[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 117 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





              MISSOURI CITY DOCTOR NAMED MEDICAL DIRECTOR

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2017

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Melissa Allen, 
D.O., of Missouri City for being named the medical director of the 
University of Texas (UT) Harris County Psychiatric Center.
  Melissa has worked as an assistant professor in the Department of 
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School and as an 
attending physician in the Bipolar Specialty Unit at UT Health Harris 
County Psychiatric Center since 2012. She has received the Dean's 
Teaching Excellence Award, which honors the top teaching faculty of 
each department, each year since 2013. Her colleague, Jair Soares, 
M.D., Ph.D., said she ``brings innovation and enthusiasm that will lead 
the hospital.'' That's great.
  On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, 
congratulations again to Melissa for being named the medical director 
of UT Harris County Psychiatric Center. We all benefit from her 
commitment to helping others, and we thank her for her hard work to 
keep Houstonians healthy.

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