[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING GAIL MALLARD-WARREN, M.D.

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Dr. Gail 
Mallard-Warren upon being awarded the ``Community Health Champions 
Award'' at the 2008 West Fresno Health Care Coalition's 4th annual 
``This is Your Life of Service'' dinner and award ceremony. This year 
the ceremony will be held at the Radisson Hotel Conference Center in 
Fresno, California, on Friday, October 24th.
  Dr. Mallard-Warren grew up in the projects of Oakland, California. 
Both of her parents were educators and realized the importance of their 
children obtaining a higher education. Her family moved to East 
Oakland, but she was bussed to Skyline High School; a school that 
provided the academic courses that she would need to get into college. 
Upon graduating from Skyline, Dr. Mallard-Warren attended the 
University of California, Riverside, where she earned her degree in 
biology. In 1979, she earned her medical doctorate from the School of 
Medicine at University of California, Davis.
  After graduating from medical school, Dr. Mallard-Warren moved to 
Fresno, California, and received her training in obstetrics/gynecology 
at Valley Medical Center. In 1983 she opened her first private practice 
and today has multiple offices in Fresno. In addition to her private 
practice, she has made a habit of serving uninsured and underinsured 
OB/GYN patients over the span of her career. She has worked with Black 
Infant Health, an organization that provides health education, health 
promotion, social support and service coordination to pregnant and 
parenting African-American adult women. Through this program she has 
diligently worked toward lowering the instances of infant mortality in 
the most impoverished areas of Fresno and assisted in contributing to 
the well-being of this underserved community. She also participates in 
the Liga Doctors of Mercy, a nonprofit organization that has been 
providing free health care and education to the people of Sinaloa, 
Mexico, since 1934.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Dr. Gail 
Mallard-Warren upon being awarded the ``Community Health Champions 
Award''. I invite my colleagues to join me in wishing Dr. Mallard-
Warren many years of continued success.

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