[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF DOCTOR ROCCO ARMONDA

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 5, 2015

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor Dr. 
Rocco Armonda, who has been awarded the Hero of Military Medicine Award 
by the Cape Cod Veterans, Inc. and the Korean War Veterans Association 
for saving over one thousand American lives.
   Dr. Armonda's military career began at the prestigious United States 
Military Academy. He then went on to earn his degree as a Doctor of 
Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
in Bethesda, Maryland, and complete his Neurosurgery Residency at 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Adding to his growing 
list of qualifications, he took a fellowship with the Thomas Jefferson 
University in Philadelphia, specializing in Cerebrovascular Surgery and 
Interventional Neuroradiology. Dr. Armonda then deployed to Iraq from 
March 2003 to February 2004 as Commander of the 207th Neurosurgery 
Team.
   Dr. Armonda has saved the lives of over one thousand U.S. 
servicemen, including a life particularly close to home: Corporal 
Vincent Mannion-Brodeur of Hyannis, Massachusetts. While serving with 
the 82nd Airborne Division in Tikrit, Iraq in 2007, Corporal Mannion-
Brodeur was critically injured by an enemy explosion. Due to Dr. 
Armonda's expertise, bravery, and poise, Corporal Mannion-Brodeur is 
still with us today. His road to recovery has been long, but Corporal 
Mannion-Brodeur has used this opportunity to dedicate his time to 
working with other injured veterans.
   This is not the first time Dr. Armonda has been honored for his 
work--among others, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons 
and the International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical 
Planning Society have awarded Dr. Armonda with their own recognitions. 
Currently, Dr. Armonda is affiliated with numerous hospitals, including 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the MedStar Washington Hospital 
Center. He also serves as an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the 
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and, incredibly, 
has found time between saving lives to travel to Boston multiple times 
to run the Boston Marathon in honor of Corporal Vincent Mannion-
Brodeur.
   Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Dr. Rocco Armonda for his many 
years of service and outstanding dedication to military medicine. I ask 
that my colleagues join me in congratulating him and in extending our 
humble gratitude for all that he has done for Corporal Mannion-Brodeur 
and for our country's military service members.

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