[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       TRIBUTE TO DR. JOEL FRANKEL

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                           HON. PETER DEUTSCH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 22, 1995
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Joel Frankel for 
his outstanding contributions to his community and his profession.
  The Concordia Chapter of the City of Hope, National Medical Center, 
and the Beckman Research Institute have chosen to present their annual 
Spirit of Life Humanitarian Award to Dr. Frankel for his over 25 years 
of outstanding commitment to the people of Broward County, and to the 
science of medicine.
  Dr. Frankel was born and raised in Israel. Following service in the 
Israeli Army, he moved to New York City to pursue higher education. He 
graduated magna cum laude from Adelphi University, and went on to study 
medicine at the State University of New York.
  Following his graduation from medical school, he spent 5 years at 
Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, where he became board 
certified in both internal medicine and pulmonary diseases. For the 
last 15 years he has practiced pulmonary medicine in west Broward 
County, and is on the staff of several area hospitals. He is chief of 
staff of Sunrise Rehab Hospital, and is a member of the board of 
trustees.
  Although he thrived within the medical establishment, he is also an 
innovator. Dr. Frankel is a founder and chairman of the board of the 
Florida Institute of Health. FIH is a rapidly growing multispecialty 
group practice that began in 1993 and currently is composed of 50 
physicians and serves approximately 70,000 patients.
  Dr. Frankel and his wife Ellen have been married for 27 years, and 
they have 2 children, Michael, 21; and Stacy, 17.
  Dr. Frankel's contributions to his community make him eminently 
worthy of the award being bestowed upon him. City of Hope, one of 
America's foremost medical and research centers, is dedicated to 
patient care, education, and research in leukemia and other cancers, 
diseases of the heart, lung, blood, and basic studies in genetics, the 
neuroscience, diabetes, and AIDS.
  I salute Dr. Frankel and the City of Hope for their exemplary public 
service.


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