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

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CARROLL M. LEEVY, M.D., Professor of Medicine, was graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1944. He is one of the original faculty members of this school fol- lowing its establishment in 1956 as Seton Hall College of Medicine. Dr. Leevy is widely ac- claimed as a world's authority on hepatic metabolism, liver disease, and nutritional diseases in man. He is presently engaged in a multifaceted research program focusing primarily on the study of cell biology with particular emphasis on the effects of alcohol ingestion on hepatic metabolism at the molecular, enzymatic level. If '17 RICHARD CHAMBERS, M.D., Professor of Medicine, is the director of our neurological service. A graduate of Oxford University, this British-born scholar has previously served on the medical faculties of Harvard Medical School and the University of Toronto. At the end of this academic year, Dr. Chambers intends to terminate his tenure at New Jersey College of Medicine and plans to assume the chair of the neurological division at Ieiferson Medical School, Philadelphia.

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ment of Medicine IS the orientation of the student to the art and science of diagnosis and treatment of medical dis- orders. Students are taught to employ a discipline which seeks to utilize scientific methods and principles in the solution of the problem. But we soon learn the ultimate solution remains an art in that rarely can the patient ever be thought of as the equivalent of a controlled experiment in Basic Science- Beginning as a sophomore in Physical Diagnosis, the proper method of obtaining a complete medical history and performing a physical examination is the requirement. This and a knowledge of the basic laboratory procedures as stressed in Lab Medicine, are necessary before the wards replace the classroom on a full time basis. Any guilt feelings about not properly mastering various lab tests, however, are rapidly wiped away after the initial introduction to scut Workv as a junior. - EDICINE The objective of the Depart- Q' 44 During the third year clerkship, there is an op- portunity to actively participate in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a wide variety of clinical entities. Several weeks on the infectious disease and cardiorenal services help to prove that Alcoholic Cirrhosis is not an incidental finding in every patient. The senior clerkship provides additional re- sponsibilities, longer hours and 'a lirm grasp of the principles involved in the treatment of the hospi- talized patient. According to the Ieghers' philoso- phy, students are allowed to do as much as they demonstrate they are capable. In addition to the regular clerkship, everyone retums for two weeks during the Psychiatry rotation to learn the ins and outs of the corpus callosum on the Neurology Service. Internal Medicine is a specialty in which a firm medical school background is paramount. The foun- dations in diagnosis and treatment in addition to the opportunities in patient responsibility and obliga- tion provided by Dr. Jeghers, department are beyond parallel. HAROLD IEGHERS, M.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine for many years. He came to Seton Hall in 1956 after leaving a most impressive mark at Boston University School of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine. One of Dr. Ieghers' major interests is the role of self-education in medicine. Literally thousands of physicians from coast to coast have learned the value of the nleghers' system for keeping abreast of the current medical literature. Dr. Ieghers has also dedicated himself to strengthening the role of the community hospital to postgraduate medical edu- cation. His comments on internship and residency training programs are valued by all who know him.

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MORTIMER LEONARD SCHVVARTZ, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, has the distinction of directing the best organized course at New Jersey College of Medicine, Physical Diagnosis. His unanimous nomination for the golden applev served to demonstrate that students appreciate his unceasing eittorts to insure that everyone is Well prepared for clinical clerk- ships. Mort has been Director of Physical Diagnosis since 1958. This year he took on added responsibilities as Director of Clinical Cardiology. In the past several years he has written several papers on various aspects of cardiology. His special article, Physiolologic Basis for the Heart Sounds and Their Clinical Significance, is an important part of every New Jersey College of Medicine gradu- ate's file. .if L PHILIP H. HENNEMAN, M.D., Associate- Professor of Medicine, is the scientific director of the College of Medicine's Clinical Research Center. Before coming to the New jersey College of Medicine, he served for eight years on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School, his alma mater. Among Dr. Hennemanis many research interests, the study of human growth hormone and clinical problems associated with growth command a preeminent position. Aside from his many endeavors on these topics, Dr. Henneman has evidenced a similar interest in the study of renal calculi. TIMOTHY I. RECAN, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, received his M.D. degree at Boston University Medical School in 1952 and completed his internship at the City of Detroit Receiving Hospital. He subsequently be- came a research fellow and Assistant Professor of Medicine at VVayne State University College of Medicine. Since 1961 he has been an Estab- lished Investigator of the American Heart As- sociation. As Director of the Division of Car- diovascular Diseases and the Thomas I. White Cardiopulmonary Institute, Dr. Regan is, cur- rently engaged in studies which are directed toward assessing in vivo the changes in biochemi- cal properties of the left ventricle that occur under the following conditions: during the initia- tion of diminished left ventricular functiong dur- ing the appearance of. ventricular arrhythmiasg and during the onset of muscle necrosis.