[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 43 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING DR. MONA PERVIL ULYSSE

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS-

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 2008

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Mona Pervil-
Ulysse, a native of Cap-Haitien, Haiti who arrived in the United States 
at the age of eleven where she attended elementary, junior and high 
schools in Brooklyn, New York.
  Subsequently, Dr. Ulysse pursued her pre-medical requirements in the 
Sciences as a Biology Major at Brooklyn College and completing the 
Basic Sciences years of medical school at the Universidad del Noreste 
in Mexico. The last two years of medical school were pursued at the 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Bronx Lebanon Hospital 
Center in New York. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at 
Kings County Hospital and SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where she 
proceeded to specialized training in Rheumatology.
  Dr. Mona Pervil-Ulysse is Chief of Rheumatology at Interfaith Medical 
Center since 1997. She is a clinical instructor at SUNY Downstate 
Medical Center and attending physician at the New York Methodist 
Hospital. She coordinates a well-organized arthritis clinic, (Orris G. 
Walker Clinic) and is a mentor to medical residents in training who 
rotate through the Rheumatology Division at the Interfaith Medical 
Center. She provides Rheumatology consulting services at various 
nursing homes and is in private practice. Dr. Pervil-Ulysse has been a 
co-principal investigator of different research projects during her 
specialized training in Rheumatology. Her clinical presentations and 
professional activities have received recognitions in medical journals 
and newspapers. She is a frequent lecturer of the various rheumatologic 
diseases, notably Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis 
and Osteoarthritis, among many others.
  Dr. Mona Pervil-Ulysse holds various leadership positions. She is the 
president of the Christian Community Health Team, the New York Chapter 
of the Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship from the Southern Baptist 
Convention. Also, she is president of the Aesclepius Medical Society 
and administrator of L'ASCH, a Brooklyn partner of the Lupus 
Foundation. Dr. Pervil-Ulysse participates in health fairs, lectures in 
schools in the tri-state area and conducts an annual health fair in 
Haiti with the French Speaking Baptist Church.
  Madam Speaker, it behooves us to pay tribute to this incredible 
doctor who has dedicated her entire career in caring for the ill and 
for her endless support of the struggle against health care 
disparities. Dr. Mona Pervil-Ulysse is a remarkable person and I am 
proud to recognize her today.

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