LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Kanti R. Rai for receiving the
Medical Research Award from the Nassau Physicians Foundation

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
tribute to those individuals within the medical field who distinguish
themselves through professional excellence and who have made significant
contributions to the quality of life of citizens in the State of New
York; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Dr.
Kanti R. Rai for receiving the Medical Research Award from the Nassau
Physicians Foundation on Friday, April 16, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kanti Rai, chief of Hematology and Oncology at Long
Island Jewish Medical Center, was the President of the more than 14,000
member strong American Society of Hematology (ASH) for the year 2006;
among others, he organized the Presidential Symposium on the topic of
micro-RNAs (miRs) and their role in hematology; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kanti Rai has served as ASH's president-elect as well as
its vice president in the preceding two years; he is internationally
recognized for his expertise in the understanding and treatment of CLL
and low grade lymphoid malignancies in adults; and
WHEREAS, The author of more than 100 medical journal articles and book
chapters, Dr. Kanti Rai sits on the advisory boards of several journals
and hematology/oncology societies; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kanti Rai serves on the board of directors of the
NCI-sponsored CLL Research Consortium, and has been president of the New
York Society for the Study of Blood; he is a founding director and lead-
er of the International Workshop on CLL; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Rai is also the first holder of the Joel Finkelstein
Professorship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is a fellow
of the American College of Physicians, and is board certified in pedia-
trics; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kanti Rai trained at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and
North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset; he received his medical
degree from the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur, India; and
WHEREAS, Individuals such as Dr. Kanti Rai, who have given so self-
lessly of their skills and dedication in performing vital medical
research, are worthy and due the highest commendation for their contrib-
utions to all of humanity; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Dr. Kanti R. Rai for receiving the Medical Research Award from the
Nassau Physicians Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Dr. Kanti R. Rai.