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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING DR. ANTHONY A. CALDAMONE ON THE OCCASION OF HIS

RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, O'Brien, Finkelman,
Place, Casey, Kazarian, Solomon, and Corvese

     Date Introduced: March 16, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Laying the foundation for his eminent career, Anthony A. Caldamone

graduated from Brown University and Brown University School of Medicine, did his internship

and urology residency training at Strong Memorial Hospital, and completed his Pediatric Urology

Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and

     WHEREAS, Upon completing his Fellowship, Dr. Caldamone was appointed consultant

at The Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street in London and was subsequently named

Chief of Pediatric Urology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve

School of Medicine; and

     WHEREAS, To the good fortune of many Rhode Islanders, in 1986, Dr. Caldamone

became the Director of Pediatric Urology at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, a position he held until

2019. He also served as the Program Director of the urology residency program at Brown

University from 1990 to 2016. Most recently, he served as Professor of Surgery (Urology) and

Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and is notably the first

graduate of the medical school to become a full professor at the institution; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Dr. Caldamone began medical mission work in 1996 in the

West Bank, Israel, and has since undergone fifteen medical missions to the Middle East, Africa,

South America, Bangladesh, and Vietnam; and

     WHEREAS, Dedicated to his profession, Dr. Caldamone has served as President of the

New England Section of the American Urological Association and as Secretary-Treasurer and

President of the Society for Pediatric Urology, has been a member of the ABU/AUA Examination

Committee since 2005, served as Chairman of the Pediatric Subspecialty Certification Exam

Committee, and as Chairman of the ABU Examination Committee, and has served as the

Executive Secretary of the Pediatric Urology Advisory Council, and on the Board of Directors of

Physicians for Peace; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Caldamone has also been a visiting professor and invited lecturer both

nationally and internationally, and has contributed well over two hundred articles and chapters,

and edited fourteen books. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Dialogues in Pediatric

Urology, as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pediatric Urology, and is currently the Associate

Editor-in-Chief; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Caldamone began achieving recognition for his talents and

achievements during his postgraduate years, earning membership into the Sigma Xi Honorary

Scientific Society and receiving the Upjohn Achievement Award for Outstanding Class

Leadership. He also received multiple Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards and was named as

one of the “Best Doctors in America” many times; and

     WHEREAS, Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Caldamone has been honored with

myriad awards and recognitions throughout his career including the W. W. Keen Medical Alumni

Service Award from the Brown University School of Medicine, the University of Rochester

Humanitarian Award, a Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Urological

Association, the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhode Island Urological Society,

and received the AAP Section of Urology Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of

Pediatric Urology; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Anthony Caldamone has touched the lives and hearts of so many people

around the world and he is truly an extraordinary man who is enormously worthy of our

emulation and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

recognizes and thanks Dr. Anthony Caldamone on the occasion of his retirement after more than

four decades of benevolent service to healing and helping his fellow man. We wish him good

health, fulfillment, and some well-earned leisure and family time; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Anthony A. Caldamone.

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