University of Texas Health Science Center - IATRO Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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PAMILY PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE ACTING CHAIRMAN: HAROLD PRUESSNER, M.D. The Department of Family Practice and Community Wiedicine has fourteen full-time and six part-lime facully members. He department fainted invelus dent leaching on various Luels of the medical, dchool, pil, The sentor class has a mandatory one month rotation in Family Vedisine: ke department also offers 32 Plical: electives during lhetcentor ear, and thes year a (Medd of 274 students signed up for these electives. Ds department has facully who serve on the Admissions Committes and the Student Promotion and Cvaluation Commillee. Mp one Wikler Professor, holds hater mintatnalive responsibilily of Ure President for Health Mfairs and Senior Executive Associate in the Office of the President, cre! o's Sam Vion, Professor, serves alia in the Office of the President as Special Assistant for Governmental and Professional Relations and serves in the Office Md MeiDean oy the Wedical School as Assistant! Dean ARO for Continuing Cilacaliant L TIOUS DISEASES AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY CHAIRMAN: HERBERT L. DUPONT, M.D. he Program in Infectious Lisea ses and Claual Microbiology 5 responsible for educational programs in microbiology and infectious diseases. basic sctence and Clinical facully leach the basic sctence microbiology course which em- phasizes the medically important microorganisms, host- microorganism interactions, lends Vlnccate applications. A fourth year ical. elective in infectious diseases with care of, patients al SS prey Hospital and UMD. Onderson Hospital and Thee In stitule ‘5 offered. SH ation students in Sel! Wiedicine are ex osed lo infectious diseate Elaciat roalems af Hid he rman, Wemartal: Scethiest: and. BS? poseph Hospitals, Research interests faclade breast milk immunity, enteric infec- ¥ tions, genetics of Pentiiiotic resistance, immunology of in ection by Herpes simplex ane Cryptococcus, White blood cell function, pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in hi ldcent ereh prevention of in- fection following penetrating abdominal trauma. ike program is particularly well known for its work concerning acute infectious diarrhea: 29

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COMPARATIVE MEDICINE CHAIRMAN: DENNIS F. KOHN, D.V.M., PH.D. The Department of Comparative Medicine has both academic and service mis- sions al the Wledical School and Health Science Center. The five facully members each have clinical responsibilities within the Animal Care Center in addition to engaging in leaching and research. Two new faculty are Dr. Karim eraj, Chief of Clinical Services, and Dr. Deborah Kussell who was granted a five year UIA. Special Emphasis Research Career Award. The Animal Care Center continues to be fully accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care. The Experimental Surgery Section, directed by Dr. Chris Smith, had becomt me cecopntsed moded fotos hectunemon lag tev yiees mr onrere stitutional basis. The current research areas in which the facully are involved include models of hydrocephalus, arthritis, endothelial damage associated with diabetes mellilus, and gul immunopathology. Two courses are offered to graduate students, and the facully contribute to several courses in the medical school curriculum. DERMATOLOGY 4 5 s =P) ee es CHAIRMAN: HERMANN HOSPITAL ROBERT E. JORDON, M.D. During the past year, the Department of Dermatology opened the first phase of their new research facilities. Dr. Kobert Jordon and Lr. William Geoghegan continue their studies implicating the com- plement system in the detachment of shin cells in pemphigus. Dr. Geoghegan continues to develop colloidal gold labeling for im- munoelectron microscopy. Dr. Karen Fritz initiated programs study- ing immunopathologic ord wie in drug reactions and was recently awarded an WILK, Yew Investigator Award to develop an in vitro model for bullous pemphigoid. Dr. Madeleine Duvic, recruited from Duke University Medical Center, received a Dermatology Foundation grant. Dr. C. Wilkam Doubleday, a dermatology resi: dent who is serving a research fellowship, was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the Dermatology Foundation. 28

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CHAIRMAN: THOMAS E. ANDREOLI, M.D. We Uberti 6 Rey Whedicine has over sevent file lies fbr ly corrlboon telercetedl! qepegé P ¥, y medicine as elle anboth claical GAdiowhapesearce This year Lan eiivere joined by T's, Pods CG Heth = e fa) Boo cap ly Gai of hele viacon of Kheumato logy and Claas Immunology. Donelt cameo the py arlment from the bhns eee kins Wicditad euchaal and. has Bead, develo ref impressive Elaical, research, P ee. ¥ Uys if and fellowship programs. Ws focus of the Wiedivins program remains the GE oon Staff and Student programs. Beginning in 1985, third year predira Calacents are rotaling through brackenridge Hospital in Austin as welling berry: Hos, ital S7. GiephiNos ‘ale land. MD. Anderson 2Moipital and. Jamar Veal lalete Cn aver che iff (4 “fd ies creasing med oe of YU. het: Mouslon aludents choose Wiedicine aialcareeriand beck residency training either in our own or other high gualily Selomal Wedizine programs. he Department “sg extremely pleased withthe residency opportunities in WW edicine thal students oblain and. their subseguent performance as eMouse Offers. Of the Pasidents completing the program, approximately girly percent enter subspecially training, aadiinithe past year a unten of, former graduates avetreturnedite UT. VWSAL leaching Services as allending physicians both in General Sie Whdicine and. ths subs, ecvat ed ip HERMANN HOSPITAL.