Full Text of HR0753 99th 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. Kathy Swafford | 4 | | on the occasion of receiving the 2015 Rural Physician of | 5 | | Excellence Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | 8 | | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | 9 | | settings; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1981, Dr. Kathy Swafford graduated from the | 11 | | Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia; she went on to | 12 | | complete her fellowship in pediatric nephrology and residency | 13 | | in pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center | 14 | | in Houston, where she was Chief Resident and later a Clinical | 15 | | Instructor; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kathy Swafford began her service in southern | 17 | | Illinois as a pediatrician with the Union County Hospital | 18 | | District in 1998; in 1999, she founded Swafford Pediatrics; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Since 2009, Dr. Kathy Swafford has served as the | 20 | | Medical Director of the Children's Medical and Mental Health | 21 | | Resource Network; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kathy Swafford is highly regarded in the | 2 | | academic world and has trained many physicians who go on to | 3 | | practice in rural areas through her role as Assistant Professor | 4 | | of Clinical Pediatrics at the Southern Illinois University | 5 | | School of Medicine; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kathy Swafford has taken time out of her busy | 7 | | medical career to share her expertise through her active | 8 | | leadership roles in numerous organizations and committees, | 9 | | including the Southern Illinois Medical Society, the Union | 10 | | County Health Department, the Illinois Emergency Medical | 11 | | Services for Children Advisory Board, the Illinois Department | 12 | | of Public Health Immunization Advisory Committee, and the | 13 | | Illinois Association of Maternal and Child Health, to name a | 14 | | few; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kathy Swafford has dedicated her career to | 16 | | preventing child abuse and death and is one of only 324 Board | 17 | | Certified Child Abuse Pediatricians in the nation; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kathy Swafford also gives back to her | 19 | | community by singing in her local church choir, donating items | 20 | | to the local mission, and serving on Anna's Animal Shelter's | 21 | | PAWS Board; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Dr. Kathy Swafford on the occasion of receiving | 4 | | the 2015 Rural Physician of Excellence Award and commend her | 5 | | for her selfless service to her community and the impact she | 6 | | has made on improving rural health; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Dr. Kathy Swafford as a symbol of our respect and | 9 | | esteem.
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