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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ronald Johnson,
4M.D. on receiving the 2023 Rural Physician Lifetime of Service
5Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; and
 
6    WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across
7our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural
8settings; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson graduated from the Southern Illinois
10University School of Medicine in 1977; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson completed his residency in family
12practice at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale in 1980; and
 
13    WHEREAS, After finishing his residency, Dr. Johnson began
14his service at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield, where
15he has held various leadership positions through the years,
16including president of medical staff, chief of emergency room,
17chief of obstetrics, and chief of respiratory therapy; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson started his own practice, Pike County
19Family Practice, in Pittsfield in 1980; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson opened the Winchester Family Practice
2to expand access to care across a wider geographic area in
31990; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson has dedicated his time and expertise
5for many years at the state level by serving as a member of the
6Bureau of Medical Integrity for the Office of the Inspector
7General and the Illinois Department of Financial and
8Professional Regulation's Medical Disciplinary Board; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson also served at the national level on
10the Federation of State Medical Boards Accreditation Council
11for Continuing Medical Education as the Illinois
12Representative of State Medical Licensing Boards in
13Washington, D.C.; and
 
14    WHEREAS, As an employed physician of Duly Health and Care,
15Dr. Johnson continues to serve generations of patients at
16Quincy Medical Group; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Having volunteered his time as an associate
18teaching physician at the SIU Family Practice in Quincy, Dr.
19Johnson has proctored and mentored countless medical students
20not only on family medicine but on the art of communication and
21care for patients through empathy, respect, and the art of
22listening; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, When not practicing medicine, Dr. Johnson and his
2wife can be found traveling the world; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we congratulate Ronald Johnson, M.D. on receiving the 2023
6Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois
7Rural Health Association and commend him for his compassion
8and dedication to his patients and for filling such a
9tremendous void in rural medicine for over 40 years in west
10central Illinois; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Dr. Johnson as a symbol of our respect and esteem.