[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THE GENE UPSHAW MEMORIAL TAHOE FOREST CANCER 
                                 CENTER

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                          HON. TOM McCLINTOCK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2012

  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the completion 
and opening of the Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center in 
Truckee, California.
  Led by Medical Director Laurence Heifetz, MD, FACP, and Medical 
Oncologist Hematologist Ahrin Koppel, MD, the Tahoe Cancer Center first 
opened its doors in 2006 with a mission of providing quality care for 
cancer patients in the Tahoe region.
  The Center's services are vast and include: medical evaluation, 
examination, diagnosis and treatment; chemotherapy infusion and blood 
product administration; pharmacy, laboratory and diagnostic imaging 
services; a psychosocial services program with wellness, support 
groups, nutritional counseling and rehabilitation therapies; 
professional and caring staff; and Financial Counseling for patients. 
And for the first time in the Truckee-Tahoe area, the expanded Center 
will also house radiation oncology services as well.
  In coordination with the University of California Davis Cancer Care 
Network, the Tahoe Forest Cancer will provide world class treatment and 
care for cancer patients in northeastern California and Nevada. The 
Center will connect patients not just to the best in modern treatments 
and equipment, but to some of the most renowned medical professionals 
in our state. I am certain that both these patients and their families 
will reap the dividends of this facility for decades to come, often in 
the hour of their greatest need.
  Mr. Speaker, the foundation of our nation's strength has always been 
found in our local communities. Neighbors who willingly band together 
and pool their resources are remarkably skilled at employing those 
resources to their most useful and productive ends. They do so because 
they have a vested stake in the future of their towns and cities, and 
they understand the burdens borne to finance that future because they 
are the ones who bear them. I can think of no finer example of this 
remarkable and unique characteristic of our shared heritage than the 
opening of the Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center and I am 
proud to rise today in celebration of this auspicious occasion.

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