[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 159 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF DR. EVA FELDMAN

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                          HON. DEBBIE DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 4, 2019

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Eva 
Feldman for receiving the 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award from the 
Michigan Medicine Alumni Society. Her esteemed work in neurology is 
worthy of commendation and makes her an excellent recipient of this 
great honor.
  Dr. Eva Feldman received her Ph.D. and M.D. in neuroscience at the 
University of Michigan Medical School in 1979 and 1983, respectively. 
After performing her residency in neurology at The Johns Hopkins 
Hospital--becoming the first neurologist to receive The Johns Hopkins 
Award for Medical Teaching and Excellence--she returned home to the 
University of Michigan to complete a Neuromuscular fellowship in 1988. 
She has been part of the University of Michigan faculty ever since and 
continues to devote her career to understanding neurological disorders 
and developing new and innovative treatments. Under her supervision, 
nine scientists have received their Ph.D. degrees, and over 100 
postdoctoral fellows and neurologists have been trained to treat 
neurological diseases.
  Today, Dr. Feldman serves as the Director of the University of 
Michigan ALS Center of Excellence and runs the Program for Neurology 
Research & Discovery, her own 30-scientist laboratory. In addition, she 
is the principle investigator of the first two FDA-approved human 
trials of intraspinal stem cell implantation therapy for ALS. 
Furthermore, Dr. Feldman formerly directed the A. Alfred Taubman 
Medical Research Institute until 2017.
  Dr. Feldman is renowned for her neurological expertise. Throughout 
her tenure, Dr. Feldman has published over 420 original peer-reviewed 
articles, four books, and 70 book chapters, and has received continuous 
funding from the National Institutes of Health for more than 30 years. 
She is the Past President of the Peripheral Nerve Society and served as 
President of the American Neurological Association from 2011 to 2013. 
In addition to being an elected member of the Association of American 
Physicians and National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Feldman has earned a 
vast list of awards and recognitions including the 2016 Castle Connolly 
National Clinician of the Year Award and the 2017 Endocrine Society 
Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research, to name 
only a few. Most recently, Dr. Feldman was honored with the 2019 PNS 
Alan J. Gebhart Prize for Excellence in Peripheral Nerve Research.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring Dr. 
Eva Feldman for her extraordinary work in neurology. We are grateful 
for her lifetime of impactful work and wish her many years of continued 
success. The 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award is well deserved.

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