On the House floor today, Phil remembered Dr. Robert Lipson, CEO of Wellstar Healthcare System in Georgia. Dr. Lipson was killed in an automobile accident earlier this week.
Below are exerts of Phil’s speech:
Dr. Robert Lipson, the Chief Executive Officer and President of Wellstar Health System, was a man of honor and genuine character.
When Dr. Lipson saw the great need for primary care physicians in his community, he decided to leave his lucrative private practice and put together the Wellstar team. There he helped build the Wellstar Physicians Group, which currently is comprised of 250 physicians who are responsible for nearly a million annual patient visits in Northwest Georgia.
Dr. Lipson will also be remembered as a prolific philanthropist. He was known for his generous spirit, always willing to support charities that needed his help. And due to the financial success of the system he led, he was able to give back compassionately to the community.
Mr. Speaker, I cannot say enough about this fine man, a man who did more in his too-short 60 years than many can aspire to in a longer lifetime.
To read more about Dr. Lipson, click HERE for an article on his life from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
