Full Text of SR1034 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Teresa A. Hubka, D.O. of Chicago on the occasion | 4 | | of her election as national president of the American | 5 | | Osteopathic Association (AOA); and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The AOA represents more than 186,000 osteopathic | 7 | | physicians and medical students; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka's election as the 128th national | 9 | | president of the AOA marks the first time in the | 10 | | organization's history that an Illinois doctor has been | 11 | | elected; she is also the organization's first OB-GYN to be | 12 | | president and only the second woman to serve in this role; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka has previously served the AOA in a | 14 | | number of positions, including as a member on the Board of | 15 | | Trustees since 2013; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka received her undergraduate degree in | 17 | | biochemistry and nutrition science from the University of | 18 | | California, Davis and her Master of Science in Biology and | 19 | | Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in | 20 | | Connecticut; she earned her osteopathic medical degree from | 21 | | Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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| 1 | | (DMU-COM) in Des Moines, Iowa; she then completed an | 2 | | osteopathic internship at Atlantic City Medical Center in New | 3 | | Jersey, followed by a residency in obstetrics and gynecologic | 4 | | surgery at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, | 5 | | Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka is the founder and medical director of | 7 | | Comprehensive Wellness Care, LLC, a practice specializing in | 8 | | reproductive health; she has been in private practice in the | 9 | | Lincoln Park area of Chicago since 1994; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka is a clinical professor and the | 11 | | department chair of OB-GYN at Midwestern University/Chicago | 12 | | College of Osteopathic Medicine; she is also an adjunct | 13 | | professor at DMU-COM, and she currently serves as a faculty | 14 | | member and instructor for the Basic and Advanced Life Support | 15 | | in Obstetrics courses; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka has acquired a number of accolades, | 17 | | including receiving the American College of Osteopathic | 18 | | Obstetricians and Gynecologists Distinguished Service Award in | 19 | | 2014 and being named Alumnus of the Year for DMU in 2014; she | 20 | | was also named a "top doctor" in women's healthcare in Chicago | 21 | | Magazine's annual series several times between 2010 to 2023; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Hubka will be inaugurated as national | 2 | | president of the AOA in Chicago on July 20, 2024; therefore, be | 3 | | it | 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Teresa | 6 | | A. Hubka, D.O. on her election as national president of the | 7 | | American Osteopathic Association (AOA); and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Dr. Hubka as an expression of our esteem and | 10 | | respect. |
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