LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Carl V. Granger for his lifetime
achievements in the field of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation on the
occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Uniform Data System for Medical
Rehabilitation

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body seeks to acknowledge those individuals
whose professional lives and civic endeavors serve to enhance the stat-
ure of 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.
Carl V. Granger's work upon the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of
Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation to be celebrated at the
UDSMR Annual Conference on August 9, 2012 in Buffalo, New York; and
WHEREAS, In his official acts, Dr. Carl V. Granger was governed by a
keen sense of duty and always showed a unique grasp of human problems;
and
WHEREAS, Through Dr. Granger's leadership, 25 years ago, Uniform Data
System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR) was formed to provide bench-
marks and outcomes to the medical rehabilitation field; the FIM instru-
ment was developed to collect data, and is now used by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for their Medicare payment system;
and
WHEREAS, The goal of UDSMR was to develop a method to meet the long-
standing need to document the severity of patient disability and the
outcomes of medical rehabilitation with a common metric; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Granger is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the New
York University School of Medicine; he is certified in physical medicine
and rehabilitation as well as electrodiagnostic medicine; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Granger's academic and administrative appointments have
included professor and chair of the physical and rehabilitation medicine
department at Tufts University School of Medicine, professor of family
medicine and community health at Brown University, and director of the
Parkinson Disease Association Information and Referral Center of Rhode
Island; he is past president of the American Academy of Physical Medi-
cine and Rehabilitation and the International Federation of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Granger served on the Advisory Board of the National
Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, and the National Institutes of Health; in
April 2005, he was granted Individual Honor Role Membership by the Board
of Governors of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation
Medicine (ISPRM); and
WHEREAS, This particular honor is granted to an active member as a
mark of respect in recognition of distinguished contributions to the
field of physical medicine and rehabilitation; Dr. Granger received the
Frank A. Krusen Award from the American Academy of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, which named him the 30th Annual Walter J. Zeiter
Lecturer; in addition, he won the Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award for
Excellence in Scientific Writing; and
WHEREAS, A Fellow (Honoris Causa) of the Australian Faculty of Reha-
bilitation Medicine of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, Dr.
Granger received the 1999 Stockton-Kimball Award, SUNY Buffalo's School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences top faculty recognition; and
WHEREAS, During his tenure, Dr. Carl Granger earned the admiration,
esteem and affection of his colleagues; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Dr. Carl V. Granger upon the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of
Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Dr. Carl V. Granger.