[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2179-E2180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     A SALUTE TO BERNIE FOGEL, M.D.

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                          HON. CARRIE P. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 14, 1995

  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to one 
of the true pioneers of health care education in the country today--
Dean Bernard J. Fogel, M.D.--who for 13 years has nurtured and 
developed the University of Miami School of Medicine into one of the 
Nation's largest and most respected medical schools.
  Under Dr. Fogel's leadership, the University of Miami School of 
Medicine has experienced phenomenal growth, unparalleled achievement, 
and unswerving commitment to excellence in medical education, research, 
patient care, and community service. Student enrollment increased by 36 
percent; research funding quadrupled; the school's budget tripled; fund 
raising more than doubled; the faculty grew by 78 percent; and several 
major research and patient care buildings were constructed, renovated, 
or purchased.
  Though one of the country's youngest medical schools, during the 
Fogel years the University of Miami School of Medicine has achieved a 
level of excellence shared by some of the Nation's oldest and finest 
schools of medicine.
  Mr. Speaker, I am particularly proud to note that the University of 
Miami School of Medicine has one of the most diverse student 
populations in the Nation. Fifty percent of its student body is female, 
and the school enrolls half of all African-American medical students in 
the State of Florida.
  In the 13 years Dr. Fogel served as dean, the school established many 
new research and clinical programs including: the Miami Project to Cure 
Paralysis; the Center for Adult Development and Aging; the 
Comprehensive AIDS Programs; the Comprehensive Drug Research Center; 
the Ear Institute; and the Abrams Center for Health Services, Research, 
and Policy. The school further strengthened its cancer-related programs 
by expanding the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and building the 
Fox Cancer Research Center, the Papanicolaou annex, and the Gauiter 
Building. The Deed Club Bone Marrow Transplant Program was successfully 
launched and has performed more than 100 transplants. The Winn-Dixie 
Hope Lodge was also built to accommodate cancer patients and their 
families.
  Under Dr. Fogel's leadership the University of Miami School of 
Medicine received the Association of American Medical Colleges first-
ever Award for Outstanding Community Service, recognizing the unique 
blend of compassion and commitment that characterizes the school and 
its nationally acclaimed teaching hospital Jackson Memorial Medical 
Center.

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  A scholarly man, Dr. Fogel has authored more than 60 articles in 
professional magazines and publications, and he is a member of many 
national organizations and societies.
  Finally, one of Dr. Fogel's projects that has been particularly close 
to my heart has been the University's Minority Student Health Careers 
Motivation Program, which has exposed hundreds of young Floridians to 
the rigors rewards of medical school. Dr. Fogel challenged each of 
these students to pursue careers in science and medicine, and over the 
past 19 years nearly 80 percent of them accepted the challenge and are 
now physicians, scientists, and health case workers.
  On November 1, Dr. Bernie Fogel stepped down as dean of School of 
Medicine and senior vic president of medical affairs but, thankfully, 
he will continue his devoted service to his alma mater as dean emeritus 
and special advisor to the president.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues in the Congress to join with 
me in saluting this great man of education; a great man of medicine, 
and a great American--Bernie Fogel, M.D., dean emeritus, University of 
Miami School of Medicine.

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