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

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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

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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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In Physiology, we were with learning how the systems of n body function in health and in No one quite knew what to expect our usual advisors, the sophomores, had completed the course while its able but demanding chairman was spreading pearls in other areas of the world. After the Hrst exam, the answer was clear-it was a disaster. Apparently, what we had heard the first day, We do not yet understand a single physiological phenomenon CClaude Bernardj, applied just as well to medical students. But we will be eternally grateful to the GI Group who, late in the year, presented many with their first respectable grade of the year. Graphs, charts, and curves became an integral part of every conversation. These caused immeasurable con- sternation in more than a few as we tried to appreciate how the lungs really work. Labs were a very businesslike affair except when interrupted by such classic moments as Ken Blum's blood bath or the heated competition for class vital capacity champion. The importance of Physiology did not really become clear until our iirst encounters on the wards. Since then, we have grown to appreciate Dr. Opdyke's pipes and Dr. Little's electrode off the coast of France. DR. DAVID F. OPDYKE, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology, began his career as an educator with the Department of Physiology at Indiana University, his alma mater. From 1943 until 1951, he was with the Physiology Department at Western Re- serve University Medical School where he became Associate Director of the Department. Dr. Opdyke left Western Reserve to become Director of the Department of Physiology at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Re- search. Since 1956, he has headed the Physiology De- partment at New jersey College of Medicine and in 1963 was made Assistant Dean. Between 1961 and 1963, he was a Visiting Professor at Airlanggu University Medical School in Indonesia. Dr. Opdyke's major re- search efforts have been in Endocrinology and Cardio- vascular Physiology. He is a member of numerous pro- fessional societies including the Scientific Council of the American Heart Association and the editorial board of their publication, Circulation. DR. ARTHUR J. KAHN, Associate Professor of Physiology, was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps between 1942 and 1945. Subsequently he com- pleted his undergraduate training at New York University and later received his Ph.D. at the same institution. From 1951 until 1956, Dr. Kahn was a member of the Physiology Department at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He came to Seton Hall with the first class and has been enlightening students concerning muscle physiology ever since. Most students have had the benefit of a personal explanation of his experiments on con- tractile-elastic relationships in cardiac muscle. Some also had the misfortune of being late for one of his lectures on the subject. :C+ ' rg R ill T resist Q. 9' sau. 1 1 .. , 5 , .to L. ir W.. El v S f ,. . . . 1. F' 'tl R r .gag jf .g.,...,. W I .,j....w jg 2. ,tm ' J Egg. I '. V 1' M P .ar . mm u.f1j...m 1 H3 1 it HH A Ii 1 mtl 'lvl ilxamw W ttV '4 5. . .L i. W n . ai? an 0 Z, , nm , v . 5. ' H r I E3 'air . 1 W - ir Magi 15 122, ggtuagg yi v . it 1... ii s...,,, gr... , ... , , :gli ,Q 1 r r :gl . . , 'QQ y 1 1 ,