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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Wadsworth to Chair Ophlhalmology
Native North Carolinian Returns to the South
tioiis relatiiijz; to eye surgery. Jle
is member of a dozen state and
national medieal soeieties and
five fraternities.
Before studying medicine at
Dui^e, Dr. Wadsworth received
tlie A.B. degree from Davidson
('oilege. He took his iuternshij)
at the Bellevue Hos])ital and his
residency training at tlie Coluin-
hia-Preshytei'ian ^Medical ('enter.
Dr. Wadsworth is married to
the former Mary Toms Buciian-
an of Durham. He is a native of
Charlotte.
TITUS NAMED |
Bert R. Titus, Director and
Assistant Professor of Ortho-
sis and Prosthesis, has been
elected seeretary-treasurer of the
world’s largest artificial limb
organization.
A member of the board of
directors last year, Mr. Titus
now moves up to the executive
board of the American Board for
the Certification of Prosthetics
and Orthoties. He was elected at
an annual meeting of tlie Board
held recently in Denver, Colo.,
which drew an estimated fiOO
persons from around the world.
A Duke alumnus and North
('arolina native. Dr. Joseph
A. (L Wadsworth, of New York,
became chairman of the new
Duke University Medical Center
Department of Oj)htlialmology
on .July 1.
Dr. Wadsworth is a graduate
of the Duke Medical School.
Prior to asuniing his Duke posi
tion, he was a clinical professor
of ophtiialmology at Columbia
University. He was also attend
ing o])hthalmologist at the l^res-
byteriau Hospital, the Vander
bilt (’linic, consultant to New
Rochelle Hospital, and attending
surgeon in ophthalmology at the
Roosevelt Hospital, all in New
York.
Dr. Wadsworth succeeds Dr.
Banks Anderson, Sr., who di
rected what was formerly known
as the Division of Ophthalmol
ogy in the Department of Sur
gery. Dr. Anderson will con-
tiinie teaching and research in
his capacity of professor of oph
thalmology.
lie is author of many publica-
Lesler Named New Radiology Chairman
is known for skill in diagnosing heart disorders
One of tlie luition’s outstand
ing young radiologists joined the
Duke University Medical (’enter
faculty as a departmental chair
man on July 1.
Dr. Richard J. Lester, former
chairman of the Dejiartment of
Radiology at the Medical ('ollege
of Virginia, has assumed similar
responsibilities here at Duke.
A native of New Yoi'k C’ity,
Dr. Lester succeeds Dr. Robert
J. Reeves. Dr. Reeves will devote
full time to his teaching and re
search duties as ])rofessor of
I'adiology here.
The new dei)artmenta! chair
man is widely known for his
intei-est and skill in diagnosing
heart disorders. He is author of
nearly 40 articles in his field.
Dr. Lester joined the iledical
.College of Virginia faculty in
l!)(il. He went there from a posi
tion as associate professor at the
University of Minnesota, where
he had started his teaching
career in medicine as an instruc
tor in 1954.
Dr. Lester received his A.B.
degree from Princeton Univer
sity in 1946 and his 51.1). from
the College of Physicians aiid
Surgeons, Columbia University,
in 1948. He interned at the New
York Hospital, then served a
four-year residency in radiology
at Stanford University Hospital
before joiiung the U. S. Air
Force as a captain.
Wait, Please... More
VouThrowTliatitwa^!
It’s been a long time since
you’ve cleaned out those cabi
nets, but be selective, please,
about those items that you throw
away!
We hear, for instance, that
there is in the Medical Center a
collection of x-ray tubes of some
seniority as x-ray tubes go. As a
matter of factual information,
they are the first tubes used here
at Duke Hos])ilal, and they have
been termed “priceless” as far
as the ^ledical Center Archives
are concerned.
You, too, might have some
thing for the Archives. Are
Ihere old .Medical School or
School of Nursing publications
which are collecting dust—a
valuable sign that they are
senior citizens of the cabinet
which j’ou’re cleaning out? Pos-
sibh’ you have old photograjihs,
“originals” in equipment, etc.
that you woidd like to contribute
to the Reading Room (i.e.
“Archives”) of the New Medi
cal Center Library.
This room will be devoted to
the “History of Duke University
^ledieal Center.” In the room
will be doeinuents, maimscrii)ts,
books, objects of ])rofessional his
tory (such as the x-ray tubes),
etc. which will “tell the continu
ing story” of Duke IMedieal
(’enter.
The “story,” however, will be
only as complete as the contribu
tions received. So—if your cabi
net yields an Archive contribu
tion, please have the item(s)
taken to either Dr. Barnes
Woodhall, 101 Davison Building,
or Mr. G. S. T, Cavanagh in the
Medical Outer Library.