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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 34
• September 1, 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Kinney Elected
Head of FASEB
Dr. Thomas D. Kinney, director of
medical and allied health education, is the
new president of the Federation of
American Societies for Experimental
Biology (FASEB).
One of his first official functions was
to represent the FASEB in an appearance
before the Platform Committee of the
Republican National Convention in
Miami Beach.
The FASEB was formed in 1912. It
now has 12,500 members who are the
principal developers and dispensers of
new knowledge in the biological
disciplines in the United States, Canada
and 45 other nations.
Dr. Kinney also is chairman of the
Department of Pathology.
In his statement before the GOP
committee. Dr. Kinney observed that the
declaration that every citizen has the
right to adequate health care "has
become one of the tenets of our social
evolution." Then he added:
Dr. Stickel Gets New Post
NEWMAN AT THE TOP-Dr. Thomas
D. Kinney (right), director of medical and
allied health education, is the new
president of the Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology
(FASEB). With him is the man he
succeeded in the job, Dr. Lauren A.
Woods of the Medical College of Virginia
in Richmond.
DR. DELFORD L. STICKEL
"Certainly no responsible citizen can
defend the present (health care) system
which permits such vast discrepancies in
quality of care as now exist because of
the inability of many of our citizens to
pay for adequate care."
He said the country urgently needs "a
unifying system of health insurance
which covers every citizen on a
non-voluntary basis."
Dr. Kinney also urged continued
funding at an adequate level of
biomedical research; increased support of
National Institutes of Health training
programs for basic scientists; and "more
realistic financial assistance to medical
schools for the education of physicians."
Turning to the problem of
malnutrition, which he said welfare
progranre alone will not solve. Dr. Kinney
urged development of "a focal point of
leadership for the delivery of nutrition
services. That leadership should be
organized in such a way that a national
nutritional policy is. rapidly formulated
(continued on page 3)
Dr. Delford L. Stickel has been named
to the new position of Associate Director
(Medical) of Duke Hospital, effective
today.
The appointment of Dr. Stickel, who
has been chief of staff at the VA Hospital
for the past two years, was announced by
Hospital Director Dr. Stuart M. Sessoms
following last week's confirmation of the
appointment by the University Board of
Trustees.
Dr. Stickel is a professor of surgery
and has headed Duke's kidney transplant
program since the first procedure was
performed here in 1965. Since then, 164
kidney transplants have been made. He
will continue his work in that area, and
also his teaching activities in the
Department of Surgery.
Dr. Sessoms has overall responsibility
for operation of Duke Hospital, and
Stickel's range of responsibilities will
include medical-administrative aspects of
the institution. The hospital's other
associate director, Richard Peck, will
continue to be responsible for general
administration and direction of the
activities of five assistant directors.
Dr. Sessoms said Dr. Stickel will
"focus attention on many areas of
hospital administration that interface
with the medical staff."
He also will coordinate medical-legal
activities and "will be a valuable source of
advice as we move into expansion of
hospital facilities," Dr. Sessoms said.
A native of Berkeley County, W.Va.,
Dr. Stickel, 45, received an A.B. degree in
chemistry at Duke in 1949 and his M.D.
at Duke in 1953. He earned membership
in both Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega
Alpha, arts and sciences and medical
honoraries, while in school.
He served in the U.S. Navy from
1955-57.
Dr. Stickel served internship and
residency at Duke and the VA Hospital
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