[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING DR. HESHAM GAYAR

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 31, 2007

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join 
me in honoring Dr. Hesham Gayar, the outgoing President of the Genesee 
County Medical Society. Dr. Gayar is to be honored at the annual 
President's Ball this Saturday, November 3rd.
  Dr. Gayar studied medicine at the Alexandria Medical School. He 
completed residency at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New 
York, and M.D. Anderson in Houston, where he was chief resident from 
1985 to 1986. He completed a Fellowship in Clinical Oncology and 
Pediatric Oncology at Ohio State University Hospital. Relocating to 
Michigan, Dr. Gayar currently serves as the Chair of the Department of 
Radiation Oncology at McLaren Regional Medical Center and the Medical 
Director of Radiation Oncology at Owosso Memorial Cancer Center.
  Over the years Dr. Gayar has served as a delegate to the Michigan 
State Medical Society from the Genesee County Medical Society, and as 
the Chair of the Board of the Community Wide Hospital Oncology program. 
He is the principal investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology 
group, works with the Southwest Oncology group, and the National 
Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel project. He is also the former 
President of the Islamic Medical Association.
  Dr. Gayar is committed to improving the quality of life in the larger 
community. Governor Granholm appointed him to the Board of the 
Commission of Arab Chaldean American Affairs. He serves on the Board of 
the American Arab Heritage Council of Flint, the Flint Islamic Center, 
and the Grand Blanc Islamic Center, he is the former Chair of the 
Genesee Academy Board of Directors, and is a former board member of the 
Islamic American University. In 2006 the American Arab Heritage Council 
named him ``Physician of the Year.'' Dr. Gayar is married to Randa and 
they have four children, Omar, Adam, Lena and Kareem.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
applauding Dr. Hesham Gayar for his leadership to the Genesee County 
Medical Society. Both physicians and patients have benefited from his 
compassion and steadfastness. He brings empathy, dignity, and 
responsibility to every role he assumes. I wish him the best as he 
continues his service to the Flint community.

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