Bill Text: TX HR468 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike on her receipt of a 2017 Women of Excellence award from the YWCA of Lubbock.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR468 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR468-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 468 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike is being recognized with the | ||
| Medicine Award by the YWCA of Lubbock at its annual Women of | ||
| Excellence awards ceremony on March 9, 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Created in 1989, the Women of Excellence awards | ||
| honor individuals for their contributions as leaders and | ||
| volunteers, highlighting the vital roles that women play in civic | ||
| and professional endeavors in the Lubbock area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Dissanaike is the Peter C. Canizaro Chair of the | ||
| Department of Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences | ||
| Center; in addition, she is the medical director of the John A. | ||
| Griswold Level 1 Trauma Center and assistant director of the | ||
| Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center; as a clinical surgeon, she focuses on | ||
| critical care, trauma, and burns, and she is a site surveyor and | ||
| member of the Verification Committee for the American Burn | ||
| Association; she serves the American College of Surgeons as an | ||
| Ethics Committee member, as state vice chair of the Committee on | ||
| Trauma, and as president of the North Texas Chapter; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With her receipt of a Women of Excellence award, | ||
| Sharmila Dissanaike joins an elite group of women who have been | ||
| honored by the YWCA of Lubbock, and she is indeed a worthy role | ||
| model for this and future generations; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike on | ||
| receiving a 2017 Women of Excellence award from the YWCA of Lubbock | ||
| and that she be extended sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
| and happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Dissanaike as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Frullo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 468 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 20, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
