[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11483]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. FRITZ BRUENING

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 7, 2007

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, today I would like to recognize the 
accomplishments of Dr. Fritz Bruening. Dr. Bruening is the 2007 
recipient of the Jack Hamady Good Scout Award from the Burton Rotary 
Club. He will receive the award at a luncheon on May 10th.
  Dr. Bruening graduated from high school in Decorah, Iowa, where he 
was a member of the wrestling team, the Honor Society and Valedictorian 
of his graduating class. He continued his education at Notre Dame 
University, where he was the captain of the wrestling team, graduated 
Cum Laude and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree.
  After completing his studies at the University of Iowa, School of 
Medicine, Dr. Bruening finished his internships at Good Samaritan 
Hospital and East Mesa Emergency Center in Arizona. His residency in 
Ophthalmology was completed at North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake 
Forest Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident from 1984-1985.
  In 1994 Dr. Bruening relocated to Flint, Michigan, and joined the 
Park Eye and SurgiCenter after 6 years in private practice in Winston-
Salem, North Carolina. At the time he was one of a handful of surgeons 
capable of performing the Clear Cornea cataract surgery. He has 
subsequently published two articles, ``Clear Cornea Surgery'' in the 
March issue of the Genesee County Medical Society Bulletin and 
``Placement of a Secondary Foldable Intraocular Lens over a Capsule 
Remnant'' in the August issue of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive 
Surgery.
  Dr. Bruening has devoted countless hours to assisting the indigent 
and working poor. He continues to take referrals from optometrists to 
perform surgeries on patients without insurance and incapable of 
paying. He counts the restoration of sight to a man that had not been 
able to see for 20 years as his greatest achievement.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
congratulating Dr. Fritz Bruening as he receives the Jack Hamady Good 
Scout Award from the Burton Rotary Club.

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