[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 155 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. JEROLD F. LUCEY

 Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, the State of Vermont is proud that 
one of its residents, Dr. Jerold F. Lucey, recently received the Alfred 
I. duPont Award for Excellence in Children's Health Care. The award is 
offered each year to an individual in the health care profession who 
has made a major contribution to preventing childhood diseases.
  Dr. Lucey helped pioneer phototherapy to prevent infant jaundice. He 
also played an essential role in bringing artificial surfactants from 
Japan to this country. The surfactants help premature newborns breathe, 
and since their introduction in the United States just over 15 years 
ago they have helped reduce infant mortality respiratory distress rate 
by 90 percent.
  In addition, Dr. Lucey has developed the Vermont Oxford Network, 
which links 700 medical institutions in 25 nations to a network that 
tracks data on underweight-newborns, managing the data of more than 
50,000 infants each year. This collaborative system has enabled 
advanced research, and the sharing of medical procedures that work, 
among pediatricians all over the globe.
  Jerrold Lucey is Professor of Neonatology at the University of 
Vermont College of Medicine, where he has taught for more than 50 
years. He also was the chief of Newborn Services at Fletcher Allen 
Health Care medical center in Burlington, VT, and in addition served as 
editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatrics for 35 years.
  We in Vermont are very proud of the work Dr. Jerold F. Lucey has 
done, both with infants in our State, and for the health of children 
everywhere.

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