[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. ANDREW W. GURMAN

  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I would like to recognize the upcoming 
inauguration of Dr. Andrew Gurman of Hollidaysburg, PA, as the 171st 
president of the American Medical Association on June 14, 2016.
  Dr. Gurman is an orthopaedic hand surgeon who maintains a private 
practice in Altoona, PA. He is the first hand surgeon and only the 
second orthopaedic surgeon to have been elected to serve as president 
of the AMA.
  Dr. Gurman graduated from Syracuse University and received his 
medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical 
University, Syracuse, in 1980. After completing his surgical internship 
and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Montefiore Hospital/Albert 
Einstein program in New York City and a fellowship in hand surgery at 
the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, Dr. Gurman 
entered practice in central Pennsylvania and became active in local 
medical societies, having served as both speaker and vice speaker of 
the Pennsylvania Medical Society. He was also a member of its board of 
trustees and executive board. Dr. Gurman has also served as the chair 
of the Altoona Hospital bylaws committee and orthopaedic surgery peer 
review committee, as well as the chair of orthopaedic service.
  I want to congratulate Dr. Gurman on his election and inauguration as 
the president of the American Medical Association and wish him well. I 
look forward to working with him in his new role to craft policies that 
will improve access to affordable, high-quality health care and make a 
difference in the lives of countless patients across the Nation.

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