[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17295]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    REMEMBERING DR. NATHAN CARLINER

 Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to the life 
and legacy of Dr. Nathan Carliner. Dr. Carliner was a well-respected 
cardiologist who practiced at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center and a professor at the University of Maryland School of 
Medicine. He will be remembered for his commitment to his patients, his 
colleagues, and his students, as well as his devotion to friends and 
family.
  Dr. Carliner was born in Baltimore and raised on South Road in Mount 
Washington. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Paul 
Carliner, who was also a doctor and codiscovered Dramamine in 1947. 
After his father's untimely death at just 46 years old, Nathan decided 
to devote his life to medicine. He was a 1958 Gilman School graduate 
and earned a bachelor of science degree at Johns Hopkins University. He 
went on to graduate from Hopkins Medical School in 1965.
  After completing his internship and residency, Dr. Carliner joined 
the Army Medical Corps. He was medical service chief at the 3rd Mobile 
Army Surgical Hospital, MASH, at Binh Thuy in the Mekong Delta during 
the Vietnam war. After the war, Dr. Carliner studied cardiology and 
advanced electrocardiography before moving back to Baltimore in the 
1970s. Once he returned to his hometown, Nathan continued his service 
both to his state and his country. He was a full professor at the 
University of Maryland School of Medicine and he was associate chief of 
cardiology and director of noninvasive cardiology services at the 
veterans hospital.
  Dr. Carliner was known not just for his professionalism and his 
experience but also for his calming demeanor and his commitment to 
mentoring medical students and postgraduate trainees. Nathan touched so 
many lives and made many great contributions both to his field and to 
his colleagues.
  Nathan Carliner's death is a tragedy. Yet his life was a triumph. I 
offer my heartfelt condolences to his family--his brother Mark, his 
sister Esther Carliner Viros, and his four nephews, particularly Paul 
Carliner, who worked in my office for over 12 years and who shares his 
uncle's commitment and dedication to helping others.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting this extraordinary 
man.

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