Full Text of HR0291 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize
milestone events in | 4 | | the lives of Illinois citizens; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Sara Rusch is retiring in May of 2019 after 11 | 6 | | years as Regional Dean of
the University of Illinois College of | 7 | | Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP); and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch became the first women to serve as | 9 | | Regional Dean of UICOMP in 2008;
in her first four years, she | 10 | | was able to eliminate existing debt and brought campus | 11 | | operations out
of deficit spending; she converted UICOMP into a | 12 | | four-year institution, which resulted in a vast
increase in | 13 | | physician residents and included the establishment of a new | 14 | | residency in psychiatry with
UnityPoint Health Peoria; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch created five new fellowship training | 16 | | programs with OSF Saint Francis
Medical Center in cardiology, | 17 | | gastroenterology, pulmonary critical care, hospice and | 18 | | palliative
care, and simulation; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch oversaw the completion of the 24,000 | 20 | | square foot Cancer Research Center
addition at UICOMP as well | 21 | | as the extensive remodeling of existing classrooms including |
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human cadaver anatomy lab; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch's extraordinary dedication to medicine | 3 | | and the Peoria community has
been recognized with numerous | 4 | | accolades; she was named UIC Woman of the Year and Faculty | 5 | | Member of the Year; she received the Athena International | 6 | | Leadership Award and the UIC Dean's Award for Excellence in | 7 | | Healthcare; in addition, she was inducted into the Laureate | 8 | | Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame and received the | 9 | | highest distinction of Mastership in the American College of | 10 | | Physicians; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch was born in Wisconsin and attended | 12 | | University of Wisconsin-Madison,
where she received her | 13 | | Bachelor of Arts and medical degree; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch moved to Peoria in 1978 for residency | 15 | | training in internal medicine at
OSF Saint Francis Center; | 16 | | after she completed her training, she entered private practice,
| 17 | | where she cared for patients while concurrently teaching in the | 18 | | residency; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch became Chair of Medicine for OSF | 20 | | HealthCare Saint Francis Medical
Center and UICOMP in 1993; she | 21 | | held the role for 15 years before becoming the Regional Dean
of | 22 | | UICOMP; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch looks forward to spending her time with | 2 | | her husband, Tom Cusack, and
their seven children and 11 | 3 | | grandchildren; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Rusch has excelled as a student, professional, | 5 | | mentor,
businesswoman, and leader; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Dr. Sara Rusch on her retirement and wish her | 9 | | the best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Dr. Rusch as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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