Professional News Presents Lecture 24 Students Begin H.A. Program Twenty-four new students arrived at the Medical Center June 12 to begin Duke's two-year Graduate Program in Hospital Administration. Following three days of orientation, the students began working as ward clerks on the major units in the Hospital. The- two-month clerkship, coordinated by Unit Administrator Ted Badger, serves to familiarize the students with daily operations in a general hospital. In addition to their ward clerk duties, the students will be taking an introductory course in hospital administration during the summer months. Those in the program and the units to which they are assigned are; Emergency Department—James A. Wall of Durham. Medicine—Pierre Cousineau, Dayville, Conn.; Charles T. Frock, Lighthouse Pt., Fla.; Jane A. Mahoney, Forest Hills, N.Y.; and William E. Nettles, Natchez, Miss. Obstetrics-Gynecology-William C. Beutell, Altoona, Penn.; Patrick Grant, Cambridge, Mass.; Frank E. Ryerson, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and Salim A. Valimahomed, Nairobi, Kenya. Operating Room and Acute Care Unit-Recovery Room-J. Robert Clark, Robins AFB, Ga.; Edwin T. Harrison, Henderson, N.C.; and John W. Hillenmeyer, Lexington, Ky. Pe d i a t rics—J. Bruce Barragan, Fayetteville, N.C. Psychiatry-David L. Henson, Williamsport, Md.; and Thomas W. Northrop, Chambersburg, Pa. Surgery—Scott B. Bullock, Hingham, Mass.; Ronald J. Butler, Addison, N.Y.; John D. Holly, Charleston, S.C.; Terrence L. Johnson, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jose B. Quintana, Riverside, Calif.; J. Richard Stanko, Butler, Pa.; Lincoln E. Tumey, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Douglas B. Vinsel, Zanesville, Ohio; and Joel M. Wolarsky, Jackson Heights, N.Y. .e' by the camera Dr. William W. Johnston, associate professor of pathology, presented the Ortho Lecture, in Cytology at the meeting of the Canadian Society of Cytology in Sherbrooke, Quebec on June 19. The lecture is given annually by a researcher whom the Society recognizes as a valuable contributor in the field of cytology. Participants Nancy Burris, supervisor of the neurosurgical unit and recovery room, and Patricia Parker, head nurse of the neurosurgical unit, attended the American Association of Neurosurgical Nurses Convention in Boston, Mass. Presents Paper Dr. Charles Lanning, resident in anesthesiology, presented a paper on "Cardiovascular and Blood Gas Alterations Associated with the Use of Methylmethacrylate Cement" at the Southeastern Residents Meeting in Charlottesville, Va., June 5-7. Named William R. Zuercher, a 1968 graduate'of the graduate program in hospital administration, has been named administrator and chief executive officer of the Appalachian Regional Hospitals' Harlan, Ky. Community Health Center. Appointed Dr. John Laszio, professor of medicine, was appointed chairman of the National Institute's of Health study section on pharmacology for the National Cancer Institute for 1972-74. Aniyan Speaks In Netherlands Dr. William G. Aniyan has been in The Hague, the Netherlands, this week as a participant in an international conference sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation on "National Health Services: Their Impact on Medical Education and Their Role in Prevention." Dr. Aniyan, vice president for health affairs, addressed the conference Wednesday, speaking on "Current Curricular Changes in the Continuum of Medical Education." Other speakers in the Monday-Thursday conference were from Great Britain, Israel, Norway, Yugoslavia, New Zealand, Sweden, the People's Republic of China, Denmark and Spain, as well as the United States. Enroute to The Hague, Dr. Aniyan stopped in London for discussions on the impact of national health insurance there on medical schools. Following The Hague conference, he traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, for discussions there today oh effects of changes in the health-care system on health education. DRESSING UP THE PORCH—Psmtexs have been at work putting a new coat of color on the metal railing around the front of the hospital. Brushing up on their work here are William Lanier (left) and Ernest Powell. Painters also have dressed up the waiting area at the hospital bus stop and the green benches between there and the hospital, (photo by Jim Wallace) INTERCOM is published weekly for Duke University Medical Center employes, faculty, staff, students, and friends by the Medical Center Public Relations Office, Joe H. Sigler, director, and Vance B. Whitfield, assistant director. Editor MRS. CHERYL JARVIS Assistant Editor MRS. DALE MOSES Public Relations Advisory Committee: Sam A. Agnello, director of the divisioA of audiovisual education; James L. Bennett, Jr., executive assistant to the vice president for health affairs; C. C. Cobb, emp;loye relations assistant in the Medical Center Personnel Office; Kenneth M. Holt, assistant director of the Hospital; and Julia Taylor, RN, head nurse on Strudwick Ward.