[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO DOCTOR FRANCINE RATNER KAUFMAN

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2003

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, we rise today to pay tribute to our good 
friend, Doctor Francine Ratner Kaufman, recently named as the Woman of 
Valor for 2003 by the American Diabetes Association. During the past 
two decades, we have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Kaufman on 
numerous issues relating to health policy and we are delighted she has 
been chosen to receive this prestigious award.
  Dr. Kaufman has devoted her clinical and research career to improving 
the lives of those afflicted with diabetes. She is a clinician who 
heads the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Children's 
Hospital Los Angeles; a scholar who is a Professor of Pediatrics at the 
Keck School of Medicine at USC; a researcher who has received NIH 
funding for over twenty years and a leader who is currently serving as 
the National American Diabetes Association President. In short, she is 
a remarkable woman with an extensive and diverse history of 
accomplishments.
  Dr. Kaufman, the principal investigator for several nationwide 
efforts to mitigate or eliminate the impact of diabetes, holds numerous 
patents on the formulation of ExtendBar, a snack bar designed to reduce 
glycemic excursion and episodes of hypoglycemia in diabetics. She has 
even developed an interactive, educational CD-ROM game designed for 
children with diabetes in collaboration with the Starbright Foundation.
  Dedicated to helping others, Dr. Kaufman served as the medical 
director at a summer camp for children with diabetes in the San 
Bernardino Mountains of Southern California for more than twenty years. 
She also helped establish standards of care for the American Diabetes 
Association. Using her influence to help in her cause, she has led many 
advocacy efforts at the local and national levels to increase insurance 
benefits and to reduce discrimination against people with diabetes.
  We ask our colleagues to join us today saluting our friend Doctor 
Francine Ratner Kaufman for her service and commitment to our 
community.

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