Full Text of HR0469 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dennis Palmer, D.O., on | 4 | | the occasion of receiving the 2021 Rural Physician Lifetime of | 5 | | Service Award from the Illinois Rural Health Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, One of the biggest healthcare challenges across | 7 | | our nation is the shortage of physicians who practice in rural | 8 | | settings; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer graduated from Kirksville College of | 10 | | Osteopathic Medicine in 1975 and completed a rotating | 11 | | internship at Davenport Osteopathic Hospital in 1976; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer served as Lt. Commander in the | 13 | | National Health Service Corps from 1976 to 1978; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer served as a flight surgeon for the | 15 | | Federal Aviation Association from 1976 to 1978; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer, as a family practice physician, | 17 | | became owner of Mercer Health Center, SC, in 1978, which is now | 18 | | part of Genesis Health Group; he continues to provide care for | 19 | | generations of families there; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer has served as an adjunct assistant | 2 | | professor of Family Medicine for Chicago College of | 3 | | Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville College of Osteopathic | 4 | | Medicine, and Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine | 5 | | since 1983; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer has served in various leadership roles | 7 | | throughout his career, including as chief of staff and chief | 8 | | of obstetrics of Mercer County Hospital; he has served as | 9 | | medical director of Aledo Health and Rehab, Genesis Senior | 10 | | Living, and local plasma centers; he also served on the board | 11 | | of directors for the Illinois Lyme Association; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer is very committed to sharing his | 13 | | knowledge of rural medicine and has served as a preceptor to | 14 | | students studying to be doctors, advanced practice nurses, and | 15 | | physician assistants, inspiring them to pursue careers in | 16 | | rural practice; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Palmer's passion to help the rural medically | 18 | | underserved areas of northwest Illinois has extended outside | 19 | | the state, providing care to patients throughout South America | 20 | | on his many mission trips to Bolivia and Honduras through the | 21 | | years; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, In addition to serving his patients, Dr. Palmer |
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| 1 | | has actively served his community, including as president of | 2 | | the Mercer County YMCA, as president of the Aledo Civic | 3 | | Authority, and as a youth camp counselor; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, When not practicing medicine, Dr. Palmer can be | 5 | | found on the tennis courts, on horseback, or training for a | 6 | | triathlon; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate Dennis Palmer, D.O., on receiving the 2021 | 10 | | Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois | 11 | | Rural Health Association; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That we commend Dr. Palmer for his compassion, | 13 | | his dedication to his patients, and for filling such a | 14 | | tremendous void in rural medicine in northwest Illinois over | 15 | | the past 45 years; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Dr. Palmer as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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