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

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,■.,«• ' ' ' MONTEFTORE HOSPITAL Sidney M. Bcr m.m. ExccnUvc Director The Montefiore Hdspital was founded in 1908 as a non-sectarian, voluntary, general hospital for the purpose of atfordintj diai;nosis and treatment to ail persons needing medical assistance without regard to race, creed or color. It started on Centre Avenue as an institution of 60 beds, meetuig the requirements of the American College of Sur- geons, with a pathologist, radiologist and Social Service Department, and moved in 1929 to its present location adjacent to the University of Pitt.shurgh Medical Center. The new hospital had a capacity of 190 beds and was approved for internship and also for residencies in surgery and pathology. Since that time, the hospital has grown to a capacity of , ,V) beds. The present hospit.il is a Teaching .ind Rese.irch hospital .ipprovej additionally for residencies in medicine, obstetrics, ophthalmology, .mesthesia, roentgenology, allergy, medicine-arthritis. The hospital has an approved School for Medical Tech- nologists, is connected with the Unnersity ot Pittsburgh School of Social Science in the training of medical social workers, and is affiliated with the School of Nursing of the University of Pittsburgh. Students from the School of Medicine are afforded training in immunology, obstetrics and physical diagnosis. The residencies at Montefiore Hospital are fully approved by the Council on Medicil Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, and the several Boards. Tiie Cut Patient Department m.niitanis 27 specialized clinics and h.is a daily atten- dance of 12.i patients. The Administration of the hospital affords residencies in hospital administration to appnwed graduates of the School of Public Health of the University of Pittsburgh. The Montefiore Institute of Research is located in and associated with the clinical program of Montefiore Hospital. I M8|

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MEDICAL SCHOOL • • • first rou): .Charles Tripoli, Julin B,ir:all. Sci.rcUiry. Robcit W ' .iUon. Prcs-iJi ' iU: Rich.ird Hemphill, Vice-President; Thomas D ' Znnira, Treasurer. Second row: Charles Pifcr, Dean Pooliis, Robert Hieber, Francis Moore, Maurice Rousralf, Gilbert Ashor. A ' fissing. Joseph Henderson. STUDENT AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION The Student Mcdic.il Society was tciunJed in 91? a.s ,in urijanization to represent the entire student body. It purpose i.s to stimuhite profe-wional interest and to promote unity in the medical .school. In Decemher. 19. 2. the Student Medical Society Ix ' came a chapter of the Student American Medical Association, a national organization of student societies of the more prominent me dical .seliools in the country. The fir.st event of this year ( 19. ' i2-. ' i. ) was the annual Fall Assembly held in Stephen Fo.ster Memorial Auditorium to welcome the freshmen, who had previously received a letter of coiiiiratulations from the Society. Dr. Samuel P. Harbison w.is the principal speaker. Awards for scholastic achievement were presented. Two scientific meetings were held during the year. The topic of the first meeting was Mitral Commi.ssurotomy. with Dr. William Ford in charge. The second meeting w.sa devoted to the Study of Cardiovascular Disease. This discussion was led by Dr. Andrew P. D ' Zmura. An all-.school picnic at South Park, spon.sored by the Society, was the first .siKial event of the year. It is anticipated that this will be an annual .ilfair. A Directory of Students was printed for the first time in 19.i2 ' .S5, Future membershiii in the Student American Medical As,sociation affords new privileges and services on a n.itional level to the individual medical student. [ 160]