Wake Forest School of Medicine - Gray Matter Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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FACULTY AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT TEACHING aCaCIeI'T'IIC faCUItV and Student body EXCELLENCE Awarded by the rrledlCaI school adI'nlnIStI'atIOn K PATRICK OBER M D el I' S -Fl 1' L. AOA APPOINTMENTS RODSIT A. MOOI'e, III LeOnaI'd D. Nelson, Jr. Karen H. RaIneS Douglas K. Smith H. DerlrliS Snyder, III MarCh 1983 Karolvn Kruger Cynthia K. Robinson AI'CI'IIe A. TYSOn, Jr. NOVelTlDer1985 Jill P. Cerrrlak F. Wright Hartsell DeDOI'aI'I 0. JeffrIeS Mary LOU McMaster SCHOLARSHIPS Annie J. COVInQtOn Memorial Award ......... . . . FOI' OLlfSCandIr1Q Interest, DeI'fOrI'nar'ICe and affalnrhent in WOTK wlth CBTUIOIOQV DEIIGFIIS CB. Deane MeI'nOrIaI Award .... .... For OUI.'SfandInQ DeI'fOI'I'TI3nCe II'l CIITIICZI OFICOIOQV PeCIiatriC Merit Award ..... FOI' 3II'3I'0UI'Ia BDIIIEY and II'lteI'eSf ln PedI3tI'ICS Obstetrics and GVITECOIOQV .......... . FOI' OULSIBTIUIFIQ aC3deI'T1IC and DFOFESSIOTIHI SIZIUFS In Obfclvn RODEIT P. VICIII'lQI lOfI: IVIeI'nOf'IaI Award . . . FOI' 3DfIfI.ICe and devotion EO the Held of family DI'aCtICe TnOI'naS F. Trahey Kevin lvl. wnlre Stephen c. wlaman susan K. WIIIif0rd Archie A. TySOn, Jr. Robert A. Moore, III . . . Karen H. Raines .. Laura L. WiIIiamS .Perry L. Bartelt UDjOI'In ACnIeVernent Award ......... ..... ..... . . . Archie A. TySOn, Jr. For the senior, elected Dy his classmates, who most completely embodies the concept of the Total Phvslclan Faculty AWarCI ....... ........ . . . . . .......... Karolyn KI'UQer For demonstrating overall scholarship and character Surgical Merit Award . . . . . .................. R. Bradley TI IOn'IaSOn, III For excellence In the Held of surgery Willit Award ... ........ .... R obert Lee BrOWhIOW, Jr. ICIaSS of 19851 For derTlOI1StrafII'IQ InfeI'eSI and ability ln TIEUTOSO OQI'aDhV

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DE DICATION DR. ISADORE MESCHAN ,',, l G Q' f f 'X 'r Jil V - A .i-5' g li ' 1,5 '-. .A F K X 1 .1 A 2 ' XX 175, 1 1 'T ,xg XX 4. I is IIA 7 'inn I , 4 l 7' X A l 5 Ni Brilliant, Involved, Superb teacher. Dedicated These WOI'dS aCCOmD3hied the nominations fOl' DF. lSadOI'e Meschan as the Class of 1984 elected bv ballot the r'eCiDieht of this vear's dedication. DF. MeSCh3h stands out among OUP' facultv as a l'eSDeCted and admired man, one who l0VeS hiS work and passes his enthLlSlaSm on to his students, He is viewed as an expert in his field DUt never COndeSCendlhQ as an inStI LlCtOI'. His manner is firm and commanding vet gentle and QenUlhelV Caflhg. Df. NleSChah hailS fl'Om Cleveland, Ohio, where he WaS born and raised. At WeStel'n Reserve UhlVel'SltV he I'eCeiVed hiS B.A., hiS lVlaStel S in physiology, and in 1939, hiS lVl.D. He began hiS l'eSldenCV at CIeveIand's University Hospital Dlanhlng to Dl'aCtiCe family medicine at the COhCIuSi0h of hiS tfalning, but instead WaS captivated bv the boundless limits ofthe field of l'adiOlOQV. In 1951, An AtlaS of NOI'ITlal RadiOQI'aDhlC Al'latOmV WaS DUDllShed. DF. Meschan wrote it because at the time VeI'V little WaS Wfitteh Oh the subject. ThiS WaS followed bv thirteeh Othel' textbooks either authored Of' coauthored bv DT. MeSChah. One of these, ROel'ltOQen Signs in CliI'liCal Diagnosis, WaS the first radiology textbook to use and 0l'lentatiOn of I'adi0Ql'aDhiC signs rather than of dlSeaSe. DUflnQ WOl'ld Wal' ll he WaS StatiOhed in lVlelDOUl'ne, Austrailia, Whel'e he met and married Rachel Fal'l'el', Nl.D. After the Wal' he l'etLlFl'led to WeStel'n Reserve as a teaChinQ fellow and then beCame and inStl'LlCtOl'. He grew fascinated With the peaceful aDDllCati0n of l'adiOnUClideS in nUCleaI' mediCihe. lh 1947 he moved to Little Rock, Al'KahSaS, to head the l'adl0lOQV deDal'tmeht. There he WaS pivotal in the eaI'lV work that resulted in the use of CObaIt 60 in radiotherapy. In 1955 he arrived in WihStOh-Salem as the head of Bowman Gl'aV School of NledlCine'S radiology department. Hefe he has continued with hiS l'eSeaI'Ch, DLlDliShlnQ over 100 articles and aDStl'aCtS. ln 1977 he retired as deDal tment chairman and OVeI' tWO-thll'dS ofthe l'eSidel'ltS he graduated Fetufhed for 3 banquet in hiS hOhOl'. He received the Gold Medal of the Amel'iCan College of RadiOlOQV in 1978, as Well as SCOI'eS of honors before and since. Now ih 1984, Dr. MeSChah h3S decided to retire. He and hiS wife Will remain ih WinStOh-Salem, Del'haDS With mOFe time fOI' tennis, Del'haDS with more time fOl' their SOn and three daUQhtefS - all outstanding Dl'OfeSSlOnal lndlVidLIalS. HiS Veal'S at Bowman Cl'aV have been valued by hiS DeeI'S, l'eSidentS, and StUdentS. He is a Wafm man, alWaVS a gentleman, with enel'QV and enthusiasm. He is a I'Ole model for all people. The Class of 1984 is honored to dedicate thiS book to him. lBlOQFaDhlCal data fl'Ol'T1 ADDIIEG RBCIIOIOQV, VOI NO 6 DQ 513 3

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AWARDS IN TEACHING EXCELLENCE 17 James E. PeaCOCK, M.D. Donald O. Castell, M.D. CLINICAL TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD Ronald B. Mack, M.D. JimfT'lV L. 5ifTl0f1. M.D- HOUSE OFFlCER TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD 'Y 'Y' YW Julia M. Cruz, M.D. Kirk B. Faust, M.D.