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In Allery ยง Chest Dlv., congratulations to Kenneth
and Claudia Ferrell who have a little boy born Feb.
13. In Data Processing, we welcome Ellen Norwood,
keypunch operator. In Behavioral Medicine, we wel
come Dolores Gains, formerly of the Dept, of Radio
logy at Watts Hospital, who is secretary to Dr.
Bogdonoff. In Dermatology, we welcome Frances Robin
son, a medical secretarial intern, who is working for
Dr. John Tindall. Congratulations to Miss Delaine
W, Melton, secretary to Dr. John Tindall, who will
be married to Mr. Thurston Yates in June. In Com
munity Health Sciences, Betsy Johnson who is secre
tary to Dr. William DeMaria, is back to work after
a three month leave of absence taking care of her
new baby born Jan. 14. In Nursing Service, Miss
Judy Samuel, RN on INU is engaged to Mr. Wayne Wood
ward. They will wed June 15 and plan to live in
Philadelphia. Promotions in nursing service went
to Mrs. Joanne McLees, RN and former head nurse on
CCU, who will be Clinical Supervisor of Cardiovas
cular nursing units. She will also be involved with
coronary care unit planning with the Regional Medical
Program. Mrs. Janet Gelein has been appointed head
nurse on CCU. Mrs. Laura Chang has been appointed
head on Drake which will reopen as a cardiovascular
unit this summer. And Miss Betty Floyd, RN in the
Hemodialysis Lab, is leaving soon to live and work
in Paris, France. One of the graduates of the last
class of Patient Care Assistants was Mrs. Mildred
Booth. Mrs. Booth is a familiar face on Halsted and
McDowell wards where she was employed as a ward maid
for many years. We wish Mrs. Booth much success in
her new undertaking.
,In the Operating Room, we welcome Raeford Gerald,
orderly, and Marguerita Grounds as medical supply
assembler. Congratulations to Mrs. Betty Hollida, RN
who has been promoted to head nurse in GYN. In the
Physician's Assistants Program, Mr. S Mrs. Prentiss
Harrison have a baby boy bom in March. In the Out-
patient Dept., we welcome the following new employees:
Shirley Andrews, Lorraine Baggett, Peggy Burgess,
Eleanor Thompson and Eddie Williams. Congratulations
to Ann Peterson, who has a baby boy born March 18.
And to Margie Barbee, who has a little girl born April
4. In Plastic Surgery, Nancy Casey has transferred
to the Dept, of Ob-Gyn.
MEDICAL STUDENT WINS FELLOWSHIP
David Seligson, a senior at Duke University Medical
School, has been selected as one of 31 American med
ical students to receive Smith, Kline, and French
Foreign Fellowships granted by the Association of
American Medical Colleges.
Seligson will spend nine weeks this spring at two
mission hospitals in Madagascar where he will per
form and assist with surgery and treat patients in
the wards and outpatient clinics.
PROFESSIONAL NEWS
There were four Duke participants at the Tri-State
Medical Technologists Convention held May 3rd and
4th. The participants come from North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee, Those from Duke who present
ed papers May 3rd were Dr, C. M. Zmijewski, Ph.D. in
the Dept, of Immunology who presented "Tissue Typing",
Dr. Gale B. Hill, Ph.D. in the Dept, of Microbiology
and Radiology who's topic was "Hyperbaric Oxygenation
and the Treatment of Anaerobic Infections" and J. E.
Pickett, Instructor in the Dept, of Pathology who pre
sented "Film-Sections of Tissues." And Mr. Edwin C.
Bryson, of the University Counsel presented "Infections
Control."
A one day workshop on "Nursing Care of the Cardiac
Patient" was held March 29 at the Biological Science
Building on Duke Campus. This workshop was sponsored
by the N. C. LPN Association Inc. and Nursing Service.
Many of the LPN's on the staff at Duke attended this
workshop. They were commended for their interest and
attendance by Miss Bedard. Dr. Henry McIntosh was the
keynote speaker at the workshop. Other participants
from Duke were Mrs. Margaret Williamson, RN Instructor
in the Post Graduate Program for LPN's, Mrs. Kathleen
Andreoli, Mrs. Joanne McLees. Miss Polly Campbell and
Rev. P. Wesley Aitken.
Dr, Frank W. Clippinger attended the National Amputee
Meetings April 1 through 5. The meetings included:
CPRD Panel on Lower Extremity Bracing; Region IV Meet
ing; and CPRD Paper on Modern Amputation Surgery. The
members of the Milwaukee Orthopaedic group have select
ed Duke as their annual meeting place. They met here
from April 18 through 20, The Orthopaedic Division
provided the Professional Program to acquaint them with
the workings of the Medical Center, Approximately 25
individuals attended. The American Orthopaedic Asso
ciation met in Boca Raton April 21 through 25. Those
who attended from the Orthopaedic Division were Dr. J.
Leonard Goldner, Dr. Lenox D. Baker, and Dr. Richard
Nasca. Dr, Nasca read a paper on the-subject of Giant
Cell Tumor>
Dr. Vernon Nichol, Medical Director of the Ranchos Los
Amigos, Rehabilitation Center in Downey, California
spoke to the members of the Paraplegia Neurogenic
Bladder group on April 27. Dr. Arthur Hodgson, Chair
man of the Dept, of Orthopaedic Surgery and Dean of
the Hong Kong Medical School is visiting professor
from May 5 through May 9. Dr. Hodgson will participate
in conferences, rounds, and be concerned particularly
in patients who have severe deformities of the spine.
Drs. Patrick Kenan and Boyd Worde appeared on local
TV April 11 to discuss cancer of the mouth and larynx.
Dr. Galen Wagner, Cardiac Fellow, has been appointed
temporary director of the CCU replacing Dr. Andrew
Wallace. Dr. Wallace will still direct the MIRU re
search activities on the CCU, however.
DAYLIGHT SAVING?
Daylight saving is founded on the quaint old Indian
idea of cutting off one end of a blanket and sewing
it on the other end, to make it longer.