[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7110]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF DR. MARK HIGHMAN OF THE SAN MATEO MEDICAL CENTER

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 4, 2010

  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Dr. Mark Highman, a 
cardiologist who willingly chose the career path of public service 
medicine over the more lucrative road of private practice. I feel very 
fortunate to have known Dr. Highman for 30 years. Clearly, decades of 
patients at the center who lacked insurance or the money to pay for it 
appreciate his decision to practice at the San Mateo Medical Center.
  He was appointed Medical Director of the Special Care Unit, Vice 
Chief of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology to the center in 1977. Dr. 
Highman also is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford 
University.
  The diversity of patients and their medical challenges prompted Dr. 
Highman to become certified in critical care. He considers treating the 
less fortunate to be, in his own words, ``richly rewarding'' and that 
speaks volumes to what this healer is all about. As a career-long 
medical musketeer he is the embodiment of the esprit de corps at the 
center.
  Madam Speaker, Dr. Mark Highman is a hero of healthcare to a 
generation of the less fortunate in our county and State. The San Mateo 
Medical Foundation is right to honor his contributions at a special 
ceremony on April 30th.

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