Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SKULL STAFF Editor Joel Horowitz Senior Section Editors Judy and Matt Ochs Photography Editor Harry Dr as in Associate Editor Larry Wcllikson Literary Bruce Dobkin Jack Weiss Bruce Silverbcrg Larry Wcllikson Photography Robert Bclasio Tom Garthwaite Ray Casciari Monry Moscovit . Harvey Forman Dennis Bock Clark Kramer Lou DiNicola Senior Section Murry Moscovitz Ralph Sando Ron Ballcck Jack Weiss Rob Burgess Bruce Silverbcrg Layout Lana and Tom Garthwaite Joanne and Lou DiNicola Howard Elcfanl Faculty Advisors Fred B. Rogers. M.D. Stanton W. Saltzman Special thanks to the Medical Communications Staff Art and Production Larry Glazcr (Advisor) Paula Lick man Photography Otto C. Lehmann Lynn Kirk William A. Verzyl Henry Bacich William Taylor Cover Illustration Stephanie Bcubis Business Secretary Cheryl Ann Zisk

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SKULL 1973 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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Congratulations on having completed the first phase oi your professional training. Bn your own efforts you have earned the status and respect society has traditionally accorded to I he newly graduated physician. However, you are entering your profession at a time when public confidence in medical practice is undergoing a severe test and is in danger of being lost. Public disenchantment with the practice of medicine has recently created a movement toward regulation and control. Ironically, though, the need for our skills is greater now than ever before and the scope of our responsibilities is expanding exponentially. Adequate health care is not the exclusive privilege of the affluent or powerful, but is, rather, the right of everyone. It is obvious then that our efforts must be directed not only to the traditional restoration of health but also to the maintenance of health and the quality of life. Health is. in a literal sense, the fastest growing industry in America. Its magnitude, coupled with the fact that it deals with the forces of life and death, has resulted in the involvement of both the recipient and the purveyor of health care in the development of standards. Priorities in all aspects of health care arc now the joint concern of the profession, the consumer, and the government. Your class is among the earliest to have to face these new challenges. Accommodation will not he easy, and understanding by all concerned will be achieved only through continued sensitivity to public needs and disciplined efforts to meet them. Success will require your individual efforts and your participation in a team composed of a variety of health care professionals. This team must be able to look to you for its direction. Although the complexities of the times demand that the approach to health care be a total and highly organized one, the essential ingredient will always remain the creative contribution of the individual physician. I believe your education at Temple has given you the necessary tools to integrate the many components of health care, to provide leadership in meeting the health needs of modern society, and, thereby, to regain public trust. Dean Temple University School of Medicine