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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CONGRATULATING DR. CLAUDIA FEGAN ON BEING NAMED ONE OF MODERN HEALTHCARE’S TOP MINORITY EXECUTIVES TO WATCH
WHEREAS, Dr. Fegan is the Executive Medical Director of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Fegan also serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Claudia Fegan received her medical degree from the University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln College of Medicine in 1982; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Fegan joined Cook County in 2000 as the Director of the outpatient clinic at Provident Hospital; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Fegan has helped the Cook County Health and Hospitals System transform with her hands-on approach to medicine and her expert knowledge in health care policy and reform; and
WHEREAS, Modern Healthcare, a business publication targeting executives in the healthcare industry, biennially seeks to recognize minority executives in healthcare. This year, they introduced a new distinction, Minority Executives to Watch, which recognizes rising minority professionals in managerial/executive level positions; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Claudia Fegan was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Ten Minority Executives to Watch in 2016; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to her clinical role at CCHHS, Modern Healthcare recognized Dr. Fegan for her work as national Coordinator for Physicians for a National Health Program, a research, advocacy and education organization and as co-author of Universal Healthcare: What the United States can Learn from Canada; and,
WHEREAS, in receiving this award, Dr. Fegan was recognized by her peers as a role model and mentor, whose work has had significant, positive impact on healthcare policy and care delivery models across the country; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners extend congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Claudia Fegan, on being named one of Modern Healthcare’s Top Minority Executives to Watch; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of the same be tendered to Dr. Claudia Fegan in recognition of her achievement.end