[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN-GENESEE VALLEY REGION HONORS 
                            DR. PETER LEVINE

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Dr. 
Peter Levine, who on April 13, 2000, will be honored by the American 
Lung Association of Michigan-Genesee Valley Region as its Individual 
Health Advocate of the Year. Each year, the organization recognizes one 
individual whose efforts have greatly contributed to supporting the 
health, education and overall well-being of the Genesee Valley 
community.
  Since 1986, Dr. Levine has served as the Executive Director of the 
Genesee County Medical Society in Flint, Michigan, which represents 
over 600 physicians. As Executive Director, Dr. Levine oversees the 
day-to-day operations of the Medical Society, ranging from the 
responsibilities of its financial, policy and staffing actions, to its 
lobbying activities, educational programming and media relations. He 
also serves as the Executive Director of the Society's three 
subsidiaries: the Medical Society Foundation, a 501C-3 educational and 
social policy charitable foundation; the Physicians Programs, Inc.; and 
the Emergency Medical Centre of Flint, an urgent care center designed 
to provide a low cost alternative care site for the community at large. 
The Emergency Medical Centre provides care for approximately 18,000 
visitors per year.
  Prior to 1986, Dr. Levine served as Program Director for the Greater 
Flint Area Hospital Assembly. In this capacity, Dr. Levine directed a 
six-hospital cooperative venture enabling these hospitals to provide 
better cancer care services to their patients. He developed and 
implemented strategies for cooperation in research, education, 
bioethics, resource coordination, standards of care, fiscal strategies, 
communication with hospital staffs, promotion of member hospitals 
outside of the region, innovative programming, cancer screening, and 
computerized tumor registry and data system. He staffed a multi-
hospital joint venture to implement Magnetic Resonance Imagery 
technology in the Flint area, and served as the Executive Director of 
Community Hospice, Inc., a multi-hospice association designed to foster 
hospice growth in the region.
  Dr. Levine is also a founding board member and volunteer for the 
Genesee County Free Medical Clinic, and a charter member of the 
Michigan Hospice Organization Board of Directors. He serves on the 
Medicare Advisory Board for the Ninth Congressional District of 
Michigan, sits on the Board of Directors of Health Education Systems, 
Inc., and is a Consultant to Michigan State Medical Society Committees 
on Bioethics, on Membership Recruitment and Retention, and on Medical 
Economics. He is also the State Medical Society's Liaison with Blue 
Cross/Blue Shield, and a member of its task force on professional 
liability.
  Mr. President, I applaud Dr. Levine for his outstanding work for not 
only Genesee County, but the State of Michigan. His efforts have 
contributed to a higher standard of medical care throughout the state. 
On behalf of the entire United States Senate, I congratulate Dr. Levine 
on being named the Individual Health Advocate of the Year by the 
American Lung Association of Genesee Valley. He is truly deserving of 
this honor.

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