[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   DR. VICTOR GRECO, 147TH PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 27, 1996

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring an important event 
to the attention of my colleagues. On October 19, 1996, Dr. Victor 
Greco will be installed as the 147th president of the Pennsylvania 
Medical Society at a ceremony in Hershey.
  Dr. Greco's resume is long and distinguished. His many 
accomplishments throughout his long career in medicine began with his 
graduation from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1951. He 
interned at Philadelphia General Hospital and spent his residency at 
Jefferson.
  By 1963, Dr. Greco was chief of surgery at St. Joseph's Medical 
Center in Hazleton, PA, his hometown. Following this he became chief 
surgeon at State General in Hazleton. During his career Dr. Greco has 
been a member of the advisory council to the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health, vice chairman of the board of trustees of the 
Pennsylvania Medical Society, and a member of the State Board of 
Medicine appointed by then Governor Casey. Dr. Greco was also nominated 
to serve on President Clinton's National Health Board and was asked to 
serve on Speaker Gingrich's Medical Care Reform Advisory Committee.
  During his many years of practice, Victor Greco was responsible for 
developing the first prototype cancer screening clinic in the country, 
which is still operated by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Greco 
trained under Dr. John H. Gibbons, professor of surgery at Jefferson 
Medical College and Hospital, and assisted in the development of the 
heart and lung machine. He was a member of the operating team that 
performed the first successful case of open heart surgery in the world 
in 1953. He was chairman of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine in 
1994 and is now president elect of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Greco's medical accomplishments speak for themselves 
and are a testament to this outstanding and distinguished surgeon. I am 
proud to have a close personal friendship with this accomplished man. 
It is with the greatest pleasure and pride that I rise today to bring 
just a few of these accomplishments to the attention of my colleagues. 
I send my heartiest best wishes to Dr. Victor Greco on his new 
leadership position in the Pennsylvania Medical Society and join with 
his lovely wife Mary Jean, his family and his many friends in 
congratulating him on this achievements.

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