[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     CHILDREN'S TRANSPLANT CENTER OF PITTSBURGH CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

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                         HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 23, 2006

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to inform my colleagues in the 
House that June 3 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Children's 
Transplant Center at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
  The Children's Transplant Center was the first pediatric transplant 
center in the entire Nation when it was established in 1981. For 25 
years, the unprecedented efforts of the surgeons and staff at the 
Center have continually raised the bar for pediatric transplant surgery 
and recovery, both nationally and around the globe.
  Twenty-five years after the establishment of the Children's 
Transplant Center under the guidance of transplant pioneer Thomas E. 
Starzl, MD, PhD, the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh today is widely 
recognized as a leader in developing strategies to manage organ 
rejection. From the first and most successful series of small intestine 
transplants to its breakthrough work in pediatric multi-organ 
transplants, Children's has repeatedly achieved major advances in the 
operating room and laboratory.
  I commend the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for its commitment to 
taking on the most challenging and difficult cases--which, by the way, 
has not prevented its dedicated and hard-working doctors and staff from 
achieving survival rates that repeatedly exceed national and 
international averages. I am so very proud to say that these people are 
the caregivers for my young constituents and for desperately sick 
children from around the world.
  I want to extend my warmest congratulations to the Children's 
Transplant Center, the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and all of 
the surgeons and staff that are part of the Center and wish them 
continued success in the future.

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