Honoring Dr. Francis H. Wright Jr. of San Antonio for his service as chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.

89(R) HR 913 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.R. No. 913

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, Dr. Francis H. Wright Jr. of San Antonio concluded

his noteworthy tenure as chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task

Force in December 2024; and

WHEREAS, Appointed to the task force by the governor in 2019,

Dr. Wright was named chair two years later; the team of experts

coordinates the implementation of the state's plan for the

prevention, early screening, diagnosis, and management of chronic

kidney disease, and it educates health care professionals as well;

and

WHEREAS, Now retired, Dr. Wright worked tirelessly in behalf

of chronic kidney disease patients during more than four decades as

both a surgeon and advocate; he performed over 3,000 transplants,

and as medical director of Transplant Care Consultants, he

addressed such issues pertaining to care as quality, outcomes, and

access; prior to that role, he served as founding director of organ

transplantation as well as director of the Solid Organ Transplant

Program and of the Transplant Surgery Fellowship Program at the

Texas Transplant Institute on the campus of Methodist Specialty and

Transplant Hospital in San Antonio; in addition, he established and

directed the transplant program at Centennial Medical Center in

Nashville, Tennessee; and

WHEREAS, Dedicated to improving health care, Dr. Wright

helped to develop national transplant policy as a member of several

committees of the United Network for Organ Sharing, and he served as

president of both the South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation

and the American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation; he

further gave of his time and knowledge to boards and committees of

the State of Texas Kidney Foundation and the U.S. Renal Network 14;

his professional affiliations have included the American Society of

Transplant Surgeons and the International Transplantation Society,

among others; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Wright's research regarding organ transplant

topics appeared in numerous publications; a fellow of the American

College of Surgeons, he received his medical degree from The

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and

completed an organ transplant fellowship at the University of Iowa

Hospitals in 1988 as a member of its surgery faculty; and

WHEREAS, Through his leadership and vision, Francis Wright

greatly advanced the important mission of the CKD Task Force, and

his contributions are indeed deserving of special recognition; now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas

Legislature hereby honor Dr. Francis H. Wright Jr. for his service

as chair of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force and extend to him

sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be

prepared for Dr. Wright as an expression of high regard by the Texas

House of Representatives.

Guillen

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Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 913 was adopted by the House on May

23, 2025, by a non-record vote.

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Chief Clerk of the House