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Editor --------------- Elaine R. Spalding
Editorial Coiranittee ----- George Mack, Elon Clark,
Sam Agnello, Cecil McClees, S. Douglas Smith, Doris
Linderoth, Grace McClees, Jay Cook, Frances Patterson.
Published monthly by and for the staff of Duke Univer
sity Medical Center, Box 3354, Durham, North Carolina.
FROM THE DESK OF. .. louis e. swanson
Director of Planning
The function performed by the Office for Planning has
existed for many years but without benefit of an offi
cial name. The office was officially established in
May of 1967 by Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Associate Provost
for Medical Affairs. The office serves as a focal
point for all construction and renovation programs in
the Medical Center and provides a variety of services.
Dr. Jane Elchlepp, Assistant Dean for Planning, is re
sponsible for coordinating plans and space allocations
in the medical school.
Office services range from early consultation, to
sources of funding, the development of construction
documents, and supervision through the construction
phase. The office cooperates closely with the Univ
ersity architect and his staff in Allen Building. Close
cooperation with the Duke Maintenance Department is es
sential because of the vital service it performs in the
area of mechanical systems and communications as well
as in construction. Mr. William Reed is responsible
for preparing equipment lists with the users and pre
pares requisitions, receives, stores, and installs new
equipment when a project is completed. Interior de-
iSign service is coordinated with Mrs. Annetta Potts of
the University Architects Office.
A space inventory is kept up to date to aid in allo
cation of space. A file is kept on each project as
it develops and construction plans are filed for ref
erence. At the present time there are four (4) build
ings under construction, one project about to start con
struction, and approximately twelve (12) areas are un
dergoing alterations. Planning is underway, in various
stages, for a number of other projects large and small.
They include: Limited Life Research Building, Mental
Retardation Research Center (Civitan), Animal Care Fac
ility (at the farm and on campus), Medical Sciences
I-B (Anatomy and Clinical Science), Medical Education
Complex, and Parking Garage and Controls.
The Medical Center is expanding rapidly. The pres
sure for new and expanded facilities makes space more
valuable than money because it takes from three to
four years to occupy a building. The cost of construc
tion has risen dramatically during 1965-67, creating
major financial problems. Federal regulations have In
creased, adding to the problems of getting a new build
ing out of the ground. All of us at the Medical Cen
ter can look forward to the development of more ideas,
more dust and confusion from construction, and a better
place to work.
PROFESSIONAL NEWS
Dr. James LeRoy King, M.D., Associate in Anesthesia
is new in the Medical Center, as well as in Durham...
Dr. H.A. Ferrari will be presenting a paper before the
Southern Medical Association Meeting in Miami Beach,
Florida, Nov. 13-16 on "Variations in Arterial Blood
Flow Before, During, & After Neuroleptanalgesia,"
co-authored by C.R. Stephen, M.D., formerly Chairman
of the Division of Anesthesia here at Duke.
Houston R. Anderson, A.R.I.T., Technical Director of
The Duke School of Inhalation Therapy, has been elec
ted President of the North Carolina Chapter of In
halation Therapists. The Duke School of Inhalation
Therapy has received full accreditation by the Amer
ican Association of Inhalation Therapists. This was
accomplished due to the untiring efforts of Mr. An
derson, who came to Duke two years ago and has built
the department from two to a staff of eight.
Dr. Joseph E. Markee, who for many years has been in
volved in developing and applying audiovisual aids in
medical training and education, has been appointed
Consultant for Audiovisual Education to the Dean of
the Schobl of Medicine. Dr. Markee has been on the
faculty since 1943 and was chairman of the Dept, of
Anatomy from 1953 until his retirement last year.
Dr. John C. Evans, who for
10 years was Chief of
Radiotherapy at Albert
Einstein College of Med
icine in New York, has
been named Professor of
Radiology in Radiotherapy
Research at Duke. While
at Albert Einstein, Dr.
Evans also was affiliated
with the Bronx Municipal
Hospital Center. Prior
to that he was a clinical
instructor in radiology
at the Univ. of Pittsburgh
Med. School and earlier
he worked as radio-ther-
apist at Pittsburgh's
Mercy Hospital.
Chaplain Aitken presented a "Methodist View on Liquor"
during three regional Christian Social Concerns semi
nars in Asheville, Charlotte and Winston-Salem, Oct.
10-12...Miss Carolyn L. Vaughan, Acting Director of the
Dept, of Occupational Therapy, presided over the fall
meeting of the NC Occup. Therapy Assn. held Sept. 9.
Dr. James Hagadorn, Ph.D., from the Univ. of West Vir
ginia has joined the Pathology Dept, in the field of
Immunology.
Betty Kernodle, Director of Medical Records, is attend
ing the annual meeting of the American Association of
Medical Record Librarians, October 13-20, in Los Ange
les. While there she will be working with a committee
of record librarians appointed to develop a list of ab
breviations approved on a national level as acceptable
for use in medical records. Also attending the meet
ing will be Mrs. Je Hamed Bufkin retired Director of
Medical Records at Duke, who will be presented the Dis
tinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions
to the profession during her career.
Dr. Evans