[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      RETIREMENT OF DR. CLEM DOXEY

  Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, we had a discussion at the Prayer 
Breakfast 2 weeks ago about skin cancer, and we have shared a common 
experience in that we have confronted a melanoma at one time in our 
lives.
  On this Friday night Dr. Clem Doxey of Marietta, GA, is retiring 
after 43 years as a leading dermatologist in the Southeast, chief of 
staff at Kennestone Hospital, and also a leading dermatologist around 
the United States of America. He is a real inspiration to me, a man who 
led me to help pass the TAN Act, along with Senator Reid, John McCain, 
and others, who came together to bring about awareness for skin cancer, 
awareness for melanoma, and awareness for early detection; a citizen 
who contributed to us an idea that is now the law of the land in the 
United States of America and one I am sure will help save lives.
  Clem is retiring after many years in Marietta, GA, and 43 years of 
practice. He has been a leader in Rotary, a leader in organizations in 
our community, a leader in our hospital, a friend to me, and my 
dermatologist.
  He graduated from the Pensacola School of Medicine and went straight, 
as a flight surgeon, to Vietnam in the U.S. Marine Corps. He returned 
to be a physician and get his residency training at Tulane University 
Medical Center in New Orleans, LA, and then came to Marietta, GA, and 
founded Marietta Dermatology, now the leading dermatology practice in 
the State of Georgia. He will retire this Friday night.
  I walk around on these two feet in part because Clem taught me early 
awareness, early identification, and the right practices to deal with 
skin cancer. I thank him for what he did for me and what he has done 
for countless patients over countless years in the great city of 
Marietta in the great county of Cobb.

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