[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      DR. FRANCINE RATNER KAUFMAN

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                          HON. HILDA L. SOLIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 29, 2003

  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. Francine 
Ratner Kaufman who is receiving the 2003 American Diabetes 
Association's Women of Valor Award for her dedication to the field of 
diabetes.
  Dr. Kaufman has devoted her clinical and research career to improving 
the lives of children affected by diabetes. Dr. Kaufman heads the 
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Childrens Hospital Los 
Angeles and is Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine 
at USC. She has published extensively and lectured nationally and 
internationally on her research in childhood diabetes.
  In addition to Dr. Kaufman's busy clinical practice at Childrens 
Hospital Los Angeles and its satellite centers, Dr. Kaufman has been 
the medical director at a summer camp for children with diabetes in the 
San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California for two decades. She 
has helped establish standards of care for the American Diabetes 
Association where she currently serves as 2002-2003 National President. 
She has led many advocacy efforts at the local and national levels to 
increase insurance benefits and to reduce discrimination against people 
with diabetes.
  I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Kaufman while I was in the 
California State Senate. Dr. Kaufman worked with me on legislation that 
would enhance diabetes treatment and management.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring Dr. Francine Ratner 
Kaufman for her pioneering clinical studies, research and devotion to 
the field of diabetes.

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