[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN HONOR OF DR. ROBERT FRYMIER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 29, 1999

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to and 
recognize Dr. Robert C. Frymier, M.D. for his 35 years of dedicated 
service to the Department of Veterans. Dr. Frymier is a very 
distinguished and awe-inspiring psychiatrist. Dr. Frymier received his 
A.B. from Miami University of Ohio and M.D. from Ohio State University 
College of Medicine. Since then, his credentials and honors have been 
noteworthy and extensive.
  Since entering the Veterans Affairs system, Dr. Frymier has improved 
the quality of care to veterans through his own practice, education and 
active involvement in the local and national levels. He was the 
innovator of several techniques in teaching therapeutic skills, such as 
closed-circuit television for teaching and video-based stimulation of 
doctor/patient encounters. In 1975, Dr. Frymier was appointed as the 
first Associate Chief of Staff/Education at the Cleveland Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center. While there, he greatly improved educational 
efforts by creating educational conference space with state-of-the-art 
capacity. He also established an Education Committee, representative of 
all VA staff.
  Dr. Frymier has contributed to the local Cleveland community. In 
1979, he established the Regional Medical Education Center and was then 
named its Director. He served as the Psychiatric Consultant for Blue 
Cross/Blue Shield of Ohio for the past 25 years, Psychiatric Consultant 
to the Cuyahoga and Huron Counties Courts of Common Pleas, and served 
on the boards of Florence Crittenton Services Groups homes for Troubled 
Teens and the Shaker Youth Center for Chemical Substance Abuse.
  His professional Honoraries include, but are not limited to, 
Cleveland Psychiatric Society, American Psychiatric Association, Ohio 
Psychiatric Association, and Association of Academic Psychiatry.
  My fellow colleagues, join me in honoring Dr. Robert C. Frymier, M.D. 
for his 35 years of excellent service to Veteran Affairs as well as to 
the medical community.




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