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Proclamation recognizing and commending Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D., director emeritus of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, for earning the 2004 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, and for his remarkable contributions in patient care, clinical research, clinical innovation and education.
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States of America and the world have been blessed with exemplary leadership throughout the history of our great nation, with visionaries of great knowledge and determination making invaluable contributions to our communities, our country and the world; and
WHEREAS, President Bush at the White House on February 13, 2006 presented the 2004 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, to Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, M.D., Ph.D.; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Starzl, a transplant pioneer, has dedicated his life to the advancement of clinical research and patient care, and he is the creator of groundbreaking work on organ transplantation and anti-rejection therapies. He shaped and developed the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's (UPMC) renowned and thriving organ transplantation programs, and trained many of the physicians who now lead organ transplantation programs world-wide; and
WHEREAS, also known as the “Father of Transplantation”, Dr. Starzl joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as professor of surgery in 1981. Until 1991, he served as chief of transplantation services at Presbyterian University Hospital (now UPMC Presbyterian), Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Pittsburgh, overseeing the largest and busiest transplant program in the world, assuming the title of Director of the University of Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, an Institute which was renamed in his honor in 1996; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Starzl, who is now director emeritus...
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