David C. Sabiston
PROFESSIONAL NEWS
The latest researcli developments in cystic fibrosis were de
scribed in April by DR. ALEXANDER SPOCK, keynote speaker
at the eentenial convention of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation in Quebec. An assistant professor of pediatrics, Dr.
Spock has been credited with the most signficant advance in the
study of the disease in ten years. Last fall he isolated a blood factor
believed to be related to the disease, and the achievement now makes
possible recognition of the unwitting carriers of the defect by a
blood test. • C. CRAIG HARRIS, a new assistant professor of
radiology specializing in nuclear medicine, has been appointed to
the staff. Mr. Harris at the time of his appointment had been on
the staff of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for over 16 years.
He is a widely known consultant in the field of diagnostic radiology
and nuclear medicine. • DR. JOSEPH W.
BEARD, James B. Duke professor of surgery
and head of the virus-cancer lab, received recent
ly a grant of $288,882 from the National Cancer
Institute for the study of viruses as a possible
cause of cancer. This will be a continuation of
Dr. Beard’s study of viruses in relation to avian
(fowl) and human malignancy. The grant will
support the ninth year of a 12-year research pro
gram. • THE REV. P. WESLEY AITKEN,
chaplain at the Medical Center and professor of
pastoral care since 1964, was elected in April to the board of di
rectors of the National Council on Alcoholism for a three-year
term. • During his six-weeks trip in April and May to Australia,
DR. BARNES WOODHALL, vice provost in charge of medical
affairs, delivered a series of lectures on the School of Medicine’s
new curriculum, delivered a paper on laboratory and clinical
studies in brain perfusion before the Neurosurgical Congress con
ducted by the Australasian Society of Neurosurgical Surgeons in
Sydney, presented a paper on brain perfusion for tumor before
the second Asian and Oceanian Congress in Neurology in Mel
bourne, and, in addition to other presentations and visits, met with
the National Health and Medical Research Council in Canberra to
discuss medical library systems. • DR. DAVID
C. SABISTON, JR., chairman of the Department
of Surgery, was elected president of the Society
for University Surgeons at the Society’s meeting
in Toronto, Canada, in February. • DR. HER
BERT 0. SIEKER, professor of medicine, was
named president-elect of the Southern Society for
Clinical Investigation in March. • ELEANOR
KAY, nursing supervisor on Rankin Ward, has
written a book on the different nursing vocations
available to adolescents. Entitled Nurses and
What They Do, the book is scheduled for publication in February,
1968, by Franklin Watts Publishing Co. • Another book, Mycoses
of the Central Nervous System, has been written by members of
the Duke staff. Authors are Duke pathologists DR. BERNARD F.
FETTER and DR. GORDON K. KLINTWORTH and Dr. Wilson
Hendry, former resident and fellow in Pathology at Duke now at
the University of Florida. • The appointment of DR. THOMAS
D. KINNEY, chairman of the Department of
Pathology, to the first R. J. Reynolds Professor
ship at Duke University was announced this
spring. The distinguished professorship was made
possible by gifts totalling a half-million dollars
from the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for the es
tablishment of new professorships in the School
of Medicine and Department of Chemistry. Dr.
Kinney has also been named editor of the
American Journal of Pathology, the official
monthly publication of the American Association
and Bacteriologists and the oldest pathology
periodical in the nation. • DR. J. LEONARD GOLDNER, pro
fessor of orthopaedic surgery, was named Physician of the Year by
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Joseph W. Beard
Thomas D. Kinney
of Pathologists
the Medical Society of North Carolina in February. Dr. Goldner
was cited by the Society’s executive council for his work over the
years in helping handicapped adults. • DR. J. LAMAR CALLA
WAY, chief of the Division of Dermatology since 1946, was named
a James B. Duke Professor in February. A James B. Duke profes
sorship is the highest academic honor offered by the University and
is in recognition of the faculty member’s contribution to scholar
ship and teaching. • DR. AV. R. HUDSON, professor of otolaryng
ology, during March presented three papers at the Oklahoma Aca
demy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in Oklahoma City,
was guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the Houston Otolaryng-
ological Society in Texas, and gave another address at a dinner
meeting of the Portsmouth Academy of Medicine in Portsmouth,
Va. # Also in March DR. R. WAYNE RUNDLES, professor of
medicine, and Norma Lester, chief technician in Hematologj’, at
tended the Technicon Institute in New York and in particular the
seminars on the newest scientific equipment produced by Techni
con, including an Auto Analyzer to be acquired by the Duke Hema
tology Lab. • One of the most distinguished awards in clinical
pharmacology was given by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to
Duke and DR. RUBIN BRESSLER in February. Dr. Bressler is
director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology. The $100,000
award was established in 1959 to “stimulate both research and
training in clinical pharmacology.” • A. SUE NORVILLE,
assistant professor of nursing, and EVELYN D. MORGAN, an
R.N. on Minot Ward, participated in March in the first session of
a three-year project on the preparation of faculty and administra
tive personnel in cancer nursing. The session was conducted at the
M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston, Texas.
The purpose of the project is to develop a continuing education
program, in cooperation with the Southern Regional Education
Board, which will improve the quality of nursing care given the
cancer patient. • The American College of Physicians awarded a
Mastership—the organization’s
highest membership honor—to
\ DR. JULIAN M. RUFFIN. Pro- . /"
fessor of medicine and member j!,
of the Duke staff since 1930, Dr. P
Ruffin was one of only four mem
bers of A.C.P. to be elevated to
this position at the College’s
April meeting. Also honored by
the A.C.P. was DR. DAVID f.
SMITH, professor of community
health sciences and James B. Duke distinguished professor of
microbiology. Recipient of one of the College’s top five annual
awards, the James D. Bruce Award, Dr. Smith was honored
in recognition of his di.stinguished contributions in preventive
medicine. The A.C.P. represents more than 13,000 specialists in
internal medicine and related fields. • At the April meeting of the
West Virginia Academy of Ophthalmologj- and Otolaryngology,
DR. JOSEPH A. C. AVADSWORTH, chairman of the Department
of Ophthalmologj^ presented two papers, one on the repair of de
fects of the lid and lid margins and the other on the a.ssurance of
uncomplicated cataract extraction. Two other papers were pre
sented in April at the Gill Memorial Spring Congress, sponsored
by the Gill Memorial E.N.T. Hospital in Roanoke, Va. • DR.
JAMES P. GILLS, JR., of the Department of Ophthalmology,
presented two papers at the annual meeting of the Association for
Research in Ophthalmology, Southeastern Section, held in March
in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One paper, presented with DR. FRANK
T. HANNAH, was on the therapeutic effects of
varying concentrations of Epinephrine in ther.apy
of chronic simple glaucoma. • The April issue
of the Journal of the North Carolina Dental
Society was dedicated to DR. NORMAN P.
ROSS, associate professor of dentistry and a
member of the Duke staff since 1938. Dr. Ross is
a past president of the Dental Society, has had
every elective office in the Third District Dental
Society, and is a fellow of the International
College of Dentists.
Julian M. Ruffin
David T. Smith
Norman F. Ross