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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives congratulate Nada Stotland, M.D., M.P.H. for
4 her ascension to the post of president-elect of the American
5 Psychiatric Association; and
 
6     WHEREAS, A professor of psychiatry and
7 obstetrics/gynecology at Rush Medical College, Dr. Stotland
8 will serve as president-elect for one year and then will take
9 the reins of the Association as president in May of 2008; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland has held a wide range of leadership
11 positions within the American Psychiatric Association,
12 including terms as vice president and secretary-treasurer on
13 its Board of Trustees, speaker of the Assembly and chair of
14 both the Committee on Women, and the Joint Commission on Public
15 Affairs; she has also been president of other distinguished
16 health organizations, including the Illinois Psychiatric
17 Society, the Association of Women Psychiatrists, and the North
18 American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology;
19 and
 
20     WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland serves on the boards of Mental Health
21 America, a consumer and family advocacy group, and Physicians
22 for Reproductive Choice and Health; she is the author or editor

 

 

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1 of seven books and over seventy articles and has won a number
2 of awards, including the APA's Francis Braceland and Alexandra
3 Symonds Awards and the American Medical Women's Association's
4 Lila Wallis Award; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland is a noted authority on women's
6 mental health and has appeared on "Oprah", "Larry King Live",
7 and CNN's "Talk Back Live"; she has also testified before both
8 chambers of Congress and the federal Food and Drug
9 Administration; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Dr. Stotland received her undergraduate, medical,
11 and residency education at the University of Chicago and was a
12 faculty member for more than 10 years, serving as the director
13 of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service and the
14 director of Psychiatric Education; she later served as medical
15 coordinator for the State of Illinois Division of Mental Health
16 and as the chair of psychiatry at the Illinois Masonic Medical
17 Center in Chicago; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Nada Stotland, a long-time resident of the Hyde
19 Park neighborhood in Chicago, is married to Harold Stotland, a
20 highly respected lawyer; they have four grown children, Leah,
21 Naomi, Eve, and Hannah; from time to time she has volunteered
22 her lovely voice and superior acting skills to the Gilbert &
23 Sullivan Opera Company Inc. in Chicago; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate Nada Stotland, M.D., M.P.H. on her position as
4 president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association; and
5 be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Dr. Nada Stotland and to the American Psychiatric
8 Association as a symbol of our respect.