[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 93 (Tuesday, June 19, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO SWAMY NAIDU SUNKARA

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 19, 2012

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and honor Dr. 
Swamy Naidu Sunkara.
  Dr. Swamy Naidu Sunkara served as a surgeon, and then trained as an 
anesthesiologist in Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. He completed a 
post graduate diploma in anesthesiology from the University of West 
Indies. He served as a Social Worker at St. James Infirmary in Montego 
Bay, Jamaica from 1979 to 1981. He also served at the Prince Elizabeth 
Hospital for destitute children in Port of Spain, Trinidad from 1981 to 
1987. He gave free anesthesia for surgeries to children with cleft 
palates and club-feet, and other congenital abnormalities. He has 
worked as a volunteer physician at Trinidad and Tobago Sports Medicine. 
Dr. Swamy Naidu Sunkara received letters of commendation in Jamaica, 
and Trinidad and Tobago.
  Dr. Swamy Naidu Sunkara migrated to the United States in 1988. He 
successfully completed the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health, and 
a Master's in Public Health with double majors in International Health 
and Emergency Medicine. He served as a published Researcher, and 
volunteer in the Children's Cancer Study Group in New York Medical 
College, and Westchester Medical Center at Valhalla, New York. He 
worked as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in the Ossining 
Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Pleasantville Volunteer Ambulance 
Corps. He received the Best Volunteer Award from Westchester County 
Executive and Best Volunteer Award from the University of Medicine and 
Dentistry of Newark, New Jersey in 1989.
  He has also faithfully served as one of the Uncles for Foster 
Children of the Richard Allen Center on Life in New York City.
  As a young student leader, he volunteered in various natural 
disasters including one in Divi Andhra Predesh for several weeks 
directly under Mother Theresa. She always had kind words about him when 
she visited that area.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Dr. Swamy Naidu Sunkara for 
his extraordinary contributions to New York City's medical community.

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