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DR. CHARLES E. PUTMAN Putman Named Radiology Head (Continued from page 1) consultants involved in the care of patients as eaily as possible, he said. The physician's chief research interest lies in finding more efficient imaging methods for detecting developing lung cancer than are now available. Putman is married to the former Mary Evans Clark of Wichita, Kan. They have two daughters, aged eight and nine, and a son who is one year old. Office of Public Relations P.O. Box 3354 Duke University Mediccil Center Durham, North Carolina 27710 New MD Wins History Award Professor Honored at Davidson Dr. Joseph A.C. Wadsworth, professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Davidson College at commencement exercises Intercom Calendar May 27-June 3,1977 Notices may be sent to Box 3354, Hospital, no later than one week prior to publication. Friday, May 27, 1 p.m. Network for Continuing Medical Education (NCME). Programs on "Ovarian Cancer EHagnosis and Treatment of Common Epithelial Tumors" and "Gait: ’ Normal and Abnormal." View in Rms' M-405, M-410, 2031 and Medical Student Lounge (Channel 7 or 9) at Duke and Rms A3002 (by appointment only), C9013, D3008, CCU and classrooms and media learning lab of Allied Health Bldg. at VA Hospital. Tuesday, May 31, 12 noon. Pathology Research Conference. Dr. Jane Elchlepp, assistant vice president for health affairs and associate professor of pathology, will speak on "Progress of Duke North," Rm M-204. Wednesday, June 1, 1 p.m. NCME. Programs on "The Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism: A Decade of Progress," "Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Management of an Enigma" and "Upcoming Programs." See Fri., May 27 for viewing areas. last Sunday. A 1935 graduate of Davidson, Wadsworth received his M.D. degree at Duke in 1939 and interned at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. After service as a flight surgeon in World War 11, he completed residencies in medicine, surgery, and neurology before beginning advanced training in ophthalmology at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He was in private practice in New York and was associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at Columbia University for almost 20 years before returning to Duke to be the first chairman of a separate Department of Ophthalmology. He was largely responsible for opening the Eye Center in 1973. A member of numerous professional organizations, Wadsworth retains his links with Davidson as a member of the Board of Visitors. It was not always routine for a doctor to keep track of a child's weight and height. The origin and development of that practice was the subject of a paper that has won a national award for Dr. James A. Young, who received his M.D. degree from the School of Medicine May 8. Young received the Osier Medal and a $200 cash award from the American Association for the History of Medicine at its annual meeting at the University of Wisconsin in Madison this month. Human Growth The paper, entitled "Anthropometric Study of Human Growth in 19th Century American Medicine," begins with the work of Henry P. Bowditch, a physiologist at Harvard University in the 1870s. "At the time, families in New England were not having as many children as new immigrants," Young said. "People theorized the American-bom women were not as fertile." When Bowditch found that American girls' growth slowed in adolescence, he thought that meant that the women must be weaker. Young said. Little information on children's size and weight was available from Europe, so comparison was difficult. r ' „ Developmental Screening Modem ideas of developmental screening and plotting a child's growth on a graph originated in experiments that weighed children every day. Young said. The experiments showed that a dip in growth was a sign that something was wrong. A graduate of Harvcird University, where he was a history major. Young will serve an internship in general medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. DR. JAMES A. YOUNG Professional News Dr. Michael R. Soides, fellow in obstetrics-gynecology, presented a paper on therapy for luteal phase deficiencies at the Ninth World Congress of Fertility and Sterility in Miami, Fla., April 11-15. Dr. R. Herbert Wiebe, assistant professor of obstetrics-gynecology, presented a paper on "Diagnosis of Prolactin- SeOTting Pituitary Microadenoma." Celebrity Golf Starts Sunday RENEWING RIVALRY WITH SONNY — For several years, the Washington Redskins benefitted by having quarterbacks Billy Kilmer and former Duke star Sonny Jurgenson battling each other for the starting position. The two .will be trying to outdo each other again Sunday and Monday, this time on Duke's golf course, and the medical center's pioneer efforts in research and treatment of children's diseases will benefit. They will be joined by several other sports figures, irKluding former New York Yankee greats Whitey Ford, Roger Maris and Bobby Richardson, home run king Hank Aaron, and Jurgenson's fellow alumni Dick Groat and Steve Jones. The long list of celebrities irKludes entertainers such as Perry Como, Chet Atkins and Professor Irwin Corey. Two recent additions are local heroes Pat Patterson, formerly of WKIX radio, and Dean Smith, NCAA basketball coach of the year. You can still get advanced tickets today from the Pediatrics Department Office (228 Baker House) or Unit Administration Office (Howland Ward, Rm 1449). An oncology symposiimi April 6 in Greenville featured nine medical center faculty members. They were: Dr. Donald S. Miller, associate professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center's Cancer Control Program, on the control of cancer; Dr. Lowell S. Miller, professor of radiology and director of radiologic activities at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, on radiation oncology; Dr. John Falletta, associate professor of pediatrics, on pediatric oncology; Dr. Samuel A. Wells, Jr., professor of surgery, on breast cancer; Dr. David F. Paulson, associate professor of surgery, on genitourinary cancer; Dr. Walter E. Davis, assistant professor of medicine on malignant lymphomas; Dr. Rayford Scott Jones, associate professor of surgery, on colo-rectal cancer; Dr. Hilliard F. Seigler, associate professor of surgery, on malignant melanoma; and Dr. Roy T. Parker, professor and chairman of ob-gyn, on gynecological cancer. Wells, Paulson, Davis, Sei^r and Parker are also members of the Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Comprehensive Cancer Center sponsored the symposium with the Eastern Area Hedth Education Center and Wayne County Memorial Hospital. Nancy Fugate Wood, associate professor of nursing, presented a two-day seminar at Boston University, April 12-13, on the nurse and human sexuality. Dr. Dorothy E. Naumann, director of student health services, was a delegate to the Council of Delegates from member institutions at the American College Health Association aimual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., April 19-22. The current and potential use of psychology in improving mental heidth services to older persons is the subject of a new book edited by Dr. Doyle Gentry, chief of medical psychology, and just published by Ballinger Publishing Co. of Cambridge, Mass. The book, Geropsychology: A Model of Training and Clinical Service, represents the proceedings of a similarly named conference held here in June, 1974, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Division of Medic«il Psychology. A. Lee Messer III has resigned as chief management engineer at the medical center to take a position as management engineer for Durham County General Hospital. “Yes, mother, I remembered to scrub up!”
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