[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DR. ROY GLEN BROWER

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 18, 2015

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you today to honor my 
constituent, Dr. Roy Glen Brower, Professor of Medicine and the Medical 
Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital, 
on the occasion of his receipt of the American Thoracic Society's 
Assembly on Critical Care 7th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award.
  Originally from Kingston, New York, Dr. Brower graduated from Cornell 
University in 1972 and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
in 1976. He subsequently completed his Internship and Residency in 
Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1979.
  Feeling the need for one last adventure, Dr. Brower traveled to Keams 
Canyon, Arizona, with his wife, Theresa Brower, in 1979. He became a 
Medical Officer in the Indian Health Service, working at the Keams 
Canyon Indian Hospital and Clinics.
  After returning to Baltimore in 1981 and completing his Fellowship in 
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, 
Dr. Brower began what has become a long and illustrious career at the 
Johns Hopkins Hospital. While his accomplishments and contributions to 
critical care medicine are too numerous to list here, several deserve 
special mention.
  In 1988, Dr. Brower became the Director of the Critical Care Medicine 
Program in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the 
Medical Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, positions he 
continues to hold and excel at to this day.
  In 2000, Dr. Brower and his colleagues in the Acute Respiratory 
Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Network published ``Ventilation with Lower 
Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung 
Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome'' in the New England 
Journal of Medicine. Dr. Brower served as the Chair of the Protocol and 
Writing Committees for this study, which reduced fatalities of 
Intensive Care Unit patients with ARDS by 9 percent. Dr. Brower's study 
became the second most cited medical publication for a decade.
  Dr. Brower is a devoted and loving husband, father, son, brother, and 
friend. His research has saved the lives of thousands and advanced the 
field of medicine all over the world. He has been called the foundation 
of the Johns Hopkins critical care group, a role model for his division 
and beyond, and an outstanding teacher. His family and colleagues have 
no doubt that he fights for the best in science and medicine. He is in 
the right war at the right time.

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