[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 140 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            REMEMBERING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DOCTOR R.C. SHAH

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                          HON. CAROL D. MILLER

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 30, 2019

  Mrs. MILLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to posthumously recognize, 
Doctor Rajnikant Chandulal Shah--affectionately known to many as 
``R.C.'' Doctor Shah, born on April 11, 1944, was raised in Jinja, 
Uganda before he moved to Mumbai, India to attend Grant Medical 
College; after receiving his medical degree, he moved again to America 
to pursue better educational opportunities. It was within the mountains 
of Appalachia, where he decided to continue his surgical training with 
Appalachian Regional Hospitals and West Virginia University School of 
Medicine.
  Often referred to as and recognized as one of the best General 
Surgeons in all of West Virginia, Doctor Shah, throughout forty years 
of private practice, devoted his life to caring for southern West 
Virginians in the communities of Beckley, Hinton, Sophia, Rainelle, Oak 
Hill, and Meadow Bridge.
  While also maintaining an active and influential career, Doctor Shah 
remained an asset to the healthcare industry all throughout the 
Mountain State. He was a fervent advocate for bettering the health of 
all his fellow West Virginians--making great efforts to recruit and 
retain top-notch medical talent to the Mountain State. Even after long 
hours and days spent entrenched in complicated surgical cases, he made 
time to serve in a wide variety of medical leadership roles and spent 
year after year teaching future generations of medical leaders from 
West Virginia University, Marshall University, and Lewisburg College of 
Osteopathic Medicine.
  Doctor Shah's list of accomplishments are many--they include: decades 
of serving as a Board of Trustees Member as well as a Medical Director 
of two hospitals associated with the Appalachian Regional Healthcare 
system, President of the West Virginia Chapter of the American College 
of Surgeons, titles at multiple area hospitals including Chairman of 
Surgery, Chief of Medical Staff, and President of the Raleigh County 
Medical Society. He also served for over twenty years as a Clinical 
Associate Professor for West Virginia University School of Medicine.
  May God bless Doctor R.C. Shah. I wish I could thank him for all he 
has done for the people of the great State of West Virginia. He will 
always be fondly remembered by his family, friends, colleagues, and the 
countless people whose lives he impacted during his lifetime.

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