[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 61 (Thursday, April 8, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS

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                         HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 8, 2021

  Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate the Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians on its 
50th Anniversary. The Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians was 
founded in 1971 by six physicians and held its first meeting on 
November 27, 1971 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Today, they represent 
over 1,900 emergency medicine physicians who treat over 6,000,000 
patients each year in emergency departments across the Commonwealth.
  These dedicated Pennsylvania emergency physicians provide medical 
care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to all 
Pennsylvanians with any condition regardless of socioeconomic status, 
and serve as the healthcare safety net in the Commonwealth. These 
emergency physicians are also critical to the ability of the 
Commonwealth to respond to disasters and mass casualty events, are 
vital frontline healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 
pandemic, and the medical care they provide saves the lives of many 
patients in the Commonwealth every day.
  Pennsylvania emergency physicians are leaders in defining, 
evaluating, and improving quality emergency care, focusing on 
individual patients while advocating for and advancing the public 
health and the wellness of society as a whole. The Pennsylvania College 
of Emergency Physicians is committed to providing ongoing continuing 
education for emergency physicians in the Commonwealth and serves as 
the primary voice of Pennsylvania emergency physicians and patients 
seeking emergency care in the health care system and halls of 
government.
  In short, Pennsylvania emergency physicians have contributed greatly 
to the health and wellbeing of the entire population of the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  For these reasons, I stand here today to congratulate the 
Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th Anniversary; 
recognize the accomplishments and contributions Pennsylvania emergency 
physicians have made to advance health care in the Commonwealth; 
express my support for Pennsylvania emergency physicians in their 
ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; and reaffirm the value of 
emergency medicine and the vital role that Pennsylvania emergency 
physicians serve in ensuring the health and well-being of all 
Pennsylvanians.

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