HOSPITAL
DUKE
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Vol. I, No. 6
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Febniary, 1955
Uurliam, N. C.
Six New Staff’
Members Named
A])p()iiitiiieiit of six new senior staff
members was aaiiouueed here recent
ly. The new members joined tiie De
partments of Biochemistry, Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Psycliiatry, Pliysi-
olofjy and Anesthesiology.
Xew assistant professor of anes
thesiology is Dr. Leoimrd W. P^jbian,
formerly ijistruetor at the University,
of Arkansas School of Medicine in
Little Kock.
A native of Little Hock, Dr. Fabian
did nnderf>i'aduate, medical school
and int(‘rneship there. He took
sj)ecial training at the University of
Arkansas and as a fellow in ]>ediatric
anesthesia at Philadelphia Children’s
Hospital.
Dr. William L. Byrne recently
joined the Biochemistry Department
as an associate. A native of Santa
Fe, X. M., Dr. Byrne took nndergrad-
nate training at tlie University of
Wisconsin iind received the Ph.D. de
gree from the Enzyme Institute. He
complet(‘d post-doctoi'ate work at tlie
National Institute of Health in Bc-
thesda, Md. Dr. Byrne, his wife and
three children reside at ‘2921 Horton
Drive here.
Di'. llnpert Kerr, now associate pro
fessor in the Dei)artment of Obstet
rics and Gyiu^cology, stndied at Rice
Institute and the University of Texas,
receiving the M.D. degree at Tulane
University. Following internship ainl
r(>si(lency at Hermann Hosi)ital,
Houston, and at Duke Hospital, Dr.
Kerr served foi' two years in the U. S.
Air Force and returned to Duke for
residency. Di-. Kerr is married to the
former Miss Ann Drake of Durham
and they reside at I’oplar Apart
ments.
Dr. Koy Parker has also joined the
Ob. Gyn. Dej)artment as an associate
professor, following residency here.
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STEAMSHOVELS have been in full swing at Duke Hospital, as excavation got underway
for the new $3,000,000 addition to the Hospital. Traffic has been rerouted through the
South parking lot behind the Hospital, a construction hut has been erected and present
plumbing lines and sewers are being altered. Foundation footings for the new structure
will be laid this month. The new wing, which will provide 109 new beds and a number of
badly-needed clinic and waiting areas, will be seven stories high and is expected to be
completed in December, 1956. The addition will be faced with native North Carolina
stone (the same as in the Hospital visible in this photograph) to conform-with the Gothic
architecture of the University’s West Campus.
A graduate of UNO, Dr. Parker re
ceived the JI.D. degree at the JMedical
Colleare of N'irginia and interned at
Bethesda Naval Hos))ital. Dr. Park-
ei', his wife and son, make thcii- home
at in Pinecrest Road.
New associate professor of i)hysi-
ology at Duke is Dr. McChesney (Jood-
all, .Ir., who came to Duke from the
Yale University Medical School. A
graduate of the University of \'ir-
ginia and the Medical (College of Vir
ginia, Dr. (ioodall also received the
Pb.D. degree from Karolinska Insti
tute in Stockholm. He is also an In
vestigator for the American Heart
Association.
Dr. Bernard Bressler, now com-
(Coniinmcl on page 2)
Intercom’s Birthday
This February issue of Intkk-
C/O.M marks the tirst anniversary
of the Duke llos])ital pai)er. In-
ti'oduced in November, 195;}
with an introductory issue, the
1ntkk(^).m was oilicially launch
ed last Februaiy as a bi-monthly
paper for Duke Hospital eni-
])loyees, stall' and volunteers.
We want to know what our
readers think about the ))aper.
Any critici.snis or suggestions
will be ai)preciated by the Com
mittee and we urge you to droj)
us a note to Box 805 at the 11 os-
])ital.