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

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One of our favorite pathologists is Greek-born THOMAS J. ATHANASSIADES. He feels that any member of the faculty that doesnft feel teach- ing medical students is his or her business has no business whatever in a medical school. He attended Haaren High School in Manhattan and received his B.S. degree from The City College of New York. Following graduation from Tulane Medical College, he interned at St. Vincent's Hospital and received his residency training at Kings County Hospital. In addition to working on immunopathology, he is the coordinator of the pathology program for medical students. He feels that Downstate students are ex- ceptionally good and that they teach their instruc- tors a great deal. Dr. Athanassiades lives in Brooklyn with his Wife and young daughter. In his leisure time he enjoys listening to opera. A man of eminent stature, CHANDLER MCC. BROOKS won us over with his personal warmth and interesting stories. Dr. Brooks came to the Long lsland College of Medicine in 1948 as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Since 1956, he has been Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology at Downstate, from 1956-1966 he was Director of the Graduate Educational Program, and, since 1966, he has been Dean of the School of Graduate Studies. The State University at Downstate is in the stage of rapid expansion, and Dr. Brooks, in the forefront of that expansion, envisions the school at a cross- roads, where the choice of path can utilize a great potential of integrated teaching or can squander the potential on the road to mediocrity. He feels that the function of Downstate is to teach, and all else must be subordinated to that goal. Dr. Brooks received his A.B. from Oberlin Col- lege, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton. In his distinguished career he has been a National Re- search Fellow, Instructor, and Associate at the Harvard Medical School, and an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University. His interests have been in the nervous, cardiovascular, and endocrine sys- tems, and their relationships to one another and the total integrated organism. Dr. Brooks' special fin- terest is in the history of physiology. Unfortunately, Dr. Brooks is approaching the retirement age, and students at Downstate will miss a great teacher and friend in the years to come. 25

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STANLEY M. ARONSON, Assistant Dean and Professor of Pathology, besides being one of the most well informed physicians that we have en- countered, is also unusually conversant in almost any other subject matter which exists, this includes stu- dents' financial vagaries! He is also Faculty Adviser to the LICHONIAN and to the Student Council. Dr. Aronson was appointed Neuropathologist and Assistant Professor at Downstate in 1954, and has served on the faculties of Yale and P. 85 S. Early in his career, Dr. Aronson was interested in the endocrinologic variables of experimental polio. Presently, his concern is the lipidoses, especially Tay-Sachs disease. Dr. Aronson is also concerned with the social, ethnic, medical, and genetic factors of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Aronson believes that a more intimate rela- tionship is needed between students and faculty. He feels that the school has a profound responsibility and must meet the demands of the community. A physician is a social creaturew and not just a scientist separate from his community. In line with these feelings, Dr. Aronson would like to see courses in contemporary sociology, ethnology, morality, and ethics introduced into the curriculum. Dr. Aronson lives in New Rochelle with his wife, a research pediatrician and pathologist, and two small daughters. His oldest daughter was recently married. Dr. Aronson raises orchids in his large green- house and also enjoys gardening, carpentry, sculp- ture, and painting. His intense interest in music is centered mainly in the works of Mahler, Bruckner, Bach, and Wagner. 24 Born in Brooklyn, BERNARD ARON, Assistant Professor of Radiology, attended Midwood High School. He received his M.D. degree from New York University Medical School. His training in radiology was obtained at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and his postgraduate training in radiotherapy at the Christie Hart Holt Radiation Center in England. Dr. Aron has been at Downstate for four years, during which time he had little contact with students until last year when the program in radiology was expanded. He is pleased that many of the students he has met have been well trained clinically as well as academically. However, he feels that the emphasis in most medical schools is still too strongly research oriented. The student, he feels, has more lectures on scleroderma than on lung cancer. Dr. Aron lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children. Spare time, a rare commodity, is usually spent playing football and handball. '53 t .

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It is difficult to express in words the verve, en- thusiasm and dynamic personality of RITA CAR- RIERE, Assistant Professor of Anatomy. Part of her sparkling energy arises from her love for teach- ing and her ability to highlight each lecture with humor. Although at times she seems to be racing the clock in an attempt to include as much material as possible, she never over-burdens the class. Want- ing to teach for as long as she can remember, she chose to study histology at McGill University where she earned her Ph.D. in anatomy. After teaching at McGill and the University of Toronto, she joined the Downstate staff in 1960. She has done much re- search and is currently writing the section on hormonal influence on liver cell growth for the International Review of Cytology. Despite this hectic schedule, she has managed to find time to study philosophy at New York University. She hopes someday to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy and eventually to write on the philosophy of science. Dr. Carriere enjoys a wide variety of interests and is an accomplished pianist, skier, and tennis player, and has studied the harpsichord. She also has a fine collection of Eskimo art and antique books. She commutes daily to Downstate from her apartment in Manhattan. 26 HUGH J. CARROLL, Assistant Professor of Medicine, is well known for his informative, com- prehensive, erudite, and Witty lectures. Dr. Carroll attended Regis High School, Fordham University, and New York University School of Medicine. While a house oificer at Bellevue he decided to pursue a career in academic medicine. Since then his research interests have centered on electrolyte composition in normal and disease states and transport properties of cellular membranes. In 1964 he joined the Down- state Medical Center faculty. Dr. Carroll states that he enjoys nothing better than teaching although he does miss the personal patient contact available in private practice. He characterizes Downstate students as capable, and asserts he has learned a great deal from them. He is enthusiastic about proposed changes in medical edu- cation which he thinks should be shorter, more selec- tive in content, and less repetitive. His outside activities include a subscription to the Metropolitan Opera, attendance at football games, and cultural interests such as the study of language and the history of the Near East. He admits, how- ever, that most of his spare time is spent at home with his wife and three daughters and three sons.