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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 15
APRIL 21, 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
200 Participating
In Fourth Annual
P. A. Conference
More than 200 people from
throughout the nation are attending
Duke's fourth annual Physician's
Associate Conference which began
yesterday in the Durham Hotel.
The central theme of the two-day
session involves curriculum changes and
program development of the Physician's
Associate (PA) concept which began at
Duke in 1965.
This year, the conference is divided
into four general sessions where speakers
discuss changes in the PA program and its
relationship to similar professions such as
the nurse practitioner and Medex.
The third general session got underway
at 8:30 today when Dr. Nicholas
Danforth, director of the Medex program
at Dartmouth College, spoke on "Current
Status of the Medex Programs."
Dr. Eleanor Lambertson, dean of the
school of nursing at Cornell University,
followed Dr. Danforth with a talk
entitled, "Roles of Nurse Practitioners."
Two Duke faculty members spoke at
the fourth general session today. Dr.
Leonard J. Goldwater, a professor of
community health sciences, spoke on
"Dependence, Independence and
Interdependence." Dr. Eugene Stead,
Florence McAlister Professor of Medicine
and originator of th» PA concept, spoke
on "Potential Patterns of Utilization."
The program opened yesterday when
Nathan Hershey, research professor of
health law at the University of Pittsburgh,
spoke on "Legislation and Legal Issues."
John A. Braun, a graduate of the Duke
PA program followed with a talk entitled
"Economic and Sociologic Studies."
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□WL.
Vfhai’s an OWL?
OWL is the acronym for
Odom-Woodhall Legion, a group of
present and former house officers in
neurosurgery who are gathering here for
two days of scientific sessions dedicated
to Dr. Woodhall and Dr. Odom.
Drs. Barnes Woodhall and Guy Odom
are the men most closely associated with
the development and direction of the
neurological surgery service at Duke. Dr.
Woodhall came here in 1937 to establish
the division, and he headed it until being
named dean of the School of Medicine in
1960.
After a succession of other
appointments, he was named chancellor
pro tem of the University, a post he
relinquished to return to the Medical
Center as James B. Duke Professor of
Neurosurgery in July of 1970.
Dr. Odom, who came to Duke in
1943, succeeded Dr. Woodhall as chief of
neurosurgery, the position he still holds.
Nearly 40 physicians who served
residencies under Drs. Woodhall and
Odom are among'those who returned to
Duke for the scientific meetings today
and tomorrow.
President Terry Sanford was to deliver
opening remarks at the first session this
morning in M 224, Davison BIdg.
Board of Visitors
Convenes Today
The Medical Center's Board of Visitors
is meeting here today and tomorrow to
study on-going programs at the Medical
Center, and to make recommendations on
future developments.
The 15-member board, made up of
representatives in the fields of medicine,
nursing, business, hospital administration
and finance from throughout the
country, meets here each spring at Duke's
invitation to provide professional
guidance for the Medical Center's future.
The chairman is Henry E. Rauch of
Greensboro, who also is vice chairman of
the University's Board of Trustees.
The meetings, in the Board Room of
the Allen Building, will begin with an
executive session at 8:30. Mr. Rauch will
make introductory remarks, and a
progress report of the board's 1971
recommendations will be made by Dr.
William G. Aniyan, vice president for
health affairs.
The morning general session, beginning
at 9 o'clock, will include progress reports
on School of Nursing programs by Dean
Ruby Wilson and a report on medical and
allied health education by Dr. Thomas D,
Kinney, director of medical and allied
health education.
During the afternoon Dr. Jane
Elchlepp, assistant to the vice president
of health affairs for planning, and Dr.
Stuart M. Sessoms, director of Duke
Hospital, will report on construction
programs in the hospital.
The board also will hear reports on
Medical Center activities in the
community by Dr. E. Harvey Estes,
chairman of the Department of
Community Health Sciences, and Dr.
Patrick D. Kenan, a professor of
otolaryngology who also serves as an
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