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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. JAIRO B. CRUZ
WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom called from our midst Dr. Jairo Cruz on March 21st, 2023, at the age of 78; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cruz was a cardiologist in Olympia Fields, Illinois and was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Franciscan Health Olympia Fields and Advocate South Suburban Hospital; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cruz received his medical degree from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1970, and trained at Cook County Health starting in 1971, completing his residency in internal medicine and several fellowships in cardiovascular disease; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cruz was licensed in Illinois and board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and was a cardiology specialist with a subspecialty in adult congenital heart disease and after his tenure at Cook County Health was on staff at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields from April 26th, 1980 to October 26th, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cruz attained Five Star ratings on Healthgrades and Healthgrades Honor Roll; and
WHEREAS, additionally Dr. Cruz was on staff at Bria, a low-income nursing home in Chicago Heights, to assist with the management of their heart failure patients. Many of these patients were Medicaid patients that did not have the resources that they needed to prevent progression of their disease and had frequent hospital readmissions, but he helped manage and direct their care; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cruz started the heart failure clinic at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in 2016 serving approximately 700 patients on a continual basis and with the use of evidence-based practices, had about 80% improvement of their left ventricular ejection fraction/heart function measure; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Cruz collaborated with nursing leaders to start a monthly Community Educational program with speakers for the education of the heart failure patients, and on February 27th, 2017, he developed the Heart ...
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