[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING PVAMC DIRECTOR RICHARD CITRON

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                            HON. JOE SESTAK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 29, 2010

  Mr. SESTAK. Madam Speaker, I rise before you to honor Director 
Richard S. Citron on his retirement from the post of Director of the 
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  Mr. Richard S. Citron was appointed Director of the Philadelphia 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in August 2007. The Philadelphia VAMC 
is a tertiary care facility for the eastern half of VA Healthcare--VISN 
4, providing care to 60,000 Veterans in America's sixth largest 
metropolitan area including the city of Philadelphia and surrounding 
six counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has led more than 2,000 
dedicated staff working at the main campus in West Philadelphia and 
community-based outpatient clinics in Fort Dix, NJ, Gloucester County, 
NJ, Camden, NJ, Center City Philadelphia, and Horsham, PA (the Victor 
J. Saracini Community Based Outpatient Clinic). Philadelphia VAMC 
operates 140 inpatient beds and a 135-bed nursing home known as the 
Philadelphia Veterans Community Living Center.
  Mr. Citron has 38 years of VA healthcare experience, beginning in 
1971 at Long Beach, CA. He has since served at medical centers in 
Newington, Loma Linda, Richmond, Brockton/West Roxbury, and VA Central 
Office. Mr. Citron served as Assistant Director of the VA Medical 
Center (University Drive) in Pittsburgh, as Acting Director of medical 
centers in Murfreesboro and Cleveland, and Director of the Jesse Brown 
VA Medical Center in Chicago. Prior to arriving in Philadelphia, Mr. 
Citron was Director of the Wilmington, DE, VA Medical Center.
  Mr. Citron served in the US Army from 1968 to 1971, including one 
year at a MASH hospital in Chu Lai, Vietnam. He holds a bachelor's 
degree in Economics from the College of William and Mary and a master's 
degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern 
California. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare 
Executives (FACHE).
  Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in honoring Director Citron for 
his commitment to ensuring the well-being of our nation's Veterans.

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