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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING PAUL J. AGATIELLO, M.D., F.A.C.P. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS

RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Ruggerio, McCaffrey, and Felag

     Date Introduced: May 24, 2022

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, In preparation for a long and distinguished career in Medicine, Dr. Paul

Agatiello earned a Bachelor's degree with Honors in Biology and a Doctor of Medicine degree

from Brown University. He completed his training with an Internship and Residency at Rhode

Island Hospital in 1984; and

     WHEREAS, Upon his Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Dr. Agatiello took a

position on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Civic Chorale, and in 1990, co-founded

the Metacom Medical Center in Warren, where he served as Medical Director and was a

Practicing Internist. From 1991 through 2007, he also served as the Medical Director of the

Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol, and as the Medical Director at Haven Health Care in

Warren from 1985 through 2005; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Dr. Agatiello expanded his horizons earning

numerous additional licenses and certificates including FEMA Certificates of Achievement

courses in Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations and National Incident Management System;

and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Agatiello has held a panoply of Consultant, Honorary, and Emeritus,

Affiliate, and Active staff titles over the past two decades with Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam

Hospital, Charlton Memorial Hospital, and AdCare Hospital of Worcester, and has been a lecturer

and assisted in many humanitarian efforts in Panama, Haiti, and across Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Earning the respect of his peers, Dr. Agatiello has been honored with a

Special Recognition Award for Renovations and New Business Development by Bristol County

Chamber of Commerce, a CIBA Award for Outstanding Community Service at the Rhode Island

Veterans Home in Bristol, and the "Aguila Dorada Award" presented by the Rotary Club of El

Dorada, Panama; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Dr. Agatiello has been a member of myriad professional

associations including the American Medical Directors' Association, the American Medical

Association, the Rhode Island Medical Society, the American College of Physicians, the

American Society of Internal Medicine, the Society of Sigma Xi, and the American Heart

Association, as well as being published in a number of medical journals; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Paul Agatiello leaves a legacy of commitment to his fellow man and has

touched the lives and hearts of so many people, and he is enormously worthy of our emulation

and gratitude; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby thanks and honors Dr.

Paul Agatiello on the occasion of his retirement and wishes him good health, fulfillment, and

some well-earned leisure 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 Paul J. Agatiello, M.D., F.A.C.P.

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