[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 2, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO DR. DOUGLAS P. ZIPES, M.D.

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                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 2, 2004

  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Douglas P. Zipes, M.D., 
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology and Toxicology 
at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Zipes is retiring as 
Director of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Krannert 
Institute of Cardiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine on 
June 30, 2004. Though not a native Hoosier, Dr. Zipes is a credit to 
his adopted state of Indiana and the institution to which he has 
devoted his professional life, Indiana University.
  Dr. Zipes began his academic career at Indiana University School of 
Medicine in 1970. Despite many offers over the years to move to higher 
academic positions at other prestigious institutions, Dr. Zipes 
remained at Indiana University. There he developed the premier program 
dedicated to discovering the causes and treatments of heart rhythm 
disturbances, a leading cause of death in the United States and around 
the world.
  The name Doug Zipes is known in every hospital and school of medicine 
in the world that deals with cardiovascular medicine. His research into 
heart rhythm disturbances has been prodigious. His publications of 
seminal original research in this area number in the hundreds. His 
breadth of knowledge in this arena, based on personal investigation and 
original research, is unsurpassed. His basic scientific evaluations 
have lead to clinical studies which have, in turn, been translated by 
Dr. Zipes into everyday therapies in clinical medicine. His work has 
saved the lives of countless individuals around the world.
  Dr. Zipes has been honored across the globe for his contributions to 
cardiovascular medicine. He has delivered the most prestigious 
lectures, chaired the most important committees, edited the most-read 
and most authoritative textbook, advised governments and trained scores 
of physicians who now have assumed positions of authority in 
cardiovascular medicine.
  Through all this, Doug Zipes remains a local physician, engaged in 
the community through his leadership in the Indianapolis Opera Company 
and other civic affairs.
  He remains a physician most of all because, despite his debilitating 
schedule of publication deadlines, national and international travel, 
lectures, committee attendance, administrative details and the like, he 
regularly insists on attending to patients for whom he has cared for 
decades.
  Dr. Zipes is a national and international treasure for whom the 
country and the world should rise and applaud. I speak for all Hoosiers 
when I wish him the best in his future endeavors and thank him for his 
contributions to the art and science of medicine, the State of Indiana 
and the world.

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