[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF DR. FRANCISCO OSVALDO CORTINA

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 4, 2004

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Francisco 
Osvaldo Cortina for his lifelong dedication to practicing medicine and 
serving others. Dr. Cortina was honored by the Association of 
Villaclarenos at their annual banquet on October 3, 2004, in Union 
City, New Jersey.
  As a respected physician, Dr. Cortina has devoted more than 32 years 
to helping people. He began his medical career in his hometown of Santa 
Clara, Cuba, after graduating from the University of Havana. After 
immigrating to the United States in 1967, he opened a practice in 
Petersburg, VA, and later relocated to New Jersey. Dr. Cortina 
completed his general practice residency at St. Mary's Hospital in 
Hoboken, where he became the chief resident and graduated in 1972. He 
then opened practices in Hoboken and Union City.
  Dr. Cortina is the son of Spanish immigrants and is married to his 
high school sweetheart, Hortensia. They have two sons who have proudly 
carried on the medical tradition and are also physicians.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Dr. Francisco 
Osvaldo Cortina for his outstanding career as a physician, which has 
spanned multiple decades, cities and countries. His contributions 
throughout the years have affected the lives of many, and the wisdom he 
has passed on to his children will no doubt continue to help the New 
Jersey medical community in the years to come.

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