Full Text of HR1240 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. Gary W. Kerber | 4 | | on receiving the 2018 Rural Physician of Excellence Award from | 5 | | 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. Kerber graduated from the University of | 10 | | Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1980; he completed his | 11 | | residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Chicago | 12 | | Hospital and Clinics in 1984; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, During the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Kerber practiced | 14 | | in a variety of settings, including the Charity Hospital System | 15 | | in rural Louisiana, where he developed a network of | 16 | | telemedicine and teleradiology systems in the rural areas of | 17 | | the state; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2009, Dr. Kerber's career brought him to | 19 | | Illinois, where he became the Chair of the Medical Imaging | 20 | | Department at Provena Covenant Medical Center; since 2010, he | 21 | | has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department |
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| 1 | | of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois College of | 2 | | Medicine; since 2011, he has treated patients at Gibson Area | 3 | | Hospital and Health Services, where he offers services and | 4 | | state-of-the-art imaging equipment rarely found at a rural | 5 | | facility; he was the driving force behind the addition of the | 6 | | Hybrid Operating Room at Gibson Area Hospital and Health | 7 | | Services; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kerber and his wife, Jane, have been married | 9 | | for over 38 years; their relationship began with a Sunday | 10 | | school encounter and a four-week whirlwind courtship; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Had Dr. Kerber pursued his first love, music, | 12 | | rather than medicine, instead of receiving the Physician of | 13 | | Excellence Award, he might have been inducted into the Rock and | 14 | | Roll Hall of Fame for his guitar playing, which has been a | 15 | | passion of his for the past 50 years; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | commend Dr. Gary W. Kerber for his forward thinking and | 19 | | selfless service to his patients, and we congratulate him on | 20 | | receiving the 2018 Rural Physician of Excellence Award; and be | 21 | | it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Dr. Kerber as an expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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