[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 125 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO PHILLIP BRIDENBAUGH, M.D.

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 11, 2003

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding 
service of Dr. Phillip Bridenbaugh, a friend and distinguished 
constituent. He is stepping down as Chair of the Department of 
Anesthesia at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after 26 
years of outstanding service.
  For more than a quarter century, Dr. Bridenbaugh has dedicated 
himself to the medical community in Cincinnati. He has built strong 
relationships with key volunteers, government officials, and his staff. 
He also has been a close and valuable adviser to me and the 
Administration on important health care issues affecting our nation.
  He has also been active nationally on anesthesiology issues. He is a 
member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists, a diplomat 
of the American Board of Anesthesiology and a fellow of the American 
College of Anesthesiologists. He also has invested a great deal of his 
time with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and has 
served as ASA president (1996 to 1997), president-elect (1995 to 1996), 
first vice president (1994 to 1995), and vice president for scientific 
affairs (1992 to 1994). In addition, he is past president of the 
Washington State and Ohio Societies of Anesthesiologists, the American 
Society of Regional Anesthesia, and the Society of Academic 
Anesthesiology Chairs.
  Dr. Bridenbaugh received his medical degree from the University of 
Nebraska School of Medicine. He served his anesthesiology residency at 
Virginia Mason Hospital, and was a National Institutes of Health 
trainee in anesthesia for two years at Stanford University and at St. 
Thomas' Hospital.
  Dr. Bridenbaugh also has been very active with several professional 
journals, serving as associate editor of ASA's journal Anesthesiology 
since 1984, associate editor of the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia 
from 1989 to 1994, and editor-in-chief of the journal Regional 
Anesthesia from 1986 to 1989. He is co-editor of the textbook ``Neural 
Blockade, Pain Management.''
  Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in recognizing Dr. 
Bridenbaugh's many accomplishments as he steps down as Chair of the 
Department of Anesthesia at the University of Cincinnati. All of us in 
the Greater Cincinnati area thank him for his outstanding dedication to 
our community, and we wish Dr. Bridenbaugh and his wife, Dr. Diann 
Bridenbaugh all the best.

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