[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1226]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO TERENCE W. STARZ, MD

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 8, 2006

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate Terence W. Starz, M.D., who will become the 141st 
president of the Allegheny County Medical Society on January 28, 2006.
  Dr. Starz is an internal medicine physician at University of 
Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital. He is board-certified 
by the American Board of Internal Medicine, with a subspecialty in 
Rheumatology. He currently serves as a Delegate to the Pennsylvania 
Medical Society and is a member on the Allegheny County Medical Society 
Foundation Board.
  Over the years Dr. Starz has been influential in the medical field. 
He was a prominent figure in the creation of the Obesity Task Force, a 
collaboration of medical personnel, hospitals and business affiliates, 
to help identify the cause of obesity and help promote healthy living 
and eating habits, for adults as well as for children. Dr. Starz stands 
firm with his view of diversity in the medical profession and disparity 
of treatment in minority patients.
  On Saturday, January 28, 2006, Dr. Terence W. Starz will officially 
take the stand as the 141st president of the Allegheny County Medical 
Society.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in honoring Dr. Terence W. Starz, M.D. It is an honor to 
represent the Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania and a 
pleasure to salute such a distinguished person like Dr. Starz.

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