Full Text of HR0567 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Larry J. Goodman M.D. on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as CEO of Rush University | 5 | | Medical Center; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goodman served as CEO from February 2002 to | 7 | | May 2019; during this time, he also served as president of Rush | 8 | | University until February 2, 2019; he was the first CEO of the | 9 | | Rush University System for Health, serving in this role from | 10 | | March 2017 to May 2019; he holds the academic rank of professor | 11 | | of internal medicine and is the university's James A. Campbell, | 12 | | M.D., Distinguished Service Professor; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Under Dr. Goodman's leadership, Rush University | 14 | | Medical Center became nationally recognized for excellence in | 15 | | patient care, breakthrough research, community engagement, and | 16 | | technological innovation while also returning to and | 17 | | maintaining a position of solid financial strength; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Before his appointments as CEO, Dr. Goodman served | 19 | | as senior vice president of medical affairs and dean of Rush | 20 | | Medical College; from 1995 to 1998, he was the medical director | 21 | | of Cook County Hospital (John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook | 22 | | County); prior to that, he served at Rush University Medical |
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| 1 | | Center as an infectious disease specialist, as associate dean | 2 | | of Rush Medical College, and as assistant dean of clinical | 3 | | curriculum; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goodman is a 1976 graduate of the University | 5 | | of Michigan Medical School; he completed a residency in | 6 | | internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at | 7 | | Rush University Medical Center; during his fellowship, he | 8 | | served as chief medical resident before joining the faculty; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goodman serves on the board of The CORE | 11 | | Foundation, a model public-private venture between Cook County | 12 | | and Rush University Medical Center that established The Ruth M. | 13 | | Rothstein CORE Center, which cares for approximately 7,000 | 14 | | patients with HIV/AIDS; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Goodman is a member of the Commercial Club of | 16 | | Chicago and a board member of its Civic Consulting Alliance, | 17 | | which provides pro bono consulting services to the City of | 18 | | Chicago and Cook County in areas of greatest public need; he is | 19 | | also is a member of the board of the Joffrey Ballet; therefore, | 20 | | be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we congratulate Larry J. Goodman M.D. on his retirement as CEO | 2 | | of Rush University Medical Center; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Dr. Goodman as an expression of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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