SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Telephone: J' I-L Zn. '.. J 5, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 'q:::Q:Q::0 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 'Alu 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11203 College of Medicine Greetings to the Class of 1968: CONGRATULATIONS We of the Alumni Association are proud to have you join us in the confraternity of our Alma Mater. Welcome to membership in the Alumni Association. Consider now that it is YOUR Alumni Association. Truly, you have passed a milestone in your life. In embark- ing on the long course that stretches before each of you, realize that whatever the 270-1100 problems you will face, whatever the decisions you will be called, upon to make, there are others who have traveled the same road before you. We, who have traveled that road, know there is nothing that can bring you so much joy and so much sorrow, so much freedom and so much responsibility, so much exhiliration and so much fatigue, so much reward and so much frustration. The career of medicine demands much and gives much. Be proud of what you have achieved thus far, and grasp every opportunity to add to your dossier. To you be- longs the future of medicine. Serve your profession well and you will reap a hundred- fold. Your Alumni Association was founded 88 years ago by 22 graduates of The Long Island College Hospital Medical College. Graduates of the Long Island College of Medicine and State University of New York Downstate Medical Center have swelled our ranks so that now our membership numbers 4, 800. You will each receive a copy of the Alumni Bulletin as long as you keep the Alumni Office informed of your current address . Our Executive Director, Mrs . Lucy Attarian, will see to it that all items of personal and As many of you already know, the professional news you send her is included in the Bulletin. By thus maintaining a run- ning curriculum on each graduate, the friendships of the last four years are augmented and encouraged . Alumni Association participates actively in the fi . This is accomplished by The Alumni Fund, the research and travel fellowships, and loans for tui- nancial side of undergraduate life Engel Fund, scholarship awards, tion, books and instruments . By joining the Alumni Association you can help us to help the medical student of the future, and, in addition, participate in the postgraduate aspects ofour activities. Alumni Day, the Annual Dinner -Dance, Alumni Night, and frequent reunions at nation- al conventions are only part of our annual program. Again, congratulations and Welcome to Membership. Give us your support and join us in a medical Alumni Association second to none. Q - M A. W. Martin Marino, jr., M.D., '48 President

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TATE UNIVERSITY DOVVNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 450 CLARKSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK 'ITZOS AREA CODE 212 270-T000 Office of the President mst .vv sr ic s My congratulations and best wishes to all members of the Class of 1968 on the attainment of the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Each of you by this time has made some decision as to the future course you will pursue within your chosen profession. Your choices in today's society are far-reaching. The health industry is already the nation's third largest employer. Costs for its services are rising twice as fast as the general cost of living. Though the number of new doctors will increase over the next ten years and, with modern techniques and organization, each doctor will hopefully be able to give more service, the demand for services will rise even faster. Recent events have so altered our country's concept of health care that some have called this phenomenon a revolution. President Lyndon B, Johnson, in his 1967 special message to the Congress on education and health, defined as a national goal Good health for every citizen to the limitations of our country's capacity to provide it. More health legislation has been enacted in the last two years in this country than in the previous 150 years. A whole new governmental force has emerged as a result of Medicare, the Regional Medical Programs, and the programs in Comprehensive Health Care Planning, and there are indications that additional legislation will soon strengthen this force. At this point certain observations become clear. The private physician, the teacher, the researcher, and the voluntary hospital will no longer have the privilege of living within their own four walls and independently choosing the manner in which they will perform their functions and determine their programs. As health care services become more complex and widespread they will of necessity become more centralized and interdependent. This new era in health care requires a new type of organization. It demands true leadership on the part of doctors, medical centers, voluntary hospitals, and other health agencies to bring the type and quality of health care to the community that the public expects and demands. This is a large order, but despite existing problems and probable future difficulities, it is my view that you as future doctors can and should actively and intensively accept the challenge offered and take a major interest and responsibility in the planning and providing of comprehensive health care for the community. As a doctor you should not merely be 3 PHSSWS reactor to plans made by others. The tradition, orientation, and responsibilityof your. profession for patient service requires that you actively and constructively participate in the original planning process and bring to this task the very best that your background, training, and special interests enable you to offer. 164444

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