Full Text of HR1344 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. K. Michael Welch on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as President and CEO of Rosalind | 5 | | Franklin University of Medicine and Science; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welch assumed the presidency of Rosalind | 7 | | Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 2002; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Since becoming President of Rosalind Franklin | 9 | | University, Dr. Welch renamed the University and successfully | 10 | | implemented a full institutional assessment that launched a new | 11 | | mission and vision for the school, integrating the education of | 12 | | all health professions with the goal of enhanced delivery of | 13 | | health care into a model of interprofessional education; he | 14 | | oversaw a new era of investment in infrastructure and | 15 | | initiatives that launched a renaissance in education, clinical | 16 | | care, and discovery; he led the rebuilding of the Board of | 17 | | Trustees upon foundational principles of communication, | 18 | | ownership, and accountability and the election of | 19 | | highly-regarded professionals who restored confidence in the | 20 | | governing body; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welch concentrated on community engagement | 22 | | and service via the Community Care Connection mobile health |
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| 1 | | coach, health screening and education, and mentoring outreach | 2 | | by students and faculty and the student-driven | 3 | | Interprofessional Community Clinic; he also focused on health | 4 | | equity and diversifying the healthcare workforce as a means to | 5 | | improving the health of underserved populations; additionally, | 6 | | he led the initiative on building community and clinical | 7 | | partnerships in the quest for improved health and well being; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welch supported the development of pipelines | 10 | | and pathways, including the nationally recognized INSPIRE | 11 | | program, the Pre-Matriculation Program, and many other efforts | 12 | | to diversify STEM fields and improve care; he oversaw the | 13 | | construction of new buildings and facilities, including | 14 | | student housing, the Gross Anatomy Lab, the Evaluation Center, | 15 | | a new research wing/BSB, the Morningstar Interprofessional | 16 | | Education Center, the Rothstein Warden Centennial Learning | 17 | | Center, and, opening next summer, the Innovation and Research | 18 | | Park; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welch championed key investments in | 20 | | simulation technology, which offers students and working | 21 | | health professionals and their institutions training to | 22 | | improve diagnosis and safety; he led the establishment of think | 23 | | tanks for research and advocacy; he supported the establishment | 24 | | of the nationally-recognized Center for Lower Extremity |
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| 1 | | Ambulatory Research at the Dr. William M. Scholl College of | 2 | | Podiatric Medicine and the Master Teacher Guild; in 2012, he | 3 | | led the successful Centennial Celebration and Scholarship | 4 | | Campaign; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Welch earned his medical degree at the | 6 | | University of Bristol School of Medicine, United Kingdom and | 7 | | came to the United States in the early 1970s; a neurologist and | 8 | | internationally recognized researcher and expert in brain | 9 | | function and structure in cerebrovascular disease, stroke, and | 10 | | migraine, he is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; | 11 | | his career has included appointments in England, Australia, and | 12 | | the United States, the latter including Baylor College of | 13 | | Medicine in Houston and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where, | 14 | | as founding chair of the Department of Neurology, he pioneered | 15 | | the use of MRI in studying brain biochemistry; he was the | 16 | | clinician responsible for the overall conduct of the national | 17 | | Institute of Neurological Disorders and the first to establish | 18 | | effectiveness of thrombolysis in acute stroke; he was also the | 19 | | principal investigator of a clinical trial that established | 20 | | statin treatment for secondary stroke prevention; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Before his tenure at Rosalind Franklin University | 22 | | of Medicine and Science, Dr. Welch was vice chancellor of | 23 | | research at the University of Kansas Medical Center; therefore, | 24 | | be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Dr. K. Michael Welch on the occasion of his | 4 | | retirement, thank him for his contributions to the health care | 5 | | field, and wish him the best in all of his future endeavors; | 6 | | and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Dr. Welch as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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