New Jersey College of Medicine - Journal Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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THE JOURNAL 1966 VOLUME VII STAFF CONTENTS Editors Preface w,..............M,. CARL J. PEPINE ARTHUR E. WEYMAN The Year 1955-56 - Business Managers Organizations - '- ROBERT A. BRONFMAN Students ...,..,... NEIL H. KOLSKY . d The Seniors ........ Layout E itor ROBERT C. STADALNIK The Faculty --'----- Literary Editor The Patrons ' EUGENE P. FLANNERY Advertising ........M.. Photography Editor Acknowledgements WILLIAM MROCZEK Index Production Manager MICHAEL TIGHE Treasurer GINO L. GIORGINI Writers: Richard F. Cioffi Evan A. Starnos Contributors: Charles Bellingham, Charlene Burn, Frank Light, Vincent Oriente, Anthony Scialla, Ron- ald Van Heertum Faculty Advisor CARROLL M. LEEVY, M.D.

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New for us were the practices of BLOOD LETTING, STARTING I.V.'s, TAKING EKG's, DOING CBC's ad nau- searn, and all the other delicacies reserved for the low man on the totem pole. On MEDICINE, we dreaded the TWENTY PAGE WRITE-UPS, the FORBIDDING LONG HOURS, SITTING UP WITH GI BLEEDERS, MONITOR- ING THE M.I.,s, those redundant LAB TESTS, and CON- FUSING ABBREVIATIONS. This, of course, was intermix- ed with four hour LECTURES twice a week, numerous CONFERENCES, and being a WHIPPING BOY for the res- ident and intern while at the same time spending hours in the stacks LOOKING for x-rays and CALLING the central lab four times a day for serum calcium levels. All this was to help us lose weight, precipitate neuroses, and become better doctors-- I think. By the time we left the ward serv- ice, We knew too well the meaning of STAT and the value of knowing one's patient. The SURGERY CLERKSHIP was held at the V.A. HOS- PITAL in EAST ORANGE, a formidable structure whose cafeteria boasted the finest DOUGHNUTS on the east coast and for just a nickel. There were many gripes about the ro- tation: the indifferent attitude towards students, the inabili- ty to do anything, the fourth man to scrub, holding the idiot sticks, poor surgical material, and, finally, a lack of clinical faculty to teach. The rotation was highlighted, however, by DR. SEEBODE's PEARLS and the fanaticism of DR. SAD- OFF. During this time, new class officers were elected with Pat Flannery as President, Bill Mroczek as Vice President, Kathy Whelan as Secretary, and Tony Scialla as Treasurer. In December of our junior year, the Legislature of the State of New Jersey voted to assume operation of the only medical school in New Jersey, now the NEW JERSEY COL- LEGE OF MEDICINE. Many believed the transition was for the best, but black clouds lay ahead. There was no dras- tic change in our lives now that our school was State own- ed-not even the tuition changed. In any event, second semester rolled around after a seemingly brief Christmas vacation. A sight to behold was the young doctor, suave, debon- naire, and quite egotistical facing the young child, crying, dirty, and quite bratty. Those whites were no longer white after an afternoon in PEDS CLINIC. We learned then how to perform a physical exam under the most adverse circum- stances. Meanwhile, we watched with awe as DR. KUSH- NICK formulated his DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS of broken fingernails or as DR. BEHRLE very casually dis- cussed anything under the sun. But again those damned CBC's drove us mad. WVe were temporarily relieved of SCUT as we began GYNECOLOGY. How shyly and hesitantly the Don Juanls got their fingers wet. But after a few weeks, we also were saying: O.K., honey, relax, in the tradition of Al Elmer. P.I.D. became a by word in our vocabulary. And, finally, the piece-de-resistance, PSYCHIATRY. We were greeted at OVERBROOK HOSPITAL by the hy- pomanic DR. HENRY A. DAVIDSON, author, lawyer, edi- 6 tor, after dinner speaker, and letter writer. At first, we were amused by the staff. One poor patient was classified as dis- oriented when he asked: What day today is it here now? But soon we became bored and PING-PONG and PINO- CHLE began to fill our every hour. During the spring months, plans for the formulation of a STUDENT COUNCIL, long recognized as very necessary, were established. Although the full organization of this group was not to be, at least in our day, it was, nevertheless, a beginning. Contemporary with this was the first edition of THE CHART, a student publication edited by BILL MROCZEK whose topics ranged from News Capsulesf to lambasting the Department of Psychiatry-a very flexible volume. As the year ended, the dread of final exams was upon us. We had heard that the MEDICINE EXAM was impos- sible, but we were soon to find out for ourselves. The looks on our faces must have been priceless as TIGER JIM handed us those 40 page epochs which were only Parts I and II. Parts III and IV were to be held on a separate day. This was only because the pick-up truck would stall every time he tried to load all the exams on it. After six hours, the exam actually began to get funny. Surgery and Gynecology were quite benign in comparison even though one had to guess which REVIEW BOOK DR. RIVA would take his questions from this time. Our final and what was supposed to be our most grati- fying year was one that was characterized by confusion and disenchantment. This was the year that our alma mater was to become an interim school. It all began quite normally, but then things began to disintegrate. We were to begin our Christmas vacation when we received those unforgetable letters informing us that we were no longer affiliated with J.C.M.C. No prob- lem, chanted our leaders, for there are hospitals from Trenton to Boston being investigated . . . and WE WILL CENTRALIZE .... ', So our classmates were off to BELLEVUE and BOS- TON, to NEWARK, to TRENTON, to ELIZABETH, and to STATEN ISLAND. And now a new clinical rotation was introduced . . . COMMUNITY MEDICINE, whatever that is? During the final five months, however, we were to obtain our results from the NATIONAL INTERN MATCH- ING PROGRAM, sign our contracts, take PART II of the NATIONAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS, and, for all prac- tical purposes, finish our senior year . . . REJOICE and HALLELEUJAHl But this was not enough, for the day we were long awaiting, the day we aimed for on that warm morning in September of 1962 finally arrived - - JUNE 4, 1966. It was on this day that the battle-weary veterans, the student doctors, were awarded the degree of DOCTOR OF MEDICINE . . . yet this is only the beginning. R. F. C.

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ECONOMY naive STARTSQJAN. 3 450 students caught in med school hassle By ,PETER WEINSTOCK ight in 'the middle ofthe ent discord between the wHJersey College of Medi- e and Dentistry and its rsey City landlords are They face two problems. Jersey City Mayor Whelan Wednesday announced an economy drive at ,Jersey City Medical Center-the school's quarters-starting Jan. 3 that college's accreditation. On the other hand, the Jersey City corporation counsel, T. James Tumulty, said Thursday the college could wind up out of a home because its contract First and second year stu- dents declared the planned dismissal beginning Jan. 3 ot 1,000 hospital employes and loss of 800 beds as the end of the Jersey City Medical Cen- The present order calls for the reduction of beds to 400-a move that sophomore, Ron Meltzer of Dumont, considers a threat to the medical school accreditation. me 450 students. reportedly could imperil the with the city expires Dec. 31. ter. Most medical schools are ,ag ,ia ,d COLLEGE CANNOT P Fair, nll1de:ueflm:glww,'hi2h llJ1lfei0?os.1 99th,Year-No. 202 p.3'f?'5.?25'oft'Sl In Hos ital 1.0. ll DISAST + T . 3 'Catastrophe' Seen Doctors Seek Break In Ho pitol Crisis break in the situation which will face the public the end Hudson County physicians today were seeking feverishly some e . . -w ek because the New Jersey College of Medicine and D - -i '- Q ha d 'ded to ll 't Medical Students Complain Transfer Costs Experience sl eci pu ou Medical Center. As one man with mang of practice in Jersey C it: . The city, the county state are now all embai a course 'of conduct tt only spell catastrophe people of Hudson Coun New Jersey. 'WITHIN THREE wen Jersey City Medical Cen be closed 'to all but tl gent, New .Iersey's onli cal school will have shu 320 .medical and 160 den of this T-'-:if Colleg Will Dela Move 5, To Meet on Month Halt' ,RE The med school deti By WILLIAM J. MADDEN Jersey City's widely an- nounced S5 million 'annual 'def- icit in maintaining its Medi- cal' Center is,actually nearer S6 million. Another S1 million charge .and thus me salary, like the other items in the appropria- tions account, does not show up as a direct charge to the hospital. Also, the city provides three firemen at the center, two ---.ont-is and o linxxtnnanl' cal Center situation, sai believed' such things as bage collections and service would also be against the city and not as a direct charge agains hospital. - hnnnifn nh-Ann :Jehu-1 PERMANENT HOME FOR THE N. J. COLLEGE OF MEDICI