[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 142 (Saturday, October 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      A TRIBUTE TO DR. HARISH MALHOTRA OF JOHN T. MATHER HOSPITAL

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 9, 1998

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the House of Representatives 
to join with the staff and patrons of John T. Mather Hospital as they 
honor Dr. Harish Malhotra of Shoreham, Long Island, with the ``Theodore 
Roosevelt Award'' for his dedicated service to Mather Hospital and the 
Long Island community.
  On Friday evening, October 23, hundreds of friends, volunteers and 
staff will gather for Mather Hospital's 33rd annual ``One Enchanted 
Evening'' fundraising dinner. This year, in recognition of October as 
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the proceeds from Mather 
Hospital's annual benefit will go to the Fortunato Breast Health Center 
and Breast Cancer Treatment.
  A native of India, where he earned distinction as a ``Gold Medal'' 
doctor at the University of New Delhi for his work in surgery, Dr. 
Malhotra has achieved great success as a surgeon because he remains an 
avid student of his craft. A voracious reader, Dr. Malhotra is 
dedicated to the continual development of his talent for healing the 
sick and injured. ``If you don't read a lot and keep constant,'' Dr. 
Malhotra said, ``you can't take good care of your patients.'' Because 
of his lifelong pursuit of knowledge and inner desire to make the 
absolute most of his skills, Dr. Malhotra is able to take very good 
care of his patients.
  It was while researching innovative surgical technologies that Dr. 
Malhotra learned of the bold, new bone marrow and stem cell 
transplants. Moved by the positive results of these surgical 
techniques, Dr. Malhotra founded the first Bone Marrow and Peripheral 
Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Program in Suffolk County, one of the 
most successful programs of its kind in the United States.
  When he's not working with his patients or reading up on the latest 
surgical techniques, Dr. Malhotra is usually found on the golf course, 
or spending time with his wife Maureen and six-year-old son Kiran.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of 
Representatives to join the entire John T. Mather Hospital community as 
we honor Dr. Harish Malhotra, a very deserving recipient of the 
``Theodore Roosevelt Award'' for his dedicated service to the hospital 
and our entire Long Island community.

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