[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15312]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF DR. EUGENE OLIVERI

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a 
physician from my home state of Michigan, Dr. Eugene Oliveri, who will 
be named the new President of the American Osteopathic Association 
(AOA) at the Association's annual meeting in July.
  Dr. Oliveri practices at two outstanding medical facilities in 
Metropolitan Detroit. He is a senior member of the Department of 
Internal Medicine at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan, 
where he also serves as Chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology 
and as Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program. Dr. Oliveri 
is also affiliated with Huron Valley Hospital in Milford, Michigan.
  Dr. Oliveri has established himself as a national leader in the 
osteopathic profession. He serves on a number of professional boards, 
is sought after as a visiting lecturer, and is committed to training 
and inspiring the next generation of osteopathic physicians. In fact, 
there are two osteopaths in the Oliveri family, and I know it is a 
point of pride for Dr. Eugene Oliveri that his daughter, Lisa, chose to 
pursue the profession to which he has dedicated so much of his life.
  The state of Michigan is a leader in the practice of osteopathy. One 
hundred and two years ago, Michigan was the fourth state in the nation 
to legalize the practice of osteopathy. Today's osteopathic physicians 
and surgeons integrate standard medical practices with the body's 
natural systems for regulating and healing itself, especially with the 
largest of these systems, the musculoskeletal system. Dr. Oliveri 
follows in the tradition of the thousands of skilled and dedicated 
osteopathic doctors who have practiced medicine in Michigan for more 
than a century.
  Mr. President, Dr. Eugene Oliveri has distinguished himself as a 
physician, as a teacher and as a leader of his profession. It is 
fitting that Dr. Oliveri, who practices medicine in a state which has 
such a longstanding commitment to osteopathic medicine, will be elected 
President of the American Osteopathic Association. I know my colleagues 
join me in congratulating Dr. Oliveri on his achievements and in 
wishing him well during his tenure as President of the AOA.

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