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Senate
Resolution 519
By:
Senators Thomas of the 54th, Mullis of the 53rd and Smith of the 52nd
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Dr. John Antalis; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. Antalis earned a bachelor of science in chemistry from Wofford College in
Spartanburg, South Carolina, and, in 1982, he followed with his M.D. at Saint
George´s University School of Medicine and later completed his residency
program at Floyd Medical Center in Rome; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. John Antalis, a practicing family physician in Dalton, Georgia, was named
Georgia Family Physician of the Year in 1996 and currently services as President
of the Medical Association of Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
in his more than two decades as a physician, Dr. Antalis has tirelessly and
enthusiastically devoted himself to the medical community and the fight for
patient and physician rights, and has taken on an active role in politics,
lobbying for state and federal policy on health care; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Antalis has held many leadership positions with the Medical Association of
Georgia, acting as a representative and advocate for patients and his peers and
helping to pass meaningful legislation in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
he has served on the Board of Directors for the Medical Association of Georgia
and MAG Mutual, has held the position of president with both the Georgia Academy
of Family Physicians and the Whitfield-Murray Medical Society, and has served on
the United States Pharmacopeia Quintennial and its Safe Medication and Errors
Committee; and
WHEREAS,
he is a loving husband to Cathy and devoted father to three children, Christina,
Stephen, and Catherine.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Dr. John Antalis for his many contributions to the welfare of the citizens of
this state and to health care policy legislation.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. John Antalis.