MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
of Rhode Island

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DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

January 7, 1986

Edward Freis, M.D.
Hypertension Research, 151-E
VA Medical Center
50 Irving Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20422

Dear Dr. Freis:

   Please accept my sincere regrets at being unable to attend
the ceremony honoring your contributions to the Veterans Admin-
istration and to the field of hypertension.   Jackie and I would
have loved to attend but current circumstances, including two
toddlers at home, made it impossible.

   When I became a fellow in your hypertension program in
1978, it was my first exposure to medical research.   From obser-
ving your work it became apparent that being a scientist required
a compulsive regard for objectivity and detail.  At the same time,
you always treated your patients as individuals, and gave them the
utmost care and respect.  It was this extra dose of humanity and
the zest that you brought to your work which will always stand
out in my memory.  Now, as I'm in the process of establishing a
hypertension research unit at a Brown University facility in Rhode
Island, I find that I can answer many of the questions which arise
by asking myself "How would Dr. Freis have handled it?".

   Again, my congratulations to you on this occasion and my
best wishes to you in you new capacity as Distinguished Physician.
I hope to see you at another time in the not-too-distant future.

Sincerely,
/p-e

Paul D. Levinson, M.D.

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Memorial Hospital
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860 401-722-6000
A Brown University Affiliated Hospital