[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13233]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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  A SALUTE TO RICHARD UMANSKY, MD, DIRECTOR OF THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT 
                 CENTER OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OAKLAND

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 1999

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and honor Richard Umansky's 
service to children and their families in the East Bay and Northern 
California. Dr. Umansky is the Director of the Child Development Center 
of Children's Hospital Oakland and will be retiring at the end of June 
1999 after 34 years of dedicated service.
  Dr. Umansky has dedicated his career to the provision of quality 
health care services for infants and children with developmental 
disabilities and for those with the risk of developmental disabilities.
  Throughout his 34 year career with Children's Hospital Oakland, Dr. 
Umansky has displayed strong and passionate leadership. His highlights 
include developing and realizing a vision of comprehensive diagnostic 
and therapeutic services of the highest quality for the child with 
developmental disabilities; establishing and directing the Children's 
Hospital Oakland Child Development Center from 1965 to the present with 
the mission of providing diagnostic, treatment and prevention services 
for children with or at risk for disabilities, and their families; 
providing leadership in developing a wide range of service 
organizations for persons with disabilities, including the Regional 
Center of the East Bay; working collaboratively with community 
organizations to effectively link health care with other services for 
children with disabilities, such as the schools; training hundreds of 
health care providers, including physicians, public health nurses, NICU 
nurses, infant development specialists, therapists, nutritionists, 
psychologists and others; serving as a community and state advocate for 
improved services and funding for individual children and groups of 
children with disabilities; conducting and collaborating on basic and 
clinical research in the areas of child development, medication, 
behavioral therapies, and nutritional management of children with 
specific disorders.
  Dr. Umansky has made a positive and profound impact on the lives of 
many individuals and organizations in our community. His leadership 
skills and dedication will be sorely missed. I proudly join his many 
friends and colleagues in thanking and honoring him for his remarkable 
career with Children's Hospital Oakland and extending to him my best 
wishes on his upcoming retirement.

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