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Duke University Medical Center
. Durham, North Carolina 27710
TRULY PLEASANT—Annie Lee Terry (right), clinic services coordinator in the Surgical
PDC, tells Gloria McAuley, employee relations representative, about changes she has
seen during 27years here. CP/)ofo fay/na fried)
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'Enthusiasm for Each Day'
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By Sam Andrews
Employee Relations Coordinator
“When I started work as a
receptionist. Surgical PEXI (Private
Diagnostic Clinic) had maybe 18
employees,” remembers Annie Lee
Terry, the longest term employee in
SPDC. "That was in February of
1950.”
"I suppose growth is the most
notable thing I've observed,” Terry
said. "The entire hospital is so much
bigger but, naturally I've been closer
to SPDC. We must have around 140
people in the department now, and
Lord knows how many times the
patient load has doubled."
As clinic services coordinator in
SPDC, Terry is in a position to know
what goes on there — that's part of
her job.
"Like it? I love it," she said.
"Thinking back over these 27 years is
truly pleasant. Oh, I won't say that
there haven't been some moments.
I've had my share. But I can't think of
another job, anywhere, that could
possibly have given me more
satisfaction than what I've found
right here."
Widowed 12 years ago, Terry
keeps house with her dental
assistant daughter Betsy and Bill
when he isn't attending school in
Cincinnati.
"The arrangement is comfortable
and the company is excellent,” she
said.
Looking ahead, Terry sees
continuing growth for Duke, not
only physical growth, but also
growth in the quality of patient care
and medical techniques.
"There .are some exciting things to
come,” she believes, "and I plan to
be here to watch them. Curiosity is
one of the ingredients mixed up to
make my job so interesting.
Something new and different is
going to happen every day and that
gives me enthusiasm for each day as
it comes.
"People are important, too. It's
good to be in touch with the doctors,
with other employees, both in and
out of SPDC. But," she pauses, "I
guess the best is being in touch with
patients. Being a part of helping
others is a really good feeling."
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September 16-23,1977
We would like to list lectures, symposia and other activities at the medical center in the
Intercom Calendar. Notices can be accepted for the calendar no later than one week prior to
publication. Notices may be sent to Box 33^, Hospital. If last minute scheduling makes it
impossible to send a written notice in time, please call 684-4148.
Friday, September 16
12:30 p.m. Microbiology and Immunology Seminar. Dr. Fred Rapp, Dept, of
Microbiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.,
will speak on "Biologic Prop>erties of Cytomegelovirus Bearing
on Oncogenesis," Rm 143, Jones Bldg.
1 p.m. Network for Continuing Medical Education (NCME). Program
on "Clinical Immunology Update: The Mechanisms of Immune
Competence, Immune Deficiency Disorders and Autoimmune
Diseases." 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.
4 p.m. Anatomy Seminar. Dr. Uwe Slaytr, University of Agriculture,
Vienna, Austria,' will speak on "Regular Arrays of
Macromolecules on Bacterial Cell Walls: A Model System for a
Dynamic Process of Assembly," Rm 273, Sands Bldg. Coffee and
cookies at 3:45 p.m.
Monday, September 19
12 noon Pathology Research Conference. Dr. N. B. Ratliff, Dept, of
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota,
will speak on "The Z Band in Hemorrhagic Shock and Nemalin
in Myopathy," Rm M-204.
Tuesday, September 20
, 7f30.p-.nji'>;/' ; Ostomy Association, Epworth Methodist Church.
Wednesday, September 21
11:30 a.m. Blood Drive, first floor Cafeteria.
1 p.m. NCME. See Fri., Sept. 16 for program listing and viewing areas.
Friday, September 23 .
12:30 p.m. Biochemistry Seminar. Dr.. Frederick C. Hartman, Biologv
Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., will
. speak on "Affinity Labeling of Ribulosebisphosphate
Carboxylase," Rm 147, Nanaline H. Duke Bldg. Coffee at 12:15
p.m. in the lobby.
Eleven Faculty Promoted in Medical Center
Eleven faculty promotions in four
medical center departments have
been announced by Frederic N.
Cleaveland, university provost.
Promotions from assistant
professor to associate professor in
the Department of Medicine were
awarded to Drs. John J. Gallagher,
Edward W. Holmes Jr., Charles M.
Mansbach II, Francis A. Neelon,
Harold Carl Strauss and William E.
Yarger.
Dr. James Loren Nash has been
promoted from assistant professor to
associate professor in the
Department of Psychiatry and Dr.
Robert J. Thompson Jr. has been
promoted from assistant professor to
associate professor of medical
psychology in the same department.
Dr. Donald Serafin has been
promoted from assistant professor to
associate professor of plastic and
maxillofacial surgery.
Promoted from associate in
obstetrics and gynecology to
assistant professor were Drs. Arthur
F. Haney and Michael R. Soules.
Gallagher completed an
internship and residency at Duke in
1968-70 and served two years with
the Public Health Service before
returning to Duke as a fellow in
cardiology. A graduate of the College
of Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., and
Georgetown University School of
Medicine, Washington, D.C., he is
director of Duke's Clinical
Electrophysiology Lab and
established investigator .for the
American Heart Association.
Holmes holds a B.S. degree from
Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va., and an M.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, Philadelphia, granted in
1%3 and 1%7, respectively. He came
to Duke as a resident in 1^0. He also
holds the rank of assistant professor
of biochemistry.
Mansbach earned his B.A. degree
from Yale University in 1959 and his
M.D. from New York University in
1%3. A lieutenant commander in the
U.S. Naval Reserve, he was head of
the Division of Gastroenterology,
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.,
1968-70. He currently holds a similar
position at Durham's VA Hospital.
Neelon graduated from Boston
College in 1958 and from Harvard
Medical School in 1962. He is
associate director of Duke's Clinical
Research Unit and serves as
consiiltant in endocrinology and
coordinator of education in medicine'
at Chirham County General Hospital.
A native of Canada, Strauss earned
B.Sc. and M.D. degrees from McGill
University, Montreal, in 1960 and
1964, respectively. He was appointed
to the Duke faculty in 1972 and
currently holds the additional rank of
assistant professor of pharmacology.
Yarger, who also holds the rank of
assistant professor of pharmacology,
is chief of the home dialysis unit at
the Durham VA Hospital. He is a
1959 graduate of Texas Christian
University, Fort Worth, and earned
his M.D. from Baylor University
College of Medicine, Houston, in
1963.
Nash, a Durham native, attended
Duke as an undergraduate and
earned his M.D. at Duke in 1966. He
is a 1976 graduate of the University
of North C a r o 1 i n a - D u k e
Psychoanalytic Training Program
and heads the Mental Hygiene Clinic
at Durham's VA Hospital.
Thompson is head of the Division
of Medical Psychology and
administrative director of the
Developmental Evaluation Center at
Duke. A 1%7 graduate of LaSalle
College, Philadelphia, he holds M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of North Dakota.
Serafin earned an A.B. in 1960 and
an M.D. in 1964, both from Duke.
Following internship and residency
in surgery at Grady Memorial
Hospital and Emory University,
Atlanta, he returned to Duke for
residency in plastic surgery. He is
currently chief of plastic surgerv at
the VA Hospital.
Haney first came to Duke in 1972
as a resident in obstetrics and
gynecology. He was awarded a B.S.
by the University of Pennsylvania in
1968 and an M.D. by the University
of Arizona in 1972.
Soules attended the University of
Santa Clara and earned his M.D.
from the University of
Califomia-Los Angeles in 1972. He
completed internship and residency
requirements at the University of
Colorado Medical School, where he
was chief resident in obstetrics and
gynecology, 1975-76. He was
appointed an associate at Duke in
1976.