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

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DOMINICK J. DI MAIO, Lecturer in Pathology and the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York in charge of Brooklyn, is well known to us for his colorful lectures and fascinating elective in forensic pathology. Dr. Di Maio, a native New Yorker, attended DeWitt Clinton High School and Long Island University. Upon graduation from the Marquette University School of Medicine he re- turned to New York for an internship at Columbus Hospital and pathology residencies at the Maimon- ides and Greenpoint Hospitals. He began studying forensic pathology in 1950 and came to Kings County Hospital in 1960. Dr. Di Maio feels that at least five academic lectures and a series of informal seminars would be necessary to give the students the basic fasts of forensic pathology, an increasingly im- portant aspect of medicine. Dr. Di Maio has lived in Brooklyn since 1940 with his wife and four children. His son, Vincent, is currently a resident in pathology at Kings County Hospital, and his oldest daughter, Therese-Martin, is in our class. Playing the piano and collecting and reading old books on forensic pathology occupy much of Dr. Di Maio's time. We can only hope that future generations of Downstate graduates will receive increasing exposure to this lively teacher and his exciting specialty. 28 Whether discussing Virginia Woolf or schiz- ophrenic behavior, FERRUCCIO DICORI never loses the enthusiam or interest of the students. A Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. diCori attempts to see psychiatry from a social and artistic point of view through the media of theater and journalism. He sees the theater as an expresson of social movement, an expression which deals with the why, how, and where of life. A graduate in medicine of the University of Rome, Dr. diCori received his psychiatric training at Har- vard. Prior to coming to Downstate he served as a Scientific Lecturer for the Voice of America and Supervising Psychiatrist at Hillside Hospital.

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S l like to deal with students. I find them stimulat- ing and interesting. Students feel the same way about JOHN CRAIG, who, as an Associate Pro- fessor of Microbiology and Immunology, has re- peatedly demonstrated that energetic and intelligent approach to course material which characterizes an excellent teacher. A graduate of Oberlin College, Dr. Craig received his M.D. degree from Western Reserve in 1947, and interned at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in Medicine. He spent another year there studying in- fectious diseases before taking a fellowship at West- ern Reserve in preventitive medicine. He then served in this capacity as an Army officer during the Korean War, and remained in Tokyo as an epidemiologist for the Army,s Far-Eastern Laboratory. In 1952 he studied at the Harvard School of Public Health, and then did research on Arbo viruses at the Rocke- feller Foundation before coming to the Downstate faculty in 1954. He has since investigated the pathophysiology of cholera, and has helped to es- tablish therapeutic measures among the medical community in Pakistan. Dr. Craig feels that Downstatels nucleus is the medical school, and that the success of the expansion programs will be judged only by the better quality of medical education which, hopefully, will ensue. He has precious little time for his hobbies -of photography, natural history, and Held biology which he has pursued throughout the United States and, whenever possible, on his scientific trips to Mexico, Pakistan, Europe and the Far-East. If anything stood out amongst Krebs, cycles and urine bottles it was PHILLIP C. CHAN, who brought the human qualities of sincere interest and devotion to the teaching of biochemistry. Born in Amoy, China, Dr. Chan received his early education in Singapore, his college education in Monmouth, Illinois, and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He was a fellow at Johns Hopkins and at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, he came to Downstate in 1960. Dr. Chan is studying the enzyme systems in the red cell membrane, and sees a bright future for Downstate and the health related sciences. He spends his leisure time enjoying music, plays, the opera, and amateur photography, and he is the proud father of a new baby girl. 27

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For many of us, Thursday morning psychiatry lectures with RICHARD A. DROOZ were a wel- come relief from the cadaver and spectrophotometer. His incisive wit and friendly manner helped simplify the diflicult material he was presenting. A native of Albany, N.Y., Dr. Drooz received his A.B. degree from Cornell University and his M.D. from the Albany Medical College. He obtained the 3rd highest score on the National Boards. Dr. Drooz interned at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York. Follow- ing his internship he was appointed Chief Resident in Neurology and Neurosurgery at Mt. Sinai. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Army, he returned to the Long Island College of Medicine-V.A. Psychiatry training program. He received his psychoanalytic training at Downstate. Dr. Drooz attempts to achieve a balance between teaching and practice. For several years he donated half his time to teaching. He states that the happiest activity of life has been the series of lectures to the first year studentsf, if I g . ,. gpiftfft ,f f ' 5-1,314 jp- ' Q , V , . .,.,,,,.,, . . . ,... . ggi f , , i 1 , g ' 7 J ' N f 'V 195' It is LUDWIG W. EICHNA, Professor and Chair- man of the Department of Medicine, who in our sophomore year lirst introduced us to clinical medi- cine. He stressed the importance of our appearance and bearing in our relationships with patients and emphasized a logical, systematic approach to making a diagnosis. Dr. Eichna was born in Tallinn, Estonia and has lived in the United States since the age of four. He received his medical education and training at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. He then spent twenty years at New York University and has been at Downstate since 1960. He believes that many formats of medical education and practice today are outmoded and inefficient, and that major changes will soon occur. He also feels that only by reaching for what seems to be beyond our grasp and by never being satisfied with our present state can we achieve our maximum potential. In his leisure time, Dr. Eichna cherishes the solace he finds in hiking alone in the Adirondacks. He also collects old medical tracts. The warmth Dr. Eichna radiates to his patients is but one example of his love for life. To have been exposed to him has been an invaluable privilege. 29