[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   COMMENDING TALMADGE KING, JR., MD

 Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I offer my personal 
congratulations to Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, for receiving the Edward 
Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society. The award 
recognizes Dr. King for his lifelong commitment to the prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of lung disease.
  Throughout his career, Dr. King has made significant contributions to 
pulmonary medicine in patient care, research, specialty organization, 
and through his generous philanthropic contributions.
  Dr. King began his illustrious career after graduating from Gustavus 
Adolphus College in 1970 and Harvard Medical School in 1974. Following 
his graduation from Harvard Medical School, he began his residency at 
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, GA. After 2 years of 
residency at Emory, Dr. King was offered a pulmonary fellowship at the 
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver. Here he also 
held a professorship in medicine at the University of Colorado Health 
Sciences Center.
  Over the next decade, Dr. King spent time at two other Denver 
hospitals, the Veterans Administration Medical Center and the National 
Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. In both of these 
capacities his talents as a doctor and as an administrator were quickly 
recognized and he rapidly advanced within both organizations.
  By 1997, however, he was ready to bring his considerable talents to 
the Golden State--and we were happy to have him. Dr. King left Denver 
to take on two new roles in San Francisco, concurrently serving as the 
vice chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of 
California, San Francisco and as the chief of medical services at San 
Francisco General Hospital. As chief of medical service at San 
Francisco General Hospital, he leads a department of over 140 full-time 
physicians and scientists and more than 500 support staff, with an 
annual budget of over $65 million.
  Currently, Dr. King still serves as the chief of medical services at 
San Francisco General, and since 2005, he has also served as the 
interim chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of 
California San Francisco.
  Dr. King is also a founding board member of the Foundation of the 
American Thoracic Society, the philanthropic arm of the American 
Thoracic Society. In this role, Dr. King has been an exemplary 
contributor and tireless fundraiser to support domestic and 
international research to find better treatments for the myriad of lung 
diseases that afflict individuals around the globe.
  Of course, no congratulations would be complete without mentioning 
the contributions of his wife Mozelle Davis King and his two children 
Consuelo and Malaika who have been there every step of the way and 
provided him with steadfast love and support.
  Again, I congratulate Dr. King on this great achievement and wish him 
continued success in the years to come. It is truly a pleasure to honor 
and thank him for all that he has done for patients across the 
country.

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