A proclamation honoring Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED on the occasion of his retirement. A proclamation honoring Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED on the occasion of his retirement.
Thank you, Madam Secretary. And now let's move to proclamations. We have two proclamations this evening, and I have the honor of reading the first one Proclamation 449 Honoring Philip s miller, M.D. f ACP fh ed on the occasion of his retirement, whereas Dr. Philip s Maler began his career 27 years ago with Denver General. We all remember it as Denver General, during which time he has served in many assignments, including staff attending physician Glassman, Professor of Medicine and Endowed Chair Denver Health and Department of Medicine. University of Colorado School of Medicine. Associate Dean. University of Colorado School of Medicine. Professor of Infectious Disease and Medical Director and Chief Clinical Officer. And. Whereas, Dr. Miller is nationally renowned as the expert in eating disorders and has saved many lives of people who have suffered from this disease. And. Whereas, Dr. Miller is a prolific academician, having published over 350 articles in peer reviewed journal journals and also is an accomplished professor of medicine with an international reputation for excellence in research, education and clinical care. And. Whereas, Dr. Miller has trained hundreds of interns, residents and fellows to be physicians of medicine. And. WHEREAS, Dr. Mailer's leadership abilities have led to the creation of a world class facility supported by world class physicians and staff, many of whom have devoted their entire careers to Denver Health and its patients, providing compassionate state of the art and equitable medical care to thousands of patients, including the current mayor, Michael B, Hancock governors and city council members. And. Whereas, as a result of Dr. Mailer's work, Denver Health became a truly integrated health care system, which resulted in it becoming a model health care organization for the nation. And. Whereas, Dr. Mailer has received many awards and commendations, including being on the list of Denver's top doctors of internal medicine in our 50 to 80 magazine, who's who among executives and professionals, the best doctors in America and internal medicine, just to name a few. And. Whereas, this city will miss his leadership, his ability to create the future of health care, and importantly, his constant dedication to our patients and the true mission of Denver health. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, the Denver City Council hereby recognizes Dr. Mailer for his contributions. To Denver's communities in countless ways, personally and professionally, to keep Denver's residents healthy. And for his professional and personal dedication to the city and county of Denver, the state of Colorado and the nation. His retirement scheduled for June 2nd, 2014. He will make us have a void that will be challenging to fill. Section two that the clerk of the city and county of Denver shall attest. And a fix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation and that a copy be transmitted to Dr. Philip s mailer, M.D. Frcp an faa e d and having read the proclamation, I move the proclamation 449 be adopted. Second, it has been moved and seconded. We now have comments from the council members and I will go first. I am very, very happy to be able to do this for Dr. Mailer. He is my constituent, so that makes him even more special. But your history and your career are amazing. Outstanding, excellent. That service that you give in our city is above and beyond. And we can't thank you enough. We will miss you greatly. And I'm so glad to be able to do this proclamation this evening. And I see no other comments. Madam Secretary, roll call. Oh, no, I do see a comment a little bit coming in late. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Madam President. Sorry, I was trying to switch from one screen to the other. First of all, I want to ask that my name be added to the proclamation. Certainly. I just want to express my gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Taylor for his 27 years of service to the city of Denver. It takes very special people who want to do this work and commit their profession and their lifetime history to working with the population at Denver Health Serves. And I think we all owe a great debt of gratitude to you. So thank you very much. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. Madam Secretary, roll call. Madam President, high growth round, high fat. I can eat lemon Lopez. Hi, Montero. Hi. Nevitt Ortega. Rob Shepherd. Hi. Madam Secretary. Close the voting. Announce the results. 12 eyes. 12 eyes. The proclamation is adopted, and I would like to call on Dr. Gonzalez, I believe, to the podium. I think you have a few words to say about Dr. Mailer. Madam President, members of council, it's a delight for me to be here and join you in this proclamation. We've had several ceremonies and events for Dr. Mahler honoring him, and it was a real pleasure to see all of his colleagues, his former students, all of the employees come and visit and wish him well wishes. I think the proclamation speaks for itself in terms of all of his accomplishments as a researcher, as an educator, and also, first and foremost, his love of taking care of patients. But the one thing I'd like to add is I've gotten to know him over the last 18 months, and he's a person of very high integrity and character, caring deeply about the work that he does and about the patients that he takes care of. And as someone mentioned earlier, that it's a special calling for someone to do that and do that so well for so very long. Finally, it's my pleasure to announce to you that after a lot of conversations with Dr. Miller that he will be staying on at Denver Health in a part time basis, post-retirement, after he enjoys a little time off with his family. And he'll be still the director of the Acute Eating Disorders Center. And it's a pleasure to be able to retain him for the benefit of all in Denver, who needs his service and those from around the country who come as well. So we certainly wish him our very best and it's a pleasure to be able to be here and celebrate this with him tonight. And some of his family members are here, too. Thank you. Dr. Gonzales, sounds like we don't have to go cold turkey and without his services. Dr. Miller, would you like to come up to the podium? Good afternoon or good evening, I guess. Thank you for this honor. I'm a native Denver. I was born in St Anthony's and grew up in the west side of Denver. Went to see you night school. I worked as a butcher up in 50th in Washington for five years when I was going through night school. And then I went to see U. Medical School when I was a resident and then joined Denver General at the time. I walked into Denver General for the first time when I was a third year medical student in 1982, my pediatric rotation and fell in love with the place and never left. So it's been a 34 year marriage for me, including residency and student time. And it's truly been a an honor and a privilege for me to serve the institution, to serve its patients, to serve its medical staff and all the other staff. 5500 people that work at Denver Health. Denver Health is a jewel locally. It's well acclaimed nationally and deservedly so. We practice terrific medicine there. We have a wonderful nursing staff. We have a wonderful administrative staff and medical staff there. And Denver really can be very proud of Denver Health that although we've taken care of the DISENFRANCHIZED for many years, we've never lost sight of the fact that our sacred pact in life is to heal and to heal everybody, regardless of their ability to pay. And that's been my calling in life, and I'm very privileged that I've been able to spend my entire career there. And with the exaltation of Dr. Gonzales and his staff, I'm going to be staying on on a part time basis, continuing to take care of the folks that I've worked with for about 30 years, those with severe anorexia nervosa and bulimia. And we have a center at Denver Health Medical Center that has no replica in the United States. It's the only medical stabilization program like itself in the United States where we take critically ill patients and restore them to life. About 30% of our patients come by air ambulance from other cities and states in the United States. And it truly speaks volumes about the quality of care of Denver health. So thank you for this honor. I'm eternally grateful for Your Honor, and I'm eternally grateful for the opportunity that's been given to me to work at Denver Health for all these years. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Madam President. Yes? We will get a chance to meet. Whose family didn't get a chance to meet his family. Would you like to hear what? The family with the family members of Dr. Miller, please stand. One family member is. Very, very. Thank you very much. Thank you as well. Okay. We have a second proclamation number for 77 and I'll call on Councilman Brown. Thank you, Madam President. This is a proclamation recognizing the 80th anniversary of Southeast Denver's Bonnie Breed Tavern, where as local diners have always played a vital role in the economic and social life of a neighborhood. And. Whereas, for 80 years, a little diner in southeast Denver called the Bonnie Brae Tavern has served four generations of neighbors.