Bill Text: TX SR33 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Lawrence L. Anderson on the occasion of his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-30 - Reported enrolled [SR33 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR33-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lawrence L. Anderson retired as chief medical | ||
officer of U.S. Dermatology Partners in Tyler in April 2020, | ||
concluding an exemplary career with the organization that | ||
spanned nearly two and a half decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson first joined U.S. Dermatology | ||
Partners in 1996, and over the course of his tenure, he provided | ||
comprehensive care to countless patients; he specialized in | ||
treating skin cancer through Mohs surgical techniques, and he | ||
further distinguished himself as a skilled and compassionate | ||
leader in his roles as medical director and chief medical | ||
officer; and | ||
WHEREAS, Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Anderson has | ||
served on a number of civic and professional boards, including | ||
the Texas Medical Board, and he is a fellow of the American | ||
College of Physicians and the American College of Mohs | ||
Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology; he has also | ||
authored dozens of articles on various medical subjects, and he | ||
has been recognized by Texas Monthly as one of the state's "Super | ||
Doctors" numerous times; and | ||
WHEREAS, Prior to his tenure with U.S. Dermatology | ||
Partners, Dr. Anderson served in the U.S. Army for 16 years, | ||
holding such posts as chief of ambulatory care at Fort McPherson | ||
and chief of medicine and dermatology at Fort Hood; a cum laude | ||
graduate of Washington State University, he received his doctor | ||
of medicine degree from Uniformed Services University and | ||
completed his dermatology training and a surgical fellowship at | ||
Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Lawrence Anderson's care and expertise have | ||
greatly benefited his patients and earned him the lasting | ||
admiration of his colleagues, and he may indeed reflect with | ||
pride on his notable record of achievement; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate | ||
Dr. Lawrence L. Anderson on his retirement as chief medical | ||
officer of U.S. Dermatology Partners and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Anderson as an expression of high regard from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on September 30, 2021. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |