[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1336-E1337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING DR. MARTY FENSTERSHEIB

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 18, 2013

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues from 
California, the Honorable Anna G. Eshoo and the Honorable Zoe Lofgren 
to express our most sincere congratulations to Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, 
who is retiring after a 30-year career with the Santa Clara county 
government.
  Dr. Fenstersheib is a Board Certified Pediatrician who trained in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and at the Milwaukee Children's Hospital in 
Wisconsin, and was in private practice in Greensboro, North Carolina. 
He received his Masters in Public Health from the University of 
California, Berkeley and became Board Certified in Public Health and 
Preventative Medicine.
  Throughout his career in medicine and public health, Dr. Fenstersheib 
has shown an ardent commitment to underserved communities. He has 
worked with the Well Baby Clinics in San Francisco's Mission District; 
La Clinica, a migrant workers' clinic in Watsonville; and with Luchesa 
Migrant Workers Camp in Gilroy.
  Dr. Fenstersheib began his career with the Santa Clara County Public 
Health Department in 1984 as both the Medical Director of the 
immunization program and as a pediatric clinician for the Department's 
Refugee Health Program. In 1994, he became the Health Officer for Santa 
Clara County and held that position until his retirement.
  Dr. Fenstersheib founded the first HIV Early Intervention Clinical 
Program in California in 1987. This program became the model for the 
State of California and led to the establishment and funding of more 
than two dozen similar clinics in California. Additionally, Dr. 
Fenstersheib was at the forefront of combating the AIDS epidemic and 
served as a clinician caring for HIV infected persons for more than 27 
years. Drs. Fenstersheib and Robert Frascino co-chaired the annual 
community education seminar on HIV in Santa Clara County for 11 years. 
Through these seminars, they provided healthcare professionals and 
patients with current information on HIV.
  Community involvement and engagement were hallmarks of Dr. 
Fenstersheib's career, as evidenced by the numerous boards and 
leadership positions he served on in Santa

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Clara County. These positions included: President of the California 
Conference of Local Health Officers, President of the Health Officers 
Association of California, Executive Member of the National Association 
of County and City Health Officials, Vice President of the Santa Clara 
County Medical Association, and Senior Fellow of the Silicon Valley 
Chapter of the American Leadership Forum.
  For his dedication, Dr. Fenstersheib was the recipient of several 
esteemed honors and awards, including: Santa Clara County Medical 
Association's Outstanding Contribution in Community Service award and 
Special Recognition by the California Department of Health Office of 
AIDS.
  Furthermore, Dr. Fenstersheib's instrumental leadership helped to 
pioneer the creation of two vital Santa Clara County programs. He was a 
founding member of the Santa Clara County Health Services Planning 
Council. He also served as the first chair of the Santa Clara Valley 
Medical Center's Department of Community Health and Preventative 
Medicine.
  Dr. Fenstersheib has been an outspoken voice for the public's health 
and the face of public health in Santa Clara County. He has been one of 
the most respected voices on issues of pediatric obesity, tobacco 
control, HIV, tuberculosis, childhood immunizations, and chronic 
disease prevention.
  It is in thanks for and in admiration of Dr. Fenstersheib that we 
read this Congressional Record today. We hope his legacy of public 
service will serve as an inspiration to others to support and serve 
their communities.

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