TITLE: Congratulating Dr. Rodney M. Wiseman on his election as president of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Dr. Rodney M. Wiseman on his election as president of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Dr. Rodney M. Wiseman was inaugurated as the 2017-2018 national president of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians on March 16, 2017; and WHEREAS, A lifelong Texan and a Houston native, Dr. Wiseman graduated from the University of Houston and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth; before embarking on his career in family medicine, he served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, earning both a Bronze Star and a Combat Medical Badge, and he later received postgraduate medical training at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso; and WHEREAS, For 33 years, Dr. Wiseman has worked as a rural family physician in the Smith County community of Whitehouse; in addition to tending to the health and well-being of his patients, he has held leadership positions in a host of state professional organizations, including the office of president of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association, the Texas Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and the Alumni Association of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine; and WHEREAS, Dr. Wiseman is also a Distinguished Fellow of the ACOFP, which named him its national Physician of the Year in 2002; he served with distinction as the speaker of the ACOFP Congress of Delegates from 2002 to 2008, and he was a member of the organization's national board of governors from 2008 to 2017; and WHEREAS, Dr. Rodney Wiseman brings proven leadership ability to the task of guiding the ACOFP and advancing the stature and professional interests of osteopathic family physicians, and he is indeed deserving of the confidence that has been placed in him by his peers; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Rodney M. Wiseman on his election as president of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and extend to him sincere best wishes for a productive term in that office; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Dr. Wiseman as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Sheffield Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2236 was adopted by the House on May 25, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House