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

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. A - I Mrs. Nell Andrews COORDINATOR OF FINANCIAL AID The economics of medical education are a painful reality for many Duke students. and the remedy - alittle money for a lotJ - can be diffi- cult to come by. Mrs. Nell Andrews. Financial Aid Coordinator. has her facts and figures impressively in command. Her task is certainly not getting easier. While the proportion of medical students receiving financial aid has remained stable at 35- 40W:.. the dollars involved have skyrocketed. Funds have so far kept pace with rising need. and Mrs. Andrews attributes this success to the School of Medicine's intense interest in providing aid. ln 1976-77. 5826.000 was supplied as need- based aid. with only SI08.000 of this in direct federal financing as U.S. Health Professions Loans. and 558.000 derived from state funds. The majority. almost S700.000. came from Duke sources. through Federally Insured Student Loans. Medical School Loans. and gifts. Alumni gifts are a valued source. and an alumni endow- ment fund has recently been created to assure their lasting benefit. 20 Dr. Roscoe R. Robinson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR. DUKE HOSPITAL Sleight of hand or a crystal ball would be wel- come assistance for Dr. Roscoe R. Ike Robin- son. but he manages without them. You lenghthen your working day. he shrugs. He had to: in addition to his nephrology position he now serves as Associate Vice President for Health Affairs and Chief Executive Officer for the Hos- pital - a post formerly known as Director of the Hospital. Dr. Robinson denies that he runs the hospital on a day-to-day basis. He is quick to credit the Administrative Director. Mr. Richard Peck. and the supervisors of various services. At a policy- planning level. however. he is involved with all phases of the hospital. His responsibility is to coordinate the hospital interfaces between clini- cal programs. educational ventures. and research activities. Mrs. Andrews is anxious to settle some persist- ent myths about financial aid determination. For example. financial need is absolutely disregarded in the admissions process. Furthermore. minority status does not confer preference. although it may grant eligibility for specific scholarships. Overall allocation is based entirely on need. Buying your way in also does not happen at Duke. Mrs. Andrews does 'express concern about the near future. New federal legislation provides for unfavorable lending conditions and increased restrictions. As more physicians leave medical school with huge loan burdens. the ultimate result of such policies may be increased medical costs for the consumer. While Mrs. Andrews issues no guarantees. she believes that presently enrolled students will receive adequate aid through graduation. Cer- tainly. she has proved herself skillful at passing the buck A and many of us are very glad she does. Financial management and budget are a major focus of Dr. Robinson's job. He concerned with assigning priorities to program needs and requests for new The present hospital budget of S89 million increase to about SIOO million next year. Robinson attributes this rise to inflation. r programs. the opening of the Cancer Center. 1 to additional staffing needs. Cost containrr and a desire for improved services exert oppo pressures: Dr. Robinson strives to strike a l ance. Assignments for 4000 employees and ' patients does present problems. and Dr. Rol son faces the unusual challenge of effectin smooth transition to the new Duke Hospital. believes that innovative design features will m the new facility the world's outstanding exan of hospital architecture. This design reflects immense planning effort that involved all ho tal interests and required coordination of Predictably Dr Robinson sjob is also fra with apparently minor concerns. But he en- his unique opportunity to imagine a future Hospital - then lead in planning for it. separate task forces. D

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---1 1 .ztfzweefe 27 .Lift D pf N- j 215- ml ft:- I I Q 15 .. -l...f::,l ' f V . 'J' ,.. ,A-La.. .J 2 Q ' I .174 ,i ' l sf.: 1- ' i. ' J .JJ- ANATOMY The Departmcmt of Anatomy at the Duke Uni- versity Medical Center was organized in l930 Linder the leadership of its first chairman. Dr. Francis Huntington Swett. who headed the department until I943. He was succeeded by Dr. Joseph Markee. who retired in I966 to be replaced by the present chairman. Dr. J. David Robertson. Under its first two chairmen. the department was primarily involved in research in the areas of neuroendocrinology. neuroanatomy. and repro- ductive biology. Today the department is primar- ily concerned with cell biology. biophysics. and molecular biology. and more recently. develop- mental biology. A substantial effort is also being made to preserve and develop directions in the areas initiated by the first two chairmen. as well as continuing earlier studies of cell biology and physical anth ropology. Specifically. the Department of Anatomy places emphasis on studies of the macroscopic structure and evolution of man and his relatives at one cnd of the spectrum and at the other. the macromolecular organization of cells and tissues. Within this large framework. it is possible to pur- sue many different kinds of research activity. The senior staff have backgrounds ranging from med- icine. zoology, anthropology. biochemistry. to bio-physics. and physics. Many of the research programs are interconnected by collaboration of Below: Row I tL to Rl: J. D. Robertson. M. Cart- mill. J. Corless. W. Hylander. P, Beall. M. Jakoi. N. Cant. Row 2: W. Longley. K. Duke. J. Costello. J, Richardson. T. Mclntosh. H. Erickson. S. Counce. T. Peele. J r U V145 ffl , -J less la, . i .--57 -e ' uf lf., ' is 'r .- I 1 Y tl' 'TIG ur-1, hang., ,X ,X 2 We tt. 'N , K f 11? ' at - :Lf 4 r -. J. David Robertson. Chairman the investigators and their associates. both within and outside the department. lt should be empha- sized that there is much overlap and interplay between the laboratories. not as separate entities. but as interrelated components of the depart- ment as a whole. Departmental teaching in the medical curricu- lum prior to l966 emphasized gross and neuroan- atomy. and its graduate program reflected these interests. Curriculum changes since that time -1-ug! -F