[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 181 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING EDWARD VINER, MD

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 2, 2023

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and commend Edward 
Viner, MD on his Retirement.
  Dr. Edward Viner, a graduate of Harvard College, earned cum laude 
status before continuing his education at the University of 
Pennsylvania School of Medicine. During his time at the University, he 
was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. For two years 
following the completion of his residency, Dr. Viner completed a 
fellowship in Hematology/Oncology with his alma mater at the Hospital 
of the University of Pennsylvania.
  Dr. Edward Viner is a trailblazer and leader. Through his own 
personal experience as a critically ill-patient a few years prior, Dr. 
Edward Viner roughly 50 years ago decided to begin the first hospice 
program in the entire Philadelphia region. A major step toward his 
mission of improving end of life care throughout the nation. Through 
his expertise and hard work, Dr. Viner was invited to testify before 
the House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging only 10 years 
after starting the program.
  Dr. Edward Viner stepped into the role of Chief of Medicine at Cooper 
University Hospital in 1987 and remained in the position for another 
twenty years. During his tenure, he led the development of an academic 
Department of Medicine and created Cooper's Suburban Practice Network. 
Under his guidance, Cooper University Hospital adopted a hospitalist 
system to care for patients and is recognized as the first in the 
Philadelphia region to do so.
  Today, he is recognized for his unrelenting effort toward the 
creation of the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, the 135th 
allopathic medical school in the United States. For his efforts, he was 
honorarily named the first Dean of the school in 2009. He is a board 
member of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and is the 
recipient of several awards dating back to 1984 when he received the 
Philadelphia Caring Award for his work to provide hospice care to the 
region.
  Dr. Edward Viner has been listed in Who's Who in America and has been 
acknowledged several times as one of the nation's best doctors. Dr. 
Viner received Laureateship from the American College of Physicians in 
2003 before achieving Mastership within the college as well. He has 
been recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanism in 
Medicine from the school he fought so hard to create as well as, the 
prestigious Strittmatter Award from the Philadelphia County Medical 
Society.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in honoring and commending Dr. 
Edward Viner of Cooper University Hospital, a practitioner dedicated to 
his community and who has thoroughly served his patients to the best of 
his ability.

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