[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 107 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMMENDING THE SERVICE OF DR. DAVID L. WEINBERG, OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF 
                THE SAN MATEO COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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                            HON. TOM LANTOS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 17, 2003

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Dr. David L. 
Weinberg, who has ably represented the people of San Mateo as the 
President of the San Mateo County Medical Association. His one-year 
term has just expired.
  Dr. Weinberg has a distinguished record of service to the people of 
San Mateo and to the nation as a whole. He served in a combat unit in 
Vietnam for over a year during some of the most intense fighting there, 
arriving just before the Tet Offensive. Dr. Weinberg was frequently 
behind enemy lines, supporting American and Vietnamese troops and 
Special Forces. For his service and over 500 hours of air combat duty, 
he was awarded 10 medals.
  A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dr. 
Weinberg began a fellowship program at the Letterman Army Medical 
Center in San Francisco before going to Vietnam in 1967. When he 
finished his military service in 1969, Dr. Weinberg returned to San 
Francisco to begin his residency at the University of California-San 
Francisco (UCSF). He completed his residency in 1972 and was certified 
by the American Academy of Dermatology the following year.
  Mr. Speaker, during his term as President of the San Mateo County 
Medical Association (SMCMA) this past year, Dr. Weinberg sought to 
increase cooperation among doctors and to make them independent of 
hospitals and insurance companies, and his initiatives have been 
extraordinarily well received.
  An active member of the American College of Physician Executives and 
the California Medical Association, Dr. Weinberg also has appointments 
at UCSF as a Clinical Instructor in Dermatology and at two prominent 
hospitals, Seton Medical Center and Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. In 
addition to these positions and his responsibilities as President of 
the SMCMA, Dr. Weinberg sees patients at his solo practice in Daly 
City.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. David L. Weinberg has made outstanding contributions 
to the people of San Mateo County, not to speak of his military service 
on behalf of the American people. I invite my colleagues in commending 
him on his leadership of the SMCMA.

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