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

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Pharmacology defined us the mteraction of drugs with living Lectures conferences lab sessions and the inevitable exams were all aimed at us with its basic pr1nc1p1es From very Hrst day we realized that we were to be better than seventh in the nation-or else! Nothing became more controversial than the now famous Five Point Program. It started with the greatest shortage of volunteers in history, but by May there was a rush to every instructor s door in an attempt to fight for a last minute topic Kf -91' asf ,M Some of us will probably never understand three weeks of epinephrine vs. twenty minutes of penicillin, or why we were always questioned on the prototype while the actions of the drug of choice remained a mystery. In the lab, we observed, among other things, actions and toxicities of drugs and had an early introduction to surgery. A few will always be hard to convince that their unknown was not a placebo At times, the small group conferences developed into heated discussions, but a telescopic view of the harbor from 12 BSB was usually enough to bring even the most irate back to a state of composure. At the helm of the Pharmacology Department is DESMOND D BONNYCASTLE M D Ph D Dr Bonnycastle came to Seton Hall in 1957 to become Professor of Pharmacology and Chairman of the Depart ment after 10 years at Yale University where he was an Associate Professor of Pharmacology After receiving his VI D Dr Bonnycastle held academic positions at Banting Institute and the University of Toronto receiving his Ph D from the latter During World War II he served 1n the Canadian Navy becommg Surgeon Commander and VVa1 Gas Consultant to the Navy Dr Bonnycastles ma1or interests include analgetrcs and biogenic amines 1H the central nervous system Pharmacology IS a famlly affair with the Bonnycastles Mrs Bonnycastle is a re search associate in the department currently studying brain serotonin and dopamine An lmportant member of the crew 1S SHELDON B GERTNER PhD who joined the faculty in 1957 as Associate Professor in 1961 After graduation from Yale University in 1953 Dr Gertner did post doctoral work at the National Institute for Medlcal Research m London Here he studied histamine and neuromedrators with Dr Feldberg A year later he traveled to Home for further study with Dr Bovet From 1955 until 1957 Dr Gertner was an associate in the Department of Pharmacology at Columbia College of Physlclans and Surgeons He 1S presently engaged in a study of the significance of histamine in the nervous system Together with Dr Hollinshead of the Department of Anatomy he IS lnvestrgatrng the presence of mast cells in sympathetic gangha and other neural tissues Guitar playmg flamenco and classical has been Dr Gertners chief avocation for the last few years He puts this second in enloyrnent only to travel with his wife and two children ff! 3 I ' . , . ., . . . ' 7 3 3 . K , C . . , . I . . . . , . 1 . ., . ' ' ' ' . . . , il if. 43 F, lx if: N' , i1fF'2 ' . 'L -I '12 ' Iwi Q-QQ . 1 ' 'H f- i v mfyj i X M N Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. He became an ,. . . . . , l . - . I ' , ' ,Q . n I , a XX x VN . . . . QP, in p , A X ' . : . j . I f' , ' ' . . . A' . A . . 1 A I Q , Q 'Fr f K Xp .. N ' , u 'hx xi ,x 5 rf!

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, ? NmAFM?' ALFONZO MADRAZO, M.D. Instructor of Pathology WILLIAM D. SHARPE, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology ILONA BUBELIS, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology 'N-.X-is af hsmf----. 1-JJ-WW 1 DAVID DREIZIN, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Patholo gy ANTHONY L. PIETROLUONCO, M.D. '29 Associate Professor of Pathology

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.-GE.. GEORGE A. CONDOURIS, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology Y fl! W 'MAY 1 .,,- , P ,o5 ,g1 P, 3 . if Ria X 4 --is N, YY 31 fi rl' , wg Ji- , ,XXKQ DUNCAN E. HUTCHE-ON, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology -ww , KM. MARY MYCEK, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology K X i 1 , xxl H. JOHN CLITHEROE, Ph.D. Research Fellow Persuing Prostaglandin s