USC School of Medicine - Asklepiad Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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KRAUS: After 20 years of a successful Beverly Hills prac- tice, Ken is now limiting his time to his Palm Springs con- valescent home for wealthy elderly women. KRIEPS: Commander Krieps, USN, finally retires at the age of 39 from the Navy. A board certified orthopedist, Comm. Krieps is lavish with praise for the Navy program, his time being equally spent running the OB-GYN clinic on Guam and the blood bank aboard a destroyer escort. KUNITAKE: Today, George is receiving his degree in theo- logy. It seems only yesterday that he received his degree in engineering. His future plans include a complete training in law. His problem is how to fit all of this useful informa- tion into one field of practice. LASNOVER: Al plans to continue trying to get places on time, if he can ever get off the telephone. He has recently designed a shower room which will not steam eye glasses and intends to profit from its patent. LEE: After 25 years of medical practice, Leon will con- tinue to insist that he didn ' t hove three children in rapid succession in order to avoid the draft. LEWIN: At 80, Vic is still going strong. He thinks he may go out this evening, but is not sure that his blind date for tonight will be up to his requirements. He is reaping large profit from his accordion automobile which automatically straightens out after being caught between front and rear bumper collisions. McCORMICK: Bill, is now one of our foremost doctors in the field of space medicine. A recent appointment has placed him in charge of all astronauts traveling between Mercury and Venus. McCRANI E: Dolph has finally succeeded in making loused- up a legitimate medical term, and has incorporated it into every chapter of his new book, Understanding Surgery Set Clinics. MILTON: Ten years from now Marsh will be busy during weekdays putting on the blades , but on weekends, tour- ing the Super Markets as the real Howdy Doody will occupy most of his time. What Time??? It ' s Howdy Doody Time! MITCHELL: He has now been made an Honorary Chief of the Whahoopee tribe for having delivered more babies than any woman on record. O ' BRIEN: He will never conquer his hook on the greens. OTTO: Twelve years from now Howard will have cornered the market on Flax seed poultices, and the threat of Schisto- somiasis in L.A. County will then subside. PETERSON: After many years of research, Dr. Peterson has finally published his long awaited volume, Thirty-two Reasons I ' d Rather Use a Head Mirror Than an Electric Light , or, Who Moved the Light Bulb? PIHL: Dick ' s underwater hospital for shark-attacked skin divers has become very prosperous. RAVENNA: After his twenty-fourth child this Radiologist feels he just disproved an old myth. REED: Having given rise to many suspicions while in Medi- cal School that he had a head start, Charlie has finally confirmed this by publishing the book, Rare Diseases My Friends and Relatives Have Had. RIDDELL: Dr. Riddell ' s thorough followups on subtotal thyroidectomy patients — an ability that thrilled his group in Medical School — continue to keep him busy day and night. RILEY: Disguised as the Tattoo Man , Richard has been able to travel with circuses studying the endocrinopathies, and now rivels Don Petit ' s collection of patients. SALVATIERRA: Will be the first brilliant doctor to produce more fractures than he reduces. SANYAL: Tired of being called Indian Chief , Pulak de- cided to return home where is now called Medicine Man . SCHADE: Hugh will finish his training just in time to be- come a micromanipulator in the Department of Health Educa- tion and Welfare. SCHREINER: Bound to corner the market on dead bodies, malpractice suits and laboratory tests. SHEA: 20 years later and still 39, Bob, who used to love snowing attending men with information about drugs, is now snowing pharmacists with information about medicine. SHEPARD: Neil has finally succeeded in convincing resi- dents of La Canada that babies are brought by the mailman, not by the stork. SHORE: Unable to choose between practice and teaching. Shore has given up medicine entirely. Now a businessman in Canada, he nets $250,000 per; states the weather is fine. SILVERMAN: Harassed by indecision, Al finally decided to go into the new field which he created, of Urologic Dermatology; has found this practice very rewarding and states the field is wide open, much in need of new men. SMALE: Twenty years later. Milt is having an uneventful post-operative course after surgery for impacted sweet potato balls. STANTON: Kevin has become personal physician to a group of itinerant folk-singers, and has finally mastered the five string banjo. SUITS: After years of research in the South American jungles, Betty has just discovered a cure for monkey bites. She will soon publish this finding in her newest book, How to Influence Professors with Small Talk . (Published by Julie ' s.) TIBBS: Bill has finally realized his life ' s dream by establish- ing a Geriatrics Community for tired medical students. He welcomes inquiries from tired classmates. UNDERWOOD: Having office hours at low tide only on Waikaki Beach, Dave can still be heard to question at awk- ward moments, How was the trip over?

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PREDICTIONS ALLEN: Tom has taken a job with the wine distillers of America and is publishing reports on The Therapeutic Effects of Eden Roc in Common Medical Problems. ARTHUR: Twenty years from now Jim will be a millionaire . . . because he will have sold the movie rights of his bound collection of old B.C. cartoons. BERRY: Ben has made quite a name for himself in Reno with his new cure for Acute Slot Machine Arm Strain . He converts his patients to Blackjack players — during office visits. BLANCHETTE: Ron ' s retired to the French Riviera, where his practice is limited to psychonanalysis for the international set. BOLICK: Twenty years from now Larry will be the world ' s top authority. BUCKLEW: An advocate of expanding one ' s chosen field. Dr. Bucklew perfects the art of cholecystectomy via the cul- potomy incision — especially useful to Belly dancers. CAMPBELL: Although Don has a large thriving general practice in Northern California, he loyally commutes to LACGH via helicopter to provide projectionist talents for the weekly cancer lectures. CHRISTENSON: Having perfected the Wig-Moor oper- ation for portal hypertension and hepatic insufficiency, he has established a clinic and rehab center for his Nu Sig brothers. CHRONISTER: Upon retiring from the Army, Major Chron- ister will move his wife, eight Basset Hounds ( $10 and up ), five children ( free ), back to Southern California to make a new start. COOPER: With a cry of six No-Trump, Dan will attempt to prove that when little old ladies say the needle hurts, they usually mean it. COURINGTON: Being president of the Sierra Club offers Doris a welcome diversion from the management of her nationwide chain of research laboratories. FEMINO: Jim is the first M.D. to ever have been appointed to the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange. The jet age has made it possible for Dr. Femino to com- municate between New York and Southern California where he has a thriving orthopedic clinic. FIRESTONE: Known for his agility in getting in and out of tight situations. Dr. Firestone will carry on a coast to coast campaign to change the official designation for fire alarms in the hospitals throughout the nation so that he won ' t be constantly interrupted while sleeping in the library. FLEISHMAN: Will discover Latin women are as unpre- dictable and demanding as any other type. FOLMAR: Will be the first member of the class to form a corporation. FUTORAN: Since the recent political changes in Cuba, Big Fute has transferred his office from Havana to Nevada. GOODE: Upon the advent of Socialized Medicine, Dr. Goode ' s true political strength is seen when he is promptly assigned to the Trichomonas Clinic at Needles, California. GORDINIER: Still the skin diving enthusiast and trailer dweller, Dick has combined these uniquely by developing a Medicine-Mobile and giving IPPB treatments under water at all the best beaches. GRAHAM: Disturbed by the fact that on Surgery in his senior year it took Dr. Graham 6 hours when called to get from the 12th to the 9th floor, his friends always allow a leetle extra time for Dr. G. ' s arrival. GRAY: Howard has extended his OB practice to include the position as campaign manager for Barry Goldwater. GREGORY: Jack was just appointed director of the San Fernando Hosptial. Quite an achievement for only having completed his internship last year. HALL: His ultimate plans include his own private hospital ... an eighty bed Yacht! HERMAN: After inventing a man-size maze for U.C.L.A., several futile attempts have been made to recover Steve from within. HOFFMAN: Gene has retired to Lake Arrowhead where he is teaching water-skiing while operating a floating first- aid station. JENKINS: His two-fingered rectols will eventually become recognized as the appropriate manner in which to elicit the gag reflex . . . JONES: Twelve years from now R. C. Jones, M.D. will be Elizabeth Taylor ' s private physician, he hopes. KASSABIAN: John has just reported on a paper at the annual meeting of the American Roentgenological Associ- ation. The paper dealt with recent work in which the author found a 100% cure rate of all radiologically benign gastric ulcers in those patients who followed an intense regimen of the Kassabian No. 1 Diet, which consists of Amphogel on the half hour and Shishkebob on the hour. KATZ: A lucrative future is in sight after setting up a clinic for cirrhotics next door to his father ' s liquor store. KEIM: After many years of research on the presence of erectile tissue in the nasal orifice. Dr. Keim proves the libidous connotation of the expression, hard nose.

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