Med Center Growth
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Sea level Hospital
Mr. D. E. Taylor, a native of Sealevel,
N. C., his father and brothers made the
90-bed Sealevel Hospital in Carteret Coun
ty a part of Duke University's medical
facilities at mid-year.
The $2.7 million gift from Mr. Taylor
i«ill provide advantages for both Duke
and Sealevel.
Long-range plans for the community
hospital envision its development as "a
strong, semi-autonomous satellite of the
Duke University Medical Center, gradually
evolving as a true medical center in its
own right."
New Facilities
The George Garland Allen Memorial
Chapel, located near the main lobby on
the first floor of the hospital, was dedi
cated in memory of a former chairman
of the Duke Endowment trustees during
Medical Alumni Weekend.
The chapel, a long-awaited addition to
the Medical Center, is open to all patients,
visitors, and employes at all times. For
mal prayer services are held several times
each day.
Also dedicated during alumni weekend
was the F. G. Hall Environmental Labora
tory, formerly known as the hyperbaric
chambers. The late Dr. Hall was chairman
of the Duke Department of Physiology
from 1949 to 1961.
Three of four buildings in the Research
Park' complex opened their doors in 1969
and construction was begun on the fourth.
The non-permanent buildings will provide
necessary research space until permanent
structures are someday built on the site.
The three completed buildings of Re
search Park house projects in the Depart
ment of Medicine, in cardiovascular core
research, biomedical engineering, immu
nology, and organ transplantation. The
fourth building will be used by the
departments of pediatrics and microbio
logy and immunology.
Work also was begun in 1969 on the
new vivarium, Duke's central animal care
and research facility. The $1.9 million
structure, located on Science Drive across
from the Nanaline H. Duke Building, will
house most of the animals used for
research at the Medical Center. It is
scheduled for completion in November
of this year.
Health Affairs Vice-Presidency
In June of 1969, the University an
nounced it had created a vice-presidency
for health affairs and appointed Dr.
William G. Aniyan to the position. Dr.
Aniyan, a professor of surgery, had for
merly been dean of the School of Medi
cine and associate provost for medical
affairs.
In his new role. Dr. Aniyan became
responsible for the affairs of the entire
Medical Center, including the schools of
medicine and nursing, Duke Hospital, and
the allied health professions. He is in
charge of the operational and financial
aspects of education, research and patient
care within the Medical Center and pro
vides supervision for all Duke's coopera
tive ventures with other hospitals.
In another administrative change an
nounced in September, Dr. Thomas D.
Kinney, chairman of the Department of
Pathology, was named director of medical
education. With this appointment, Duke
abolished the title of dean of the School
of Medicine. The changes, which also
affected the titles of the former associate
and assistant deans, were recommended
by a committee on administrative reorga
nization set up in 1968.
DR. KINNEY
DR. ANLYAN
Unit Administration
To keep up with the fast-growing
pace of medical care, Duke instituted a
new system of ward administration in
late 1969. It's called the unit system and
it means that the hospital has been
divided into sections according to medical
specialty and a person has been designa
ted to serve as administrator of each
unit.
The program, which is being phased in
over a 12-month period, developed out of
a pilot project begun in 1966. Presently
six men, Ned Kearns, Jim Daniel, Jim
Carter, Russ Gullixson, Lin Bentel, and
John Kernodle, are serving as unit ad
ministrators at Duke.
They have been called administrators
of "hospitals within a hospital" and
their role has been described as "adminis
tration where the action is."
MR. McCAULEY MR. STEINERT
MR. SMITH
MR. AYLOR
MR. HOLT
MR. PECK
Hospital Administration
In January of 1969, C. Edward Mc
Cauley was promoted to a newly created
post as associate director of Duke Hos
pital. He had formerly been assistant
director.
Also appointed to the staff of Hospital
Director Stuart M. Sessoms were four
new assistant directors. They include S.
Douglas Smith, formerly administrative
assistant to Dr. William G. Aniyan, who
was appointed in February, Oscar R.
Aylor, a recent graduate of the University
of Alabama graduate program in hospital
administration, who joined the staff in
September, and Richard Peck and Ken
neth Holt, both of whom became assis
tant directors in November. Mr. Holt was
formerly assistant director at Watts Hos
pital and Mr. Peck came to Duke from a
post with the University Hospitals of
Cleveland, Ohio.
Another new face in the hospital
administration area is Jeff H. Steinert,
appointed assistant vice-president for bus
iness and finance at the Medical Center
in April, 1969. He was formerly director
of management services for the Greenville
(S. C.) Hospital System.
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