University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Hippocratean Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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PRESBYTERIAN, WOMAN ' S AND EYE AND EAR HOSPITALS The Presbyterian Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Woman ' s Hospital of Pittsburg are the general medical and surgical units of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hospitals. They offer an approved program of medical education for intern and resident physicians. The Hospitals staffs are composed largely of members of the teaching fac- ulty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicuic. They are approved by the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Hospital Association. Their equipment is the most modern available. A medical reference library is m, untamed by the staffs and the hospitals. It subscribes to 91 leading medical journals, and includes an excellent reprint library. The Presbyterian Ho.spital of Pittsburgh was founded in 189. , incorporated in 189.S. It was one of the first to become aililiated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hospitals, joining the organization in 1926. The present quarters in Oakland were occupied in June, 19?8. The building was fully completed in 1941. Since that time, it has shown a bal.inced use of all facilities .ind revealed a healthy growth. INTERNSHIPS There are 26 rotating internships .ivailable m the Medical Center Hospitals. The bed capacity of the unit hospitals is as follows: Presbyterian Hospital 2. 4 beds Eye and Ear Hospital 116 beds 6 bassinets Woman ' s Hospital 1 15 beds Childrens ' Hospital 244 beds M.igee Hospital . 5. beds 204 bas-sinets 1,062 beds 210 bassinets The rotating service includes internal medicine, surgery, and its specialties, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, pathology, radiology, and anesthesia. Interns are provided with full maintenance, including room, board, and laundry. They receive an allowance toward the cost of uniforms and a monthly stipend. • RESIDENCIES Residencies at the Presbyterian Hospital, approved by the Council of Medical Education of the American Medical Association, arc available in internal medicine, general surgery, urology, pathology, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, radiology, proct- ology, and plastic surgery. All residents are api ointed teaching fellows in the School of Medicine of the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh. Applications for ai pointmeni for internships should be made to the office of the Chairman of the Central Intern Committee at Presbyteri.in Hospital, 2. 0 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh I}. Penn.sylvania. Applic.itions for appointment for residencies .should be made to the Chairman of the Committee on Gr.idiiate Education. School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Pitl burgli l. , Pennsylvani.i. 150

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A pinnacle in the Eye and Ear Hospital ' s expansion program was reached in Sep- tember, 1932, when the Eye Bank of Pittshurgh opened in the hospital under the directorship of the Professor and of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh; its primary function- the restoration of vision in the blind by corneal transplantation. Through this service, in many instances, deceased persons may contribute to the sight of those who otherwise would be lett in darkness. Closely paralleling this milestone was the opening ot the Department ot AtiJiology in the hospital in 1949 under the directorship of the Professor and the Department of Otology of the University of Pittsburgh. This hospital facility is concerned with all phases of measurement of auditory function, hearing aid evaluation, instruction for aurally h.uidicapped children and adult . and psycho-acoustic research. Chartered on June 22. 189. the Eye and Ear Ho.spital. a unit of the Pittsburgh Medical Center, has a bed capacity of 119, and renders service to the medical profes- sion md community in three important branches of medicine: ophthalmology, otology, ani.1 rhniolaryngology. Affiliated with the .schools of medicine and nursing of the Uni- versity of Pitt.sburgh, it is the only special hospital of its kind in Western Pennsylvania. The medical staff is comprised of faculty members of tlie medical school and the nursing staff consists of graduate and .itlili.itc nurses. Approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons, the Eye and Ear Hos- pital offers residency training in ophthalmology and otolaryngology to qualified physicians, participates in the Medical Center Rotating Internship, and offers junior internships to qualified senior medical students under the supervision of the resident and medical staff. Accredited by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners and the National League of Nursing Education, the Eye and Ear Hospital offers nursing instruction in ophthalmology and otolaryngology to University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and affiliate students who are assigned to this hospital for A weeks ' rotating .service. • Selected upper classmen and graduate students in the depariments ot Psychology and Speech and the School of Education are offered courses in audiology- theory and prac- ticum— in the Dep.irtment of Audiology in the Eye and Ear Hospital for which univer- sity credit is given. The Hospital and Medical Staff maintain excellent library i.icilities in the speci.ilties of ophthalmology and otolaryngology, subscribing to thirty (. 0) special journals with a collection of 2000 special textbooks and valuable reference periodicals. M.irlha C. Zavonia, R.N. Administrator MRH I 152