[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 78 (Wednesday, June 5, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E799]
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                     HONORING DR. WILLIAM M. NOVICK

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2013

  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I wish today to honor one of 
the most distinguished men in my home state of Tennessee.
  Dr. William M. Novick has helped many, many thousands of children all 
over the world in more than 30 countries. He is someone for whom I have 
the greatest respect.
  Dr. Novick currently serves as the Paul Nemir Endowed Chair of 
International Child Health, Department of Surgery at the University of 
Tennessee. I cannot think of a more capable or distinguished person to 
have in this role.
  During the past 20 years, Dr. Novick has performed more than 6,000 
pediatric heart surgeries on the world's poor. Last year alone, he 
performed more pediatric heart surgeries than the Mayo Clinic.
  This year, he has devoted his time and talents toward the Caribbean, 
performing more than 100 surgeries on Dominican and Haitian children.
  Dr. Novick is currently taking more than 400 cases per year in Iraq, 
Libya, Egypt, and the Middle East, and he has even operated on children 
of Chernobyl.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. William M. Novick is an example of American grace 
and generosity all over the world. It is fitting he has found a place 
at the University of Tennessee, home of the Volunteers.
  I call his accomplishments as the Paul Nemir Endowed Chair of 
International Child Health, Department of Surgery at the University of 
Tennessee to the attention of my Colleagues and other readers of the 
Record. I hope to see Dr. Novick's work continue for many years to 
come.

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