[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 27, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING DR. EJAZ GHAFFAR AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA 
                   FOR ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 27, 2020

  Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, Dr. Ejaz Ghaffar graduated from Khyber 
Medical College in Peshawar, Pakistan. After graduation, he completed 
his residency at North Shore Community Hospital in Forest Hills, New 
York.
  Having a longstanding passion for inpatient medicine, Dr. Ghaffar 
joined a Hospitalist group and moved to Orlando. For the last 20 years, 
he has worked as a hospitalist and was elected by his peers as chairman 
of the Department of Medicine at Osceola Regional Medical Center. He 
would later be elected as the Chief of Medical Staff and would play a 
critical part in overseeing the rollout of numerous quality improvement 
and safety projects.
  Dr. Ghaffar is currently the Site Director for Graduate Medical 
Education at Osceola Regional Medical Center and has played a key role 
in starting the Internal Medicine Residency program at Osceola Regional 
Medical Center. He is glad to be part of the amazing journey that 
transformed Osceola Regional Medical Center from a small community 
hospital to a major teaching facility in Central Florida.

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