[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 15 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E88-E89]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING GARY MIZONO

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 22, 2018

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Gary Mizono, 
a doctor who has

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played an important role in shaping the health and well-being of his 
community for nearly 30 years.
  Gary Mizono's life has been intrinsically tied to Northern 
California. The second generation of his family to be born in San 
Francisco, Dr. Mizono completed both his medical residencies there, 
after finishing his medical degree at the University of California San 
Diego School of Medicine. Upon completing his medical training, Dr. 
Mizono decided to stay in San Francisco and built a successful private 
practice with other respected doctors. After seven years, Dr. Mizono 
joined San Rafael's Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in 1992, where he 
has been ever since.
  Gary Mizono provided much needed leadership, expertise, and energy to 
Kaiser's Northern California operations. The medical center, located in 
Mann County, California, had only been established 16 years prior to 
his hiring. In that time, the community's growing need for primary and 
specialty medical care led Kaiser to establish satellite facilities 
throughout the County of Mann and the neighboring County of Sonoma. 
These facilities ultimately expanded Kaiser's overall patient network 
in the region to the over 100,000 members that have access to medical 
services today.
  Gary Mizono began his career at the medical center as a Head and Neck 
Surgeon. After only three years he was promoted to the position of 
Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, and five years after that he earned the 
added role of Assistant Physician-in-Chief. By 2007, Dr. Mizono took on 
a much larger administrative role as the Physician-in-Chief for the 
medical center, and a much larger leadership role as a Long-Term 
Director on the Permanente Medical Group Board of Directors. These 
positions greatly expanded both his direct impact on Mann County as a 
doctor, and his indirect impact on the broader Northern California 
medical community. In these roles, Dr. Mizono oversaw the coordination 
of innovative medical practices through the collaboration of over 9,000 
Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, serving a combined population of 
over 3.8 million members.
  Mr. Speaker, Gary Mizono has not only directly served his community 
as a doctor, but he has also helped shape the health and well-being of 
the broader Northern California Community through his administrative 
and leadership roles. I, therefore, urge my colleagues to join me in 
honoring Gary Mizono on the occasion of his retirement

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