George Washington University School of Medicine - Speculum Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ORTHOPEDIC RESIDENT Dr. Gentry discuss an x-ray with students CAUGHT UNEXPECTEDLY is Dr. john P. Adams, jose Pou, Anita Lao, and Barney Saunders. Clinical Professor of orthopedic surgery. Orthopedics Ably assisted by Doctors Feffer, Keck, and Dow, Dr. john Adams guided us through the intricacies of fractures and bone diseases. Aside from the formal lectures, the clerkship spent on the orthopedic service atD. C. General afforded us the opportunity to learn, to place casts, and manage the problems that are encounteredin orthopedics. LOCAL CARPENTER'S UNION, better known as orthopedic surgeons are: front row - Drs. L.T. Peterson,j. Adams, and j. Neviaser, back row - Drs. H. Feffer, C. Keck, and R. Dow, .5 L . T 5--V-L Q ff uno, 50

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SURGICAL STAFF includes many excellent teachers: sealed' Drs. P. Adkins, V. Iovine, B. Blades, A. Horwitz, C. Klopp, slandirzgg Drs. N. Isaacson, T. Wright, M. Head, H. Hall,j. Harrell, G, Higgins, W. McCune,j. Thistlethwaite, H. Pierpont, D. Wherry, I. Canter, T. Alford. b-0 DR. HOWARD PIERPONTQwiLhoutcigarj admires the beautiful suture cutting of able senior assistant. 49

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i.i:l1i.. l I .w 1. A., fr.,-,, Q., -. Q31 i .. . 1. H, .x i TECHNIQUES of diagnosis and treatment were well taught by the neurosurgical stall shown here for departmental picture are: sealed - Drs. J. Williams, j.W. Watts, H Ammerman, R. jakoby, standing - Drs. R. Bortnick, I. Barrett, R. Mendelsohn, N. Horwitz, and I-I. Gokalp. Neurosurgery . . Neurology ,,,l,,, JAMES W. WATTS, MD. Professor of Neurological Surgery Chairman of the Department NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES are often puzzling, Drs. V. Duggins and I. Fazekas are pictured intent in solving one such mystery. Looking at the past, it is evident that this department has undergone considerable change to give it the im- portance it has today. It was not until 1932 that neu- rology became an independent department under the direction of Dr. Walter Freeman. Dr. James Wattsjoined the department in 1935 and devoted all of his time to neurological surgery. When the Department of Neu- rology was renamed the Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery in 1948, Dr. Watts was made chairman. Dr. Harold Stevens, who succeeded Dr. Free- man as professor of neurology in 1954, initiated re- organization of teaching and enlargement of the neu- rology staff. The teaching program now includes instruction through lectures, demonstrations, clinics, and a wide variety of electives. Departmental research is continually being carried on in well-equipped laboratories, and a recent grant was approved for research at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.