[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 130 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1816-E1817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      IN HONOR OF DR. ROBERT RUBEN

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 25, 1998

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Dr. Robert Ruben on the occasion of his retirement as Chair of the 
Montefiore Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology. Tonight, 
Montefiore Medical Center is holding a gala salute in honor of Dr. 
Ruben's distinguished career. The gala will benefit hearing restoration 
research.
  Dr. Ruben has had a long and impressive career in medicine. He 
received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Princeton 
University and his M.D. from the John Hopkins School of Medicine.
  Although he is retiring from the post of Chair of the Department of 
Otolaryngology, Dr. Ruben will continue his dedicated work on behalf of 
people with hearing disorders at Montefiore Medical Center and the 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
  When making his decision to retire from the position of department 
chair, Dr. Ruben took into consideration the time he will now have to 
continue his work on the protection, repair and regeneration of dead 
and damaged hearing cells. In his own words: ``The more effort, 
resources and time that we devote to understanding hearing disorders, 
the sooner we will enable communicatively deprived people to reach 
their full potential.''
  Over the course of Dr. Ruben's career he has received numerous honors 
and distinctions that date back to his teenage years. As a high school 
student, Robert Ruben received an honorable mention in the Westinghouse 
Talent Search. He is the recipient of the American Academy of 
Ophdiahnology & Otolaryngology Research Award, the Schreiber Gold Medal 
of the National Association of the Deaf, an Honorary Professor and 
Advisor to the Peking Institute of Otolaryngology of the People's 
Republic of China, and recipient of the Presidential Citation, AAO/HNS, 
among others.
  His work on behalf of children and the disabled is extensive. He has 
served on the Head Start Medical Advisory committee, the National Task 
Force on Mentally Retarded Deaf, the National Institute of Health 
Advisory Council, the Advisory Council of the National Institute of 
Deafness & Other Communication Disorders, and as the director of the 
American Board of Otolaryngology, to name a few.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud and honored to bring to your attention the 
important work Dr. Robert Ruben has done for communicatively deprived 
people and the field of Otolaryngology. Montefiore Medical Center and 
the Albert Einstein College of Medicine are privileged to have such an 
outstanding man on their staff.

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