[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4954]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO DR. GLENN STEELE

 Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the career of 
Dr. Glenn Steele upon his retirement from Geisinger Health System. 
Teddy Roosevelt once said, ``Far and away the best prize that life has 
to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.'' In his 14 
years as CEO of Geisinger, Glenn Steele has been the embodiment of that 
idea.
  Geisinger is located in Dansville, PA, and is the largest rural 
health services organization in the country, serving more than 3 
million residents throughout 48 counties. Annually, Geisinger provides 
over $400 million in community support, helping to meet the needs of 
all Pennsylvanians in the area, regardless of their ability to pay. 
Under Dr. Steele, Geisinger has been a leader in delivery system 
reform, improving quality of care and population health while reducing 
cost.
  Dr. Steele is a trailblazer in the health care field. With a medical 
degree from New York University School of Medicine and a doctorate in 
microbiology from Lund University in Sweden, Dr. Steele brings a unique 
perspective to managing a health care system. He has authored and 
coauthored over 460 scientific and professional articles and has been 
widely recognized for his investigations into the treatment of liver 
cancer and colorectal cancer surgery. He is also a visionary in the 
area of health care delivery and financing, one of the achievements for 
which Geisinger is most well-known. Since 2012, Dr. Steele has served 
on the U.S. Congressional Budget Office's panel of health advisors, 
cementing his reputation as a national leader.
  Dr. Steele has earned numerous awards over the years. He was named to 
Modern Health Care's list of the 50 Most Influential Physician 
Executives five times and the list of the 100 Most Influential People 
in Health care five times. He received the CEO IT Achievement Award in 
2006, American Hospital Association's Grassroots Champion Award in 
2007, the American Hospitals Association's Health Research & Education 
Trust Award and the HFMA Board of Directors' Award in 2011. Most 
recently, he was named to the Becker's Hospital Review's list of ``40 
of the Smartest People in Health care'' for his work in health care 
reform. He also received the 2014 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence 
Award, which recognizes people for innovative approaches to bringing 
high-value and accessible health care to their communities, permanently 
transforming and improving the field. That final award is a testament 
to Geisinger's legacy and sums up Dr. Steele's vision of health care.
  On behalf of the people of Pennsylvania, I wish Glenn Steele well in 
this new chapter. I have no doubt he will continue transforming health 
care and changing and improving the lives of people and the communities 
where they live.

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