Full Text of HR0949 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Patricia Johnson, | 4 | | M.D. on receiving the 2022 Rural Physician Lifetime of Service | 5 | | 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, especially oncologists; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After receiving doctoral degrees in both | 10 | | philosophy and microbiology from the University of Illinois in | 11 | | 1974, Dr. Johnson earned her medical degree from Rush Medical | 12 | | College in 1977; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson completed her residency in internal | 14 | | medicine at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital in 1980 and | 15 | | her fellowship there in oncology in 1982; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson has been serving patients in central | 17 | | Illinois since 1982 when she began her work with Carle; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Since 1991, Dr. Johnson has provided oncology | 19 | | services to Gibson Area Hospital and Health Systems, where she | 20 | | has treated several generations of many families; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson has made treating rural cancer | 2 | | patients a top priority and feels it is important for them not | 3 | | to have to travel far for specialty care during their most | 4 | | challenging times; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson also serves as the medical director | 6 | | of Iroquois Memorial Hospice; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In addition to patient care, Dr. Johnson has held | 8 | | various leadership positions with the American Cancer Society, | 9 | | the Carle Foundation, and the Mills Breast Cancer Institute; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Since 1982, Dr. Johnson has served as an adjunct | 12 | | professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, | 13 | | where she has trained hundreds of medical students to offer | 14 | | exceptional patient care; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In her "free time", Dr. Johnson and her husband | 16 | | can be found on the dance floor, displaying their ballroom | 17 | | dance moves; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Patricia Johnson, M.D. on receiving the 2022 |
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| 1 | | Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award from the Illinois | 2 | | Rural Health Association and commend her for her compassion | 3 | | and dedication to her patients and for filling such a | 4 | | tremendous void in rural medicine over the past 40 years in | 5 | | central Illinois; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Dr. Johnson as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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