[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5431-S5432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     TRIBUTE TO DR. KANU CHATTERJEE

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am pleased to pay tribute to 
world-renowned cardiologist Kanu Chatterjee as he retires from the 
University of California at San Francisco--UCSF--Medical Center after 
34 years of dedicated service.
  Dr. Chatterjee was born in what is now Bangladesh and moved with his

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family to Calcutta, where they remained unsettled for many years. His 
father passed away just before he graduated from R.G. Kar Medical 
College in 1956. To support his family, he took the job of medical 
officer at the IISCO Hospital at Burnpur. In 1963, Dr. Chatterjee left 
India for the United Kingdom to further his studies. In 1971, he was 
recruited to direct the inpatient cardiology service at Cedars-Sinai 
Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Chatterjee joined the UCSF Medical 
Center staff in 1975 as director of the cardiac care unit and associate 
chief of cardiology, where he became the Ernest Gallo Distinguished 
Professor of Medicine in the division of cardiology.
  A beloved physician, teacher, and researcher, Dr. Chatterjee has 
worked tirelessly over the last 30-plus years in the fields of 
diagnosing and managing coronary artery disease, heart failure, and 
pulmonary hypertension. He is also a world-renowned researcher in 
vascular reactivity and heart failure and has pioneered the study of 
drugs, such as ACE inhibitors and vasodilators, that have become the 
standard of care for heart failure. With such a long-standing list of 
professional accomplishments, it is all the more touching to hear Dr. 
Chatterjee's patients speak with genuine gratitude and heartfelt 
emotion about his expertise and compassion.
  As Dr. Chatterjee prepares to move on to his new half-time position 
at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, I wish him many more years of 
continued leadership and success in the field of cardiology.
  I commend Dr. Chatterjee for his 34 years of dedicated service to the 
UCSF Medical Center community. Along with his friends and admirers 
throughout the San Francisco Bay area, I thank him for his tireless 
efforts and wish him the best as he embarks on the next phase of his 
remarkable life.

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