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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On Saturday, April 28, 2007, Advocate Christ
3 Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, will be
4 hosting the Salute 2007 Gala at the Hilton Chicago Hotel at
5 which Mark Slaughter, M.D. will be honored by the Advocate
6 Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital as a 2007
7 Outstanding Physician Leader for his exceptional
8 professionalism and contributions in his medical field; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mark S. Slaughter, M.D. graduated from Indiana
10 University School of Medicine and completed his residency in
11 General Surgery at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern
12 University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; he completed a
13 fellowship in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the
14 University of Minnesota Fairview University Medical Center in
15 Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Dr. Slaughter has held academic positions at the
17 University of Illinois and has had research experience at
18 Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, and the
19 Cardiac Surgery Clinical Research Center, Inc.; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Dr. Slaughter holds many honors, including two
21 designations as "Top Doctor in Chicago" (Thoracic Surgery) in
22 2002 and 2003; Alley-Sheridan Scholar, Thoracic Surgery

 

 

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1 Foundation, Understanding the New World of Health Care, and
2 several earned at Northwestern University, including the
3 Medical School Outstanding Resident Teacher award, the Harold
4 L. Method, M.D. Award, the Outstanding Surgical Resident, and
5 the Outstanding Surgical Resident Teacher of the Year; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Dr. Slaughter is a member of many professional
7 societies including the American College of Chest Physicians
8 (Fellow), the American College of Surgeons (Fellow), the
9 American Society of Transplant Physicians, the Cardiac Surgery
10 Society of Chicago, the Heart Failure Society of America, and
11 the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation;
12 and
 
13     WHEREAS, Dr. Slaughter has also served on many government
14 agency advisory committees, including the Health and Human
15 Services Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee; he has served as
16 the Physician Reviewer for Iowa Foundation for Quality
17 Healthcare (Medicare), and serves on several international
18 committees including the International Scientific Committee
19 World Artificial-Organ, Immunology, and Transplantation
20 Society; the Advisory Board for the International Academy of
21 Cardiology; the Scientific Advisory Boards for the 8th World
22 Congress on Heart Failure, the 3rd World Congress on Heart
23 Disease and the 5th International Congress of CAD; Dr.
24 Slaughter has been widely published and has spoken at numerous

 

 

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1 conferences; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Mark Slaughter, M.D., on being honored by the
5 Advocate Christ Medical Center and Hope Children's Hospital for
6 his exceptional professionalism and contributions in his
7 medical field; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Mark Slaughter, M.D., as a symbol of our respect.