^’0L. 8, NO. 5
1)ECP]MBKK, 1961
DURHAM, N. C.
P^ileeii Mikat and Pat Clniz confer with Dr. Kinney on work o'l
Dr. Hackers laboratory. Tliis lab is typical of the new facilities that reno
vation of the department created. The jilanninff that f^oes into the layout of
a laboratory of this nature is enoup:h to cause ;2;ray hair in the most ex
perienced kitchen planner, but the iiew staff in patholof^' feels pleased with
the results of the many hours of plannins>: j:iven to this task.
Let’s Look al
Pathology
Duke Hospital’s Patholojry Depart
ment is just completing a startling
renovation of both physical facilities
and staiT that epitomizes the recent,
ra])id g:rowth of the Medical Center
as a whole. Ijast j^car two events
destined the year to be one of decision
for this department. These were the
retirement of department chairman,
Dr. Wiley D. Forbus, nnieh loved and
hifrhly respected member of the “orifj-
inal team” at Duke, coupled with
the ap])ointment of a new medical
scliool dean. New administrators to-
frether with the press from expandinfj
clinical services for more services from
patholofry (a.s w’ell as from other ancil
lary services in the hospital) created a
situation that called for hold new
ideas.
The first problem when Dr. Thomas
1). Kinney took over the reins of the
department wa.s that of creatin*' a new'
and enlarfjed staff. Over the past years
most of the eminent, Forbus-trained
pathologrists had jrone on to head de-
l)artments of their own. Dr. Kiiniey
solved this problem by depleting: the
population of pathologists in the
Cleveland area and brinfjinp: many of
his new staff with him from Western
Reserve University. The senior staff
now includes Drs. Kinney, Donald
Hackel, Nathan Kaufman, Stephen
Vofjel (profes.sors), "nernard Fetter,
John Klavins, Albert Smith (associ
ate professors), Joachim Hommer,
Benjamin Wittels, Stanley Kurtz and
Jane Elchlepp (a.ssistant ])rofessors).
This prrou]) of patholop;i.sts all share a
connnon outlook on medicine in gen
eral and pathology in j)articular—an
outlook considered of prime impor
tance by Dr. Kinney. These doctors
all realize that in medicine today
there are fewer lines of distinction be
tween clinician (i.e., the doctor wlio
takes care of patients), teacher and
researcher. To be effective, a nuin
nnist indidge with enthusiasm in all
three areas. In order to attract men
to Duke who had all of these inter
ests, physical changc's in the (ley)art-
ment were essential.
Pathology, before the renovation,
was spread out in a rather leisurely
fashion—a practical arrangement
with a small staff. The enlarged staff
nuide it mandatory to tighten the
s))ace belts of every facet of the de
partment. Office space had to be
found for the staff', and laboratory
s))ace had to be created and e(iuii)i>ed.
A frenzy of activity gripped the
"home of the w'hite pots” on the third
floor late last year. Only now the last
of the j)ainters’ buckets are disappear
ing while the locksmith finishes the
task of figuring out which lu'w keys
belong to which new locks and who
gets how' many of which keys.
In general tlie physical changes
have been designed to consolidate the
secretarial and record-keeping serv
ices, to centralize and increase the
efficiency of the clinical services, to
create needed laboratory spaces for
research and to consolidate teaching
s])aces. From the moment you step
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