[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


CONGRATULATING DR. GENE BOLLES ON RECEIVING THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
             NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS' 2006 HUMANITARIAN AWARD

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2006

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. 
Gene Bolles on receiving the American Association of Neurological 
Surgeons' 2006 Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes ``members who 
have done extraordinary work in neurosurgery, going way beyond their 
normal practice and bringing their skills to areas around the world 
that desperately need them.'' I can think of no better recipient for 
this honor than Dr. Bolles.
  Dr. Bolles practiced neurosurgery in Boulder for 32 years before 
serving as chief of neurosurgery at the Landstuhl Regional Medical 
Center in Germany. There he repaired the shattered bodies of our U.S. 
soldiers who had been wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now Dr. Bolles 
is in Kurdistan helping Iraqi physicians better care for civilians 
wounded in the war.
  Gene Bolles has been using his skills and talent for humanitarian 
good for over twenty-five years. He was the first person to establish a 
neurosurgery program in Belize City. He has traveled to Indonesia 
several times with the purpose of providing medication to and 
performing surgery on the indigenous people there. Each year, he makes 
a trip to Albania to educate neurosurgeons and to keep them abreast of 
the latest technologies. In recent years, Dr. Bolles has used his 
first-hand experience to draw attention to the living casualties from 
the United States' actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  Dr. Gene Bolles is a remarkable man. I greatly admire his energy, 
commitment and humanity. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Dr. Bolles for his incredible work for people around the 
world and in particular for his work on behalf of our soldiers abroad. 
He is a great Coloradan and a great American. I wish him continued 
health and happiness in the future.

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