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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Carlos Cardenas, president of the Texas Medical |
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Association, and Dr. Jose Cazares, president of the Texas Dental |
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Association, are rendering exceptional service and proudly |
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representing the Rio Grande Valley as leaders in the Texas medical |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, Hailing from McAllen, Dr. Carlos J. Cardenas has |
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amassed more than 25 years of experience in medicine and health care |
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management; he graduated from The University of Texas Medical |
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Branch and became a board certified internal medicine specialist in |
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1988; four years later, he cofounded South Texas Gastroenterology |
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Associates, where he practices today; in 1995, he was among a group |
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of doctors who joined together to establish Day Surgery at |
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Renaissance at Edinburg, now one of the largest physician-owned |
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facilities in the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Cardenas served as president of the |
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Hidalgo–Starr County Medical Society in 2001 and was elected in |
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2005 to the board of trustees of the Texas Medical Association, |
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which named him its 2017-2018 president; deeply committed to the |
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Rio Grande Valley and its next generation of medical professionals, |
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he recently helped to open a teaching hospital for students at the |
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new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, A McAllen-based dentist, Dr. Jose "Joey" Cazares is |
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a graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry; he has operated his own |
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private dental practice for over 25 years, during which time he has |
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twice been nominated by his peers as Texas Dentist of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Cazares joined the Texas Dental Association in |
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1997, and he served on the TDA Board of Directors from 2005 to 2008; |
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he is a past president of the Rio Grande Valley District Dental |
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Society, Dentists Who Care, and the Texas and Rio Grande Valley |
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Academies of General Dentistry; at the national level, he currently |
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serves on the Academy of General Dentistry's Legislative and |
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Governmental Affairs Council and has been a delegate to the |
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American Dental Association; elected as president of TDA for |
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2017-2018, he is the first member of the RGV District Dental Society |
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to serve in that role; and |
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WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans have long distinguished |
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themselves as champions for public health in their community, and |
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medical professionals across Texas are indeed fortunate to have the |
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benefit of their strong, visionary leadership; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Dr. Carlos Cardenas |
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and Dr. Jose Cazares for their service as president of the Texas |
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Medical Association and Texas Dental Association, respectively, |
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and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for Dr. Cardenas and Dr. Cazares as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Guerra |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 488 was adopted by the House on August |
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15, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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