US Naval Hospital Corps School - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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SURGICAL ERVICE The General Surgical Service includes General, Cardio- Respiratory, Plastic, and Neurosurgery. The Department also has supervision and is responsible for the Anesthesiology Section, Oxygen Therapy, Central Sterile Supplies, the Op- erating Room Suites, Receiving Ward, Recovery Room, and the Tumor Board. The Department is under the direct guidance of the Chief of Surgery. The hospital has been designated by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as a center for Cardio-vascular, Plastic Surgery, Oncological, and Neurosurgery. Consequent- ly, there is a large variety of all types of surgical problems seen in the Department daily. The Surgical Department is housed in the new modern building, consisting of a thousand beds, accommodating patients in all the surgical specialties. Each Service has open wards and private rooms. There is an adequate number of offices, dressing rooms, and treatment rooms located on each ward. There are 572 beds assigned to care of General Surgical patients. Within the building, there are also the operating rooms, consisting of twelve operating suites, six anesthesia induc- tion rooms, Cardio-Pulmonary Function Laboratory, a Tis- sue Bank, auxiliary X-ray facilities, observation rooms for monitoring instruments used during special types of surgery, Recovery Ward, Lecture Room, television viewing space, Morgue, Dictation Room, Receiving Ward, Central Issue Room for sterile supplies, sleeping spaces for doctors on watch, and dining spaces. A well-equipped Animal Research Laboratory is available in another building, and all residents spend a part of their training in this section. There is a well-equipped and cen- tralized Medical Library in which all up-to-date surgical literature is available. The Chiefs of Services and Heads of Departments are, for the most part, Diplomates of their Specialty Boards. In addi- tion, the Department has a number of well-known consultants who are leaders in their particular surgical specialty. The consultants are present for the following Departments: Gen- CAPTAIN JOSEPH M. HANNER, MC, USN Chief, Surgical Service eral Surgery, Anatomy, Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Anesth- esiology, and Neurosurgery. The general function of the Surgical Service is to provide inpatient surgery and treatment for active service person- nel, veterans, dependents, retired personnel and, when re- quired, civilian humanitarian cases. In addition, consultants are provided for all departments of the hospital, as well as a number of Outpatient Clinics. Other responsibilities of the Department include the control and issue of supplies from the Central Issue Section, Oxygen Therapy, administration of the Receiving Ward, Training Program, Tumor Board, and Anesthesiology for all patients. The Thoracic Surgery Department consists of 48 beds, of which 14 are in private rooms. Patients cared for on the Thoracic Service include officers, enlisted personnel, vet- erans, retired individuals, and dependent females and children. The Department is assigned two operating rooms in the main operating suite. These two rooms are especially de- signed and equipped with special devices necessary to chest surgery. ln addition, there is a large space adjacent to these two rooms which is equipped with monitoring devices perti- nent to pulmonary and cardiac surgery. Also, a fully equipped Cardio-pulmonary Function Laboratory and Tissue Bank are

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CAPTAIN HANNER Conducts Surgical Conference-Front row: Captain John W. Koettg Herbert W. Meyer, MDg Captain Victor C. Strattong Captain James Crawfordg Second row: Captain Robert C. Ray, Ernest J. Penka, Lieut. Comdr.g Richard B. Sarver, Lieut. Comdr.g Jerome A. Golden, Lieut., Third row: Tae H. Kang, Lieut. Cj.g.J ROKNQ Donald C. Colter, Lieut.g'Edgar E. Thomas, Jr., Lieut. Comdr.g Charles G. Spradley, Lieut.g Donald R. Dicus, Lieut. located by the main operating suites. An Animal Laboratory is available where research problems are conducted. Emphasis is placed on a Heart-Lung Apparatus which is used in the cardiac surgery section. The pump oxygenator has created a number of research problems which are perti- nent to the department, and are important in future control of cardiac surgery. As a center for pulmonary and cardiac surgery, major clinical problems in pulmonary and cardiac pathology are referred here from various areas in the United States and the world. The Plastic Surgery Department consists of 40 beds. The Department has excellent facilities to diagnose and treat all types of Plastic Surgery cases of male enlisted personnel. Separate facilities are available for hospitalization of pediat- ric, female, and officer personnel cases. Surgical procedures are carried out in the main operating suite four days a week, with an average of 75 to 80 operations per month. Minor surgical procedures are scheduled twice weekly and are carried out in the treatment room on the Plastic Surgery ward. The Outpatient Clinic consultations are held twice weekly and average approximately 100 to 110 patients monthly. The Neurosurgery Department consists of 88 beds in ward spaces and 16 beds in private rooms. The Department is well- equipped and has facilities for all types of neurosurgical cases. Full equipment is present for all diagnostic procedures relative to neurosurgical problems. As the hospital is a center for Neurosurgery, many cases are transferred here from nearby and far activities which provides the Service with a large variety of all types of cases. Many clinical research problems result from such a large variety of cases, hence, several hours weekly are devoted by the staff in the Animal Research Laboratory. The Training Program includes training of the interns on a rotational pattern, and an organized program for a four year residency, The Surgical Service for the interns includes sixteen weeks, in which the individual has experience and training in Urology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryn- gology, but the major emphasis is placed upon General Sur- gery. lt is desired that the individual learn sufficient surgi- cal technique to enable him to successfully cope with common emergencies. The intern training includes instruction and experience in Anesthesiology. SECRETARIAL GROUP: Shirley F. Johnsong Rita A. Laferriereg Ar delle M. Petter Csupervisorlg Aileen M. Eaton. , 39