[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E61]
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   RECOGNIZING DR. LILY P. HUSSEIN ON 55 YEARS OF SERVICE AT JOHN H. 
                  STROGER, JR. HOSPITAL OF COOK COUNTY

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                           HON. DARIN LaHOOD

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 26, 2023

  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize a fellow Illinoisan, Dr. 
Lily P. Hussein, a physician who recently marked her 55th year of 
service at Chicago's John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, 
making her the longest serving physician in that hospital's 190-year 
history. In addition, Dr. Hussein is the nation's longest serving 
physician at one hospital and one of the nation's longest serving 
female physicians.
  Dr. Hussein was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1937, the oldest of six 
children, five of whom would go on to become physicians. Dr. Hussein is 
a fifth-generation physician, whose father, grandfather, great 
grandmother and great-great grandmother all practiced medicine. Her 
father, Dr. Malcolm Parhad was a pioneer in neurosurgery who trained at 
The Yale School of Medicine.
  In 1964, Dr. Hussein graduated first in her class from the University 
of Baghdad College of Medicine--a feat that was personally recognized 
by Iraq's President. Upon graduation, she immigrated to the U.S. to 
continue her medical career. After a year of training in Danbury, 
Connecticut, she arrived as a Medical Resident at the Cook County 
Hospital in 1965. She began as a Family Medicine Resident but soon 
discovered the field of Oncology and dedicated her career to fighting 
cancer. In 1967, she married a fellow Cook County Hospital resident, 
Dr. Jaafar Hussein, to whom she has been married for 55 years. Together 
they have five children, four of which are in the field of medicine.
  Dr. Hussein is most proud of the relationships she has built with her 
thousands of patients over the past seven decades. Notably, Dr. Hussein 
has stayed at Stroger Cook County Hospital because its mission of 
serving the poor is aligned with her belief that every human being 
deserves world-class medical care. To this day, Dr. Hussein cites those 
famous words on the Statue of Liberty as inspiration to continue her 
public service: ``give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses 
yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.''
  Mr. Speaker, I'm honored to recognize a trailblazer and someone who 
embodies the best of America.