TITLE: Paying tribute to the life of Dr. Anh Nguyen Reiss and commending her efforts to promote bone marrow donation.

SUMMARY: Paying tribute to the life of Dr. Anh Nguyen Reiss and commending her efforts to promote bone marrow donation.

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WHEREAS, Dr. Anh Nguyen Reiss passed away on February 26, 2016, at the age of 48 after realizing many exceptional achievements as a doctor and as an advocate for bone marrow donation; and WHEREAS, A native of South Vietnam, Anh Reiss immigrated with her family to the United States as a young girl and grew up in New Orleans; she later relocated to Houston, where she graduated as salutatorian of North Shore Senior High School and received her undergraduate degree in economics from Rice University; after earning her medical degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Brooklyn, she began her medical practice at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital; she went on to deliver thousands of newborns over the course of her career as an obstetrician and gynecologist, and she found great fulfillment in her work; and WHEREAS, In 2009, Dr. Reiss was diagnosed with a myelodysplastic syndrome, a preleukemic condition that can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant; she faced great difficulty in finding a donor match, due to the fact that people of Vietnamese descent were among the least represented on the national bone marrow registry; with the support of her family, including her husband, Joshua, and two children, Alexandra and Aaron, she spread the word in the Vietnamese American community about the need for donations; the work of Dr. Reiss and her team of volunteers ultimately helped more than double the number of registered Vietnamese bone marrow donors; although Dr. Reiss succumbed to her illness before her match was found, she was instrumental in connecting numerous other patients with viable donors; and WHEREAS, Dr. Anh Reiss made a positive difference in numerous lives, and memories of her courage and commitment continue to inspire those who are carrying on her quest to promote bone marrow donation; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Anh Nguyen Reiss and commend her outstanding efforts as a donation advocate; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for her family as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Wu Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Oliverson Allen Guillen Ortega Allison Gutierrez Pacheco Anchia Harless Paddie Anderson Harris Parker Ashby Hefner Patterson Bailes Hernandez Paul Beckley Herrero Perez Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Phelan Bell of Montgomery Holland Price Bernal Howard Ramos Biedermann Huberty Raney Blanco Hunter Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Buckley Johnson of Harris Rose Bucy Kacal Rosenthal Burns King of Hemphill Sanford Burrows King of Parker Schaefer Button King of Uvalde Shaheen Cain Klick Sheffield Calanni Krause Sherman, Sr. Canales Kuempel Shine Capriglione Lambert Smith Clardy Landgraf Smithee Cole Lang Springer Coleman Larson Stephenson Collier Leach Stickland Cortez Leman Stucky Craddick Longoria Swanson Cyrier Lozano Talarico Darby Lucio III Thierry Davis of Dallas Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Dean Metcalf Tinderholt Deshotel Meyer Toth Dominguez Meza Turner of Dallas Dutton Middleton Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miller VanDeaver Fierro Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White Frullo Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Geren Murphy Wray Gervin-Hawkins Murr Wu Goldman Neave Zedler Gonz lez of Dallas Nev rez Zerwas Gonz lez of El Paso Noble Zwiener Goodwin Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 163 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on February 26, 2019. Chief Clerk of the House