[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 22969-22970]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR OF DR. GERALD M. LEMOLE, M.D., 2008 RECIPIENT OF THE 
         WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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                         HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE

                              of delaware-

                    in the house of representatives

                       Sunday, September 28, 2008

  Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise 
today to recognize Dr. Gerald M. Lemole, M.D. Dr. Lemole is the 2008 
recipient of the Wilmington Senior Center's Lifetime Achievement Award. 
The Wilmington Senior Center bestows this prestigious award upon an 
older adult whose accomplishments are particularly laudable. As one of 
our nation's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr. Lemole is certainly 
deserving of such an honor.
  Following his graduation from Villanova University in 1958 and after 
earning his doctor of medicine degree from Temple University in 1962, 
Dr. Lemole completed an internship at Staten Island University and his 
residency at Temple University Hospital. From 1967 to 1969, Dr. Lemole 
received cardiac training from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, 
Texas. Serving as an instructor in surgery at Baylor in 1968, he was 
part of the surgical team that performed the first successful heart 
transplant in the United States.
  Returning to Temple University in 1969, Dr. Lemole quickly made his 
mark on the Tri-State area, performing the first coronary bypass that 
same year. At 32, he became Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Temple 
University, Chief of Surgery at Deborah Heart and Lung Center at 35, 
and a full professor of surgery at Temple University at 38, making him 
one of the youngest individuals in the United States to achieve such a 
position. Dr. Lemole re-located to Delaware in 1986 in order to 
establish our State's first open heart surgery program, where he has 
since continued to save numerous lives as well as train and mentor 
other promising surgeons on the staff in the Christiana Care Health 
System. He also serves on the staff at A.I. Dupont Hospital in 
Wilmington, Delaware, along with several hospitals in the Greater 
Philadelphia area.
  As an accomplished physician and brilliant instructor, Dr. Lemole has 
lectured extensively and authored many articles for various 
publications. He has served as a visiting professor at several colleges 
and universities both in the United States and abroad, including the 
University of Istanbul, where he performed Turkey's first successful 
coronary bypass surgery in 1982.
  I thank and acknowledge Dr. Gerald Lemole for his dedicated service 
to our nation and the

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State of Delaware. With honed precision and an exceptional medical 
mind, Dr. Lemole has touched countless lives in his over forty years of 
surgical practice. He is a truly worthy recipient of the Wilmington 
Senior Center's Lifetime Achievement Award.

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