[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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              TRIBUTE TO THE PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 1999

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the Palo Alto Medical 
Foundation on the occasion of the dedication of its superb new 
facilities, located on 9 acres on El Camino Real in Palo Alto, CA. The 
new facility will unite health care, research and community education 
in a beautiful, new, $120 million, state of the art building.
  The Palo Alto Medical Foundation's new facility will bring together 
over 250 physicians and hundreds of support personnel to care for 
130,000 patients who will make more than 750,000 visits to the Clinic 
this year alone in a modern facility suited to the importance of this 
work.
  The Palo Alto Medical Foundation's state of the art new facility 
helps the Foundation live up to its tradition of being a place ahead of 
its time. Begun in the early 1920's when Dr. Tom Williams opened a 
medical practice in Palo Alto and recruited Dr. Russell Van Arsdale Lee 
to join him, the Clinic became a permanent partnership soon after Drs. 
Fritz Roth, Esther Clark, Blake Wilbur and Milton Saier joined them. 
Three physicians joined the group during the depression years: Drs. 
H.L. Niebel, Harold Sox and Robert Dunn. Together with Drs. Lee, Roth, 
Clark, Wilbur and Saier they become known as the founding partners.
  After World War II a surge of growth on the Peninsula caused a surge 
in growth at the Palo Alto Clinic. Twelve new physicians joined the 
clinic in 1946 and by the 1960's there were 40 partners. In 1961 the 
Clinic's Russell V. Lee Building in downtown Palo Alto was completed. 
The Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation was founded in 1950 and soon 
became an internationally known institution. It is now the Research 
Institute of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
  In 1980 the Palo Alto Medical Foundation was formed, combining the 
Health Care Division, Research Institute and Education Division under 
one nonprofit, umbrella organization. In 1992, PAMF officials 
recognized the need for joining a larger health care system and 
selected Sacramento-based Sutter Health as it partner.
  From its beginning, the Palo Alto clinic was known for innovation in 
treatment methods, in technology and in meeting new health care 
challenges. This tradition continues today as the PAMF pursues its 
mission of providing and integrating quality health care, health 
education and biomedical research to improve the health status of our 
region.
  Mr. Speaker, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation is an extraordinary 
community resource, one built on a vision of excellent health care, 
education and research. I salute the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's 
Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Robert Jamplis, the founders and all those 
involved with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for working to create 
this extraordinary new community asset. I join with them in celebrating 
the opening of this great new facility and wish them continued success 
in the pursuit of providing extraordinary health care to the greater 
Palo Alto Community.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating this outstanding 
institution, all it has achieved and all it continues to do to provide 
first rate health care to our community, thereby strengthening our 
country.

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