5
.12 Faculty Status Changes Announced
Three new appointments, five pro
motions and four status changes have
been made within the medical center.
Announcement of the additions and
changes was made by University Provost
iVIarcus E. Hobbs.
Two of the new positions are full
professorships.
Promoted to the rank of full profes
sor in the Department of Radiology was
Dr. Patrick J. Cavanaugh. He was
formerly associate professor.
Dr. Cavanaugh, who remains in charge
of the division of radiation therapy,
earned his B. S. degree in chemistry
from Gonzaga University in 1947 and
his M. D. degree from the St. Louis
University School of Medicine in 1951.
He served his internship at the U. S.
Public Health Service Hospital in Nor
folk, Va., and a residency in therapeutic
radiology at several European hospitals.
Dr. Pauline Gratz, who has been
associate professor of natural sciences
at Columbia University Teachers' Col
lege, has been appointed a full professor
in the School of Nursing.
Miss Gratz earned degrees at Hunter
College of the City University of New
York and at the Teachers' College of
Columbia University before completing
her Ph. D. degree in science education
at Columbia in 1961.
Dr. Saul Boyarsky, professor of urol
ogy and assistant professor of phys
iology, has been named director of
rehabilitation for the department.
Dr. Boyarsky is a graduate of the
University of Vermont and received his
M. D. degree there in 1946. He served
his urologic residency at Duke from
1950 to 1954 and returned as professor
of urology in 1963.
Faculty members given additional
responsibilities besides Dr. Boyarsky in
clude Drs. Stanley H. Appel, Suydam
Osterhout and Andrew G. Wallace.
Qr. Appel has been awarded the
title of associate professor of biochem
istry in addition to his present position
as associate professor of neurology.
Dr. Appel, a graduate of Harvard,
received his M. D. degree from the
Columbia University College of Physi
cians and Surgeons. Before coming to
Duke in 1967, he was assistant professor
of medicine and neurology at the Univ
ersity of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Osterhout, presently associat§
professor of microbiology and assistant
dean for admissions, has been named
associate professor of medicine. He was
formerly assistant professor of medi
cine.
He received his M. D. degree from
Duke in 1949 following his undergrad
uate work at Princeton University. He
was awarded a Ph. D. degree from the
Rockefeller Institute in 1959.
Dr. Wallace, now associate professor
of medicine, has been given additional
responsibility as assistant professor of
physiology. He received his B. S. degree
Woodhall Wins
James B. Duke
Professorship
Chancellor Barnes Woodhall has been
named James B. Duke Professor of
Neurosurgery.
Dr. Woodhall's appointment climaxes
a career of 32 years at Duke. Taking a
position at the medical center in 1937,
his first task was organizing the neuro
logical service. In I960 he became the
second dean in the history of the School
of Medicine and at the same time was
named vice provost.
In 1964 Dr. Woodhall relinquished
the deanship to devote more time to
overall medical center administration as
associate provost. Last December he
assumed additional responsibility in the
newly created post of special assistant
to the president. His appointment as
chancellor pro tem followed in March.
Dr. Woodhall is a past president of
the American Academy of Neurological
Surgeons, the Harvey Cushing Society,
and the Society of Neurological Sur
geons. He has also been active with
numerous other professional societies at
both state and national levels.
He is a native of Rockport, Me. He
did his undergraduate study at Williams
College in Maine and earned his M. D.
degree at Johns Hopkins University.
from Duke in 1958 and his M. D. in
1959.
He has been director of the cardiac
intensive care unit at Duke since 1965
and is serving as director of the new
myocardial infarction research unit.
Promoted to associate professor of
medicine and associate professor of bio
mathematics in the Department of Com
munity Health Sciences was Dr. Howard
K. Thompson, Jr.
Dr. Thompson, a graduate of Yale
University, received his M. D. degree
from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Columbia University in
1953. He had been assistant professor
of medicine since 1965 and assistant
professor of biomathematics since 1966.
Five men have been appointed or
promoted to assistant professorships,
three in the Department of Pathology.
Dr. Joseph C. Parker, Jr., who re
ceived his B. A. degree from Virginia
Military Institute and his M. D. degree
from the Medical College of Virginia,
has been appointed assistant professor
of pathology. He had been a fellow in,
neuropathology after completion of a
five-year residency at the Mayo Grad
uate School of Medicine.
Dr. Fred L. Ginn, a graduate of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, was promoted to assistant profes
sor from his former position as associate
in pathology.
Dr. Ginn, who received his M. D.
degree from Duke in 1962, is presently
a candidate for a Ph. D. degree.
Dr. Norman B. Ratliff, Jr., formerly
was an associate in pathology and has
been promoted to assistant professor.
He is a graduate of the Duke School of
Medicine and has been working under a
Research Training Fellowship here since
1966.
Named assistant professor of psy
chiatry was Dr. Edward L. Reilly, form
erly an associate in the department. He
is a graduate of the University of Mary
land and earned his M. D. degree from
Seton Hall College of Medicine in 1961.
Dr. Earl F. Baril, who recently com
pleted post-doctoral work at the Univ
ersity of Wisconsin, has been appointed
assistant professor of clinical pharma
cology.
He received a B. A. degree from St.
Anselm's College in New Hampshire and
his Ph. D. from the University of Conn-
scticut.