[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 61 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE 75TH THEODOR LANG MAY DAY MEDICAL CONFERENCE

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                          HON. ADAM KINZINGER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 28, 2014

  Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize OSF 
Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois, as it holds the 
75th Theodor Lang May Day Medical Conference on May 1 and 2, 2014. One 
of the oldest medical conferences in the United States, May Day was 
started by Dr. Lang, a radiologist serving Saint Anthony Hospital. Dr. 
Lang's goal was to improve patient care by gathering physicians from 
the region for a day of education and fellowship under a large tent. 
The May Day conference has outgrown the tent on the front lawn, but OSF 
continues to strive to improve patient care by bringing fellowship and 
continuing medical education to health care providers.
   Throughout the years, the May Day conference has attracted such 
renowned speakers as Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the surgeon from South 
Africa who performed the first human-to-human heart transplant, as well 
as Abigail Van Buren and Ralph Nader.
   The physicians who have addressed the May Day conference through the 
years have come from some of the most prestigious institutions in the 
United States, including the University of Illinois Medical School, 
Washington University Medical School, Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 
University of Chicago, Penn State School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 
Children's Memorial Hospital, Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, 
Northwestern Medical School, Baylor University Medical Center, Sloane-
Kettering, and the National Institutes of Health.
   Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 16th District of Illinois, I wish to 
express our deepest thanks to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center for 
continuing to provide valuable continuing education to clinicians and 
students.

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