[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 137 (Wednesday, November 12, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING DR. SHAFI AHMED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE AS PRESIDENT 
                 OF THE GENESEE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

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                         HON. DANIEL T. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 12, 2014

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in recognizing Dr. Shafi Ahmed, President of 
the Genesee County Medical Society, for his outstanding service and 
unwavering commitment to community.
   Dr. Ahmed lived in several countries before moving to the United 
States of America, where he now practices internal medicine at Court 
Street Family Medicine. Dr. Ahmed is a kindhearted individual who has 
lived a broad life.
   After graduation from medical school, he worked in the capital of 
Bangladesh and completed two years of surgical residency. He then went 
to Algeria to practice in a government clinic for four years. He was 
recruited to Saudi Arabia, Libya and Iran but political chaos 
eventually landed him in Algeria.
   Dr. Ahmed's wife, Ruqsana, became pregnant while the Ahmeds were 
living in Algeria. She returned to Bangladesh to stay with his parents 
and joined Dr. Ahmed eight months later in the United States where he 
had begun studying for Masters in Public Health in Dallas. Dr. Ahmed 
then switched to a research associate position in a cancer research 
institute in Dallas for three years. His ``big break,'' as he refers to 
it, occurred when Dr. Norwood Hill took him under his wing along with a 
Pakistani oncologist, Dr. Amanullah Khan, helped him get a permanent 
visa and a residency at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, MI.
   Dr. Ahmed decided to stay in Michigan to raise his family and make a 
living practicing medicine. He is honored to be a resident of Genesee 
County, and we are grateful to have him. Our community is made better 
because of people such as him.
   Mr. Speaker, I applaud Dr. Shafi Ahmed for his resilience, strong 
leadership, and unwavering commitment to our community.

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