[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 159 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING DR. VINCENT L. ROSS, MD, ITALIAN AMERICAN MAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 30, 2022

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, today I honor Dr. Vincent L. Ross, MD, 
who will be named the Italian American Man of the Year by the Columbus 
Day Association of Lackawanna County at their annual gathering on 
Sunday, October 9, 2022.
  Dr. Ross was born and raised in West Scranton, Pennsylvania to 
Luciano and Dora Ross. He completed his undergraduate degree at the 
University of Scranton as a cadet in the Air Force Reserve Officer 
Training Corps. He then attended Loyola University-Chicago's Stritch 
School of Medicine. After completing his medical degree in Chicago, Dr. 
Ross relocated to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he did a residency in 
pediatrics at the Harrisburg Hospital. In fulfillment of his commitment 
to the Air Force, Dr. Ross was assigned to two years of duty at the Air 
Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado where he served as the 
physician for the football team. While in Colorado, he also worked in 
Denver-area hospitals. As the use of air transport increased for moving 
critically ill children between hospitals, Dr. Ross had the 
opportunity, as a senior officer, to fly over the Rocky Mountains.
  In 1971, he returned to his native Scranton where he opened his own 
pediatrics practice. As the pediatrics department at the Community 
Medical Center grew, he was named the Director of Pediatrics there. 
During his long tenure with the hospital, he was also named to the 
President's staff and the hospital Board of Directors. For his 
dedication to medicine and Northeastern Pennsylvania, Dr. Ross was 
recognized by Mercy Hospital and Moses Taylor Hospital for 50 years of 
service. He also received the American Medical Association Recognition 
Award, the 50 Year Award from the Lackawanna Medical Society, and the 
Society's Presidential Award.
  He currently lives in Scranton with his wife of 59 years, Donata, and 
they have three children and two grandchildren.
  I am proud to join with the Columbus Day Association of Lackawanna 
County in recognizing Dr. Ross for his commitment to caring for 
Northeastern Pennsylvania's youngest residents for more than five 
decades. As a compassionate and highly respected physician and 
dedicated community member, he has been a driving force for good and is 
well deserving of this honor. May he continue to find fulfillment in 
his service to medicine and the community.

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