[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO FRANK J. TORNETTA

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2001

  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
the Frank J. Tornetta School of Anesthesia at Montgomery Hospital in 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on their fifty years of academic and 
clinical training of nurse anesthetists.
  Dr. Tornetta founded the school in 1951 to provide the community with 
highly educated and clinically competent nurse anesthetists. Over the 
past fifty years, the school has graduated over 300 students. The nurse 
anesthetists from the Frank J. Tornetta School of Anesthesia are 
respected in their various fields and hold many high level positions in 
academic and administration fields. The school is accredited by the 
Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia.
  A strong academic partnership exists between the La Salle University 
School of Nursing and the Frank J. Tornetta School of Anesthesia. This 
partnership has also received a one million dollar grant through the 
Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services 
Administration.
  The Frank J. Tornetta School of Anesthesia has been a premier 
institution at Montgomery Hospital for fifty years. It has developed a 
long tradition of excellence and a highly regarded reputation. Our 
community is very fortunate to have such an outstanding educational 
presence in the health care field in our area. I am honored to 
celebrate this special day with the Frank J. Tornetta School of 
Anesthesia.

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