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INTERCOMMENTS
By Intercom Departmental Reporters arOUnd the hOSpital
Allergy and Chest
New faces in the department include
Coleen Edgell, a technician trainee in the
allergy lab, and Doris Elliott, a technician
I in the allergy lab
Anesthesiology
William Davis is a new tecTinician in
the blood gas laboratory .... Kent
Dalton, an inhalation therapist, returned
to dental school at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has
resigned .... Clara Markham, a techni
cian in the anesthesiology blood gas lab,
resigned
Business Office
Anne Lise Karlson, a business office
cashier, married Paul F. Moson, a grad
uate of the PA program, on Oct. 5 at the
Duke Chapel .... Miss Linda Bullock, a
former business office employe, has re
turned as an addressograph operator ....
Mrs. Sally Bird and Mrs. Jill Schalamon
are new employes in the cashiers depart
ment
Clinical Research Unit
New nurses on Rankin ward include
Mrs. Susan Bierfield, R. N., and Mrs.
Mary Jackson, L. P. N., . . . . new ward
secretary is Catherine Moore
Dietetics
Jean Hass, a former dietetic intern,
was married to Terry Black, a Duke law
student, on Sept. 7 in South Dakota. She
is now an administrative dietitian at the
medical center .... medical dietitian
Ruth Fox will be married to David Lowe,
a physicians' assistant in the Department
of Opthalmology, on Nov. 30 in Tennes
see ... . new dietetics staff members in
clude Sharon Pitz, medical dietitian, Vir
ginia Murphy and Jean Black, adminis
trative dietitians. All were former diete
tic interns.
ENT and Audiology
Mrs. Lucy Cohen is a new teacher in
the acoustic nursery .... Mrs. Barbara
Singleton is a teacher in the acoustic
nursery of the audiology section ....
new registrar-receptionist for audiology
in the new speech and hearing center is
Marie Johnson
Hospital Administration Program
Mrs. Brenda Evans has transferred
from unit administration to the hospital
administrs'ion program replacing Mrs.
Barbara Britt
Hyperbaric Unit
Tommy Edwards is a new machinist
electrician for the hyperbaric unit
Immunology
New technicians in the department in
clude Anne McFalls with Dr. Chester M.
Zmijewski and Clem Williams with Dr.
Rebecca Buckley .... Linda McDonald
is now secretary to Dr. William Boyle
Medical Center Library
Miss Constance McDaniel, chief cata
loguer at the library, married Thomas Ta
tum in Raleigh on Sept. 3 .... new faces
in the library include Mrs. Melida Colin-
dres, library assistant, and Miss Doris
Bass, library assistant to the Extension
Library Service of the N. C. Regional
Medical Program
Microbiology
Iris L. Hiidebran transferred from the
Department of Medicine to the Depart
ment of Microbiology and Immunology
.... new research associates in the de
partment include Drs. Kenneth L. Ander
son, G. Wesley Hatfield, Michael S. Kor-
czynski, Jr., Eleanor A. Scheer, J. J.,
Skehel, Ralph E. Smith and Hendrik J.
Zweerink
Nursing Service
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, president of the
Duke L. P. N. organization and several
other members of the group attended the
national L. P. N. convention in Okla
homa recently .... Dr. Virginia Stone,
professor of nursing education, was guest
speaker at the monthly meeting of the
L. P. N. organization ....
new appointments to head nurse posi
tions include Mrs. Ruby Borden on INU
and Mrs. Lillie Gentry on Welch ward....
new assistant head nurses are Mary R.
Waring and Jane Bennett in the recovery
room and Carol Jones on Welch ward.
Operating Room
Mrs. Ann Morton, R. N., head opera
ting room nurse in general surgery, and
Miss Cecile Skertish, R. N., head OR
nurse in urology, attended the two-day
Association of Operating Room Nurses
workshop in Chicago Oct 18-19
Opthalmology
Betty Jane Hall, secretary to Dr. Banks
Anderson, Jr., was married to Robert
Stancik on Aug. 25 ... . James Broach
and Jim Lowe are new physicians' assis
tants in the department .... Edith
Thompson is a new receptionist
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INTERCOM is published monthly for
Duke University Medical Center faculty,
staff, employes, students and friends by
the Medical Center Public Relations Of
fice, Joe Sigler, director.
Mrs. Sue Childs
PR assistant and Intercom editor
Mrs. Betty Linthicum
Public Relations Secretary
Editorial Committee: George Mack, adminis-
rative associate; Sam Agnello, director of the
division of audiovisual education; Mrs. Audrey
Silberman, president of the Duke Hospital Wo
men's Auxiliary; and Douglas Smith, assistant
to the dean of the School of Medicine.