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

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‘Dedication Carson D. Schneck, M.D., Ph.D. It is rare to encounter a person like Dr. Carson Schncck-a person who has so easily inspired class after class of future physicians to I cam The enthusiasm with which he greeted us as freshmen was remarkable and helped prepare us for what was to come in the next four years. It is for this reason that the Class of 1995 has elected to dedicate this edition of The Skull to Dr. Carson Schncck. Carson Schncck was bom on October 10, 1933 in Allentown. Pennsylvania. His father drove a beer delivery truck; liis mother sewed buttons at a shirt factory. He attended Muhlenberg College in Allentown and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1955. During his college years, he aspired to become a physician It was also during this time that he discovered his desire to teach It w-as not until his junior year at Temple University School of Medicine, however, that he decided to become a science teacher. Dr. Schncck admits that the decision between teaching Anatomy and teaching Physiology w-as a difficult one as both areas appealed to him greatly. In 1960, upon completing a rotating internship at Frankford Hospital in Philadelphia, Dr Schncck returned to Temple in a faculty position and pursued his Ph. D. part-time. In his first year, he recalls having taught over 600 hours of Anatomy, including Gross Anatomy. Histology, Embryology, and Ncuroanatomy. To accomplish this, students needed to attend 40 hours of class each week and 4 hours of class each Saturday. According to Dr. Schneck, it is easy to realize how he needed to use his teaching time wisely as the ngorous schedule allowed little tree time for students to study outside the classroom. It was also in 1960 that Dr. Schneck first began to teach members of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Shortly thereafter, he began teaching members of the Departments of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, and Otolaryngology. Dr. Schncck received his Ph. D. in January, 1965 under the tutelage of Dr. John Franklin Huber His thesis dealt with the development of the knee and ankle joints which he postulated to be the result of in ulero activity of the fetus His was the first doctorate degree to come out of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Temple In 1974, Dr. Schncck was promoted to full professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology He admits that although he enjoys basic science research, he was not very satisfied with laboratory research. He became interested in diagnostic imaging through ultrasonography and worked with this modality for 12 years prior to the advent of computer tomography In 1986, he received an appointment in research teaching from the department of diagnostic imaging at Temple Many people have influenced the life of Carson Schncck Dr John Franklin Huber, past chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, taught him to care for his students and their progress. At Muhlenberg. Professor Stein of the Department of Philosophy and Theology first introduced Dr Schneck to the concept of the Socratic method of teaching And perhaps his most important influence was that of colleague J. Robert Troyer, who emphasized to Dr. Schneck the importance of preparing for lectures- even after having given the same lectures for over 35 years. Today, Dr. Schneck still lectures to almost all medical and surgical specialties. He teaches approximately 200 hours each year at the Continuing Medical Education level, and prepares review courses for the National Board of Medical Examiners exam as well as board exams in Rehabilitative Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry. And lastly. Dr Schneck teaches between 45 and 70 senior medical students in special topics related to human anatomy. Reflecting upon his career, there is so much that Dr. Schneck wishes to accomplish that he has no imminent plans for retirement He is currently at work with David Kaplan, Class of 1995, in research involving Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Doppler flow studies on the effects of posture on blood flow to the brain The list of honors and special awards received by Dr. Schneck reflects not only his excellence as an academician, but also the respect he has earned from those he has educated. This include the Cum Laude Award of the Radiological Society of America, which he received in December 1994 for his MRJ studies of the effects of conditioning exercise on muscle. In 1988, Dr. Schncck had the honor of receiving the Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Teacher Award in basic science as well as the Temple University Great Teacher Award Dr. Schneck is proud to be the faculty member to whom The Skull has been dedicated twice before Furthermore, he is proud to have been involved in every graduation ceremony of the School of Medicine since Dr. Leo Henikolf first introduced the Hooding Ceremony in 1980. Dr. Schneck is currently the Acting Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Temple University School of Medicine. He and his wife, Freda, have been mamed since 1956. They arc the parents of Deborah, a business manager for Bell Atlantic in Washington, D.C.; and Stephanie, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh 6

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On our progress as students. Dr. Schneck believes that as we have matured, we have become more focused in terms of what we want. Dr. Schneck feels that as one becomes more sophisticated, the more enjoyable and more rewarding that person is to teach. While Dr. Schneck enjoys teaching at any level, he enjoys teaching senior medical students the most. You cannot possibly teach a freshman everything you know, ' says Dr. Schneck. 8