Bill Text: TX HR1883 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Richard Lange on his appointment as the inaugural president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1883 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1883-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1883 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Richard Lange became the founding president of | ||
the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso in July | ||
2014; and | ||
WHEREAS, A distinguished cardiologist and gifted | ||
administrator, Dr. Lange also serves as dean of the Paul L. Foster | ||
School of Medicine at Texas Tech; he previously served for six years | ||
as vice chair of medicine and director of educational programs at | ||
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where | ||
he is a tenured professor; and | ||
WHEREAS, From 2004 to 2008, Dr. Lange was the chief of | ||
clinical cardiology and the E. Cowles Andrus Professor at Johns | ||
Hopkins Hospital; while there, he spearheaded efforts to raise | ||
funds for a new hospital, establish new satellite clinical | ||
programs, and increase research funding by 60 percent, to nearly | ||
$40 million; moreover, he launched what is considered the first | ||
medical podcast, and PodMED remains one of the most popular of its | ||
kind; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Lange completed his bachelor's degree in | ||
biochemistry at the University of North Texas and went on to | ||
graduate from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; | ||
following an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he | ||
pursued a fellowship in cardiology at UT Southwestern; he then | ||
joined the faculty and became director of the Cardiac | ||
Catheterization Laboratory; for many years, he also served as | ||
fellowship program director, and he held the Jonsson-Rogers Chair | ||
in Cardiology and led the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Center for | ||
Cardiovascular Research; while a tenured professor at Johns | ||
Hopkins, he earned an MBA from its Carey Business School; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the years, Dr. Lange has published more than | ||
300 journal articles and book chapters as an active clinical | ||
investigator in cardiology; he is a member of the editorial boards | ||
of numerous journals, and he served on the FDA Circulatory System | ||
Devices Panel; in addition, he has served as president of the | ||
American Heart Association Texas Affiliate, and he is the recipient | ||
of myriad teaching awards from students, residents, and fellows; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Richard Lange has brought to his position a rare | ||
combination of leadership ability, medical expertise, and academic | ||
distinction, and he is uniquely qualified to establish a tradition | ||
of excellence at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | ||
El Paso; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Richard Lange on his | ||
appointment as the inaugural president of the Texas Tech University | ||
Health Sciences Center El Paso and extend to him sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success in his important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Lange as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Márquez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1883 was adopted by the House on May | ||
7, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||