 | | health care; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pedersen has played an integral part in the | 8 | | University of Illinois Rural Medical Education Program, | 9 | | training 4th year medical students as they spend their family | 10 | | practice rotation under her guidance, where she has inspired | 11 | | many to become rural family practice physicians; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Pedersen is very committed to professional | 13 | | societies, belonging to the American Academy of Family | 14 | | Physicians, the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, and the | 15 | | American Association for Physician Leadership; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In addition to the many hats Dr. Pedersen wears in | 17 | | her medical career, she is also a wife and busy mother of two | 18 | | middle school aged daughters; she can often be found | 19 | | entertaining friends with her culinary creations or riding the | 20 | | bike trails of Northwest Illinois; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 | | commend Dr. Rebecca Pedersen for her selfless service and | 3 | | dedication to her patients and congratulate her for receiving | 4 | | the "2017 Rural Physician of Excellence Award"; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Dr. Pedersen as a symbol of our respect and | 8 | | esteem.
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