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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Dr. Sajjan K. |
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| Nemani of Centralia on receiving the Rural Physician of |
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| Excellence Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The Rural Physician of Excellence Award, also |
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| known as Doc Hollywood Day, is given to exemplary physicians |
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| working in rural counties of Illinois that go beyond the call |
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| of duty to care for rural residents and help build rural |
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| communities; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Nemani has practiced in Southern Illinois for |
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| over 20 years and his reputation is impeccable; he is a caring |
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| and compassionate physician and an expert in the field of |
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| neurology; and
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| WHEREAS, He is board certified by the American Board of |
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| Psychiatry and Neurology with added qualifications in Clinical |
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| Neurophysiology; he is also certified by the American Board of |
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| Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic |
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| Medicine; he served a residency in neurology at the New York |
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| Medical College and a fellowship at the University of |
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| Louisville, Kentucky; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Nemani was the first neurologist to practice |
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| in Centralia and has cooperated actively with St. Mary's |
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| Hospital to develop an Electrodiagnostic Laboratory and a Sleep |
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| Study Lab; he has trained other physicians, hospital employees, |
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| and patients about the importance of sleep apnea and other |
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| neurological illnesses and brought sophisticated neurological |
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| testing to the hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, He is Chairman of the St. Mary's Good Samaritan |