On the recordJuly 13, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Patricia Flanagan, Rhode Island's nationally recognized expert in the area of teenage parenting and adolescent medicine. Dr. Flanagan recently received the 2011 Silver Rattle Award from the Rhode Island Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition for her years of leadership and dedicated service to Rhode Island's teen mothers and children. Dr. Flanagan is rattling the system with her groundbreaking ideas and service to the Hasbro Children's Hospital community. She serves as the chief of clinical affairs at Hasbro; the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Chapter; and a professor of pediatrics at Brown University. As director of the Teens with Tots Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital, she leads a team in providing social and medical services to nearly 300 teen mothers and their children, following their lives for up to 5 years. Today I am pleased to congratulate Dr. Patricia Flanagan for her great contributions to the field of maternal and child health as a pediatrician, a researcher, a teacher, and an advocate. ____________________
