Duke University School of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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nursery which will be coming over from South. The rationale is to consolidate all surgery beds and operating rooms in the interest of reducing operating costs and to reunite the nursery with the rest of pediatrics. The target date for com- pletion is 1988. The 1980s have seen a number of changes in department chairmen at Duke. In September of 1980, Dr. Roy T. Parker stepped down as chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, although he has maintained an active role in the teaching of medical students and residents. Dr. Charles B. Hammond be- came the new OB-GYN chairman in Septem- ber of 1980. ln February of 1982, Dr. James B. Wyngaarden, Chairman of the Department of Medicine since 1967, was appointed by Pres- idency Reagan to the position of Director of the National Institutes of Health. A year later in March of 1983, Dr. Joseph Greenfield, a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology at Duke, was chosen as his succes- sor. ln July of 1982, Dr. Keith Brodie, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, was named Chancellor of Duke University. Replacing him as Department Chairman in April of 1983 was Dr. Bemard J. Carroll. In July 1983, Dr. Merel Hamel stepped down as Chairman of Anes- thesiology. He was succeeded by Dr. W. David Watkins from Harvard University. The 1980s also brought changes in the medical school administration. On September 1,1982, Dr. Ewald Busse, Dean of the School of Medicine since 1974, retired as Dean and re- tumed to the Department of Psychiatry where he will devote his time to research in the field of geriatrics and to teaching. Dr. Arthur C. Christ- akos was chosen by the Board of Trustees as Dr. Busse's successor. Well known to students through his role as Associate Dean of Medical Education since 1978, Dr. Christakos has re- tained most of the duties of his old office, in- cluding the all important writing of Dean's let- ters, and has remained as accessible to stu- dents as always, despite having taken on the added responsibilities of Dean. Other highlights of the 1980s have included a heated controversy during the early months of 1982 when MEDSAC re-opened the issue of changing the grading system which has been jealously guarded by students since its incep- tion in 1969. A special advisory committee passed a motion in favor of changing the cur- rent Honors-Pass-Fail system to a five-tiered sys- tem with the addition of Pass I +1 and Pass f- J categories. The committee also favored drop- ping the requirement for passing the National Board Parts I and ll for graduation, perhaps in a conciliatory gesture toward students. Never- theless, the natives were restless. On March19. 1983, MEDSAC announced its final decision to preserve the current grading without revision. and to drop the National Boards requirement. The students' sense of having a voice in medic- al school policy was restored. Finally the 1980s saw the crowning achieve- ment of the Durham Community when the city was officially named the City of Medicine in 1981. Dr. James E. Davis, who led the campaign for recognition, cited the many health care facilities that Durham has to offer, including Duke, the VA. Durham County General Hospi- tal, McPherson Hospital, Lenox Baker Chil- dren's Hospital, the Lincoln Community Health Center, and the Comprehensive Cancer Care Center. Durham has all this, and more, in an uncongested, non-metropolitan area, according to Dr. Davis, who further states that Durham is the best place in the world to live in, be sick in, and bring the sick to. From its beginnings in the 1930s to its con- tinued growth and development in the 19805 the Duke University Medical Center has be- come a symbol of excellence in patient care and in medical education. As medical stu- dents, we are proud of that tradition and grate- ful to those who have imparted to us some of that excellence during our years at Duke. - Kim Whitehouse Rice Note on Sources: About 757, of this essay is made up of direct plagiarism of the 1978 and 1980 Aesculapian history sections. Another 2090 came from back issues of the intercom and Shifting Dullness. The remainder is total fabrication or typographical error and not to be taken seriously.

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pact studies were initiated and developed. Parl of the process of schematic development involved building a mock-up of the patient room to assist in arriving ata final configuration for intermediate care rooms. Equipment use and various functional conditions were tested in the mock-up. Nursing Senfice personnel par- ticularly were heavily involved in this activity. After a review of 34 architectural firms, the firm of Helmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum was chosen to design the new building, and the Tumer Construction Company was selected to build it. The end result of all this work and plan- ning was the completion of the majestic Duke North. The first patients were transferred from the South Division in May 1980 and operations have been running smoothly for almost four years now. ln July of 1983, the patient care towers and central core of the new building were named the Anlyan Tower, honoring the Chancellor for Health Affairs of Duke University who was in- strumental in the planning and development of the new hospital. ln October of 1983, the hospital administra- tion announced plans for the first major addi- tion to the Duke North facilities. A new floor will be added to the bed tower and additions will be made to the ancillary building in order to make room for CDB-C-YN and the full-term ..--F

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