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nteucom duke univcRsity mcdicM ccntcR. VOLUME 19, NUMBER 29 July 28, 1972 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Dr. S. Katz Named Davison Professor DR. SAMUEL L KATZ A physician who strongly believes in the concept of "treating the total patient" has been named to fill one of two new endowed professorships in general pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Samuel L. Katz, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke, was named to the first Wilburt C. Davison Professorship which was created through contributions totaling $1 million from the Duke Endowment and the Doris Duke Foundation. Katz was selected by a special Medical Center committee headed by Dr. Thomas D. Kinney, chairman of the Pathology Department. According to Katz, the gifts will underwrite one additional faculty appointment in pediatrics for a physician who will focus more on the training of the general physician for infants and children. "We do an excellent job in training the pediatric specialist in such fields as cardiology, immunology, endocrinology and neurology," Katz said. "But we must do an equally good job and balance this training by strengthening the general pediatricians, both in number and quality." Katz said the Duke program will concentrate on providing a broad base of medical experience for these physicians. He noted that the general pediatrician is the leader in standards of care for infants and children. "It then becomes our responsibility to equip these physicians to meet the variety of health care needs they will be called upon to fulfill," Katz said. Katz, a native of Manchester, N.H., earned his degree in medicine at Harvard Medical School and served his medical internship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was later pediatrician-in-chief at that same hospital from 1958 to 1961. He has been a senior associate in medicine, research associate, and chief of the newborn division of Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston. He served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and before coming to Duke in 1968 was director of the combined Beth Israel Hospital—Children's Hospital Medical Center training program in infectious diseases. Party Held to Honor Dr. N. Conant DR. CONANT INSTRUCTS-iam&% B. Duke professor of microbiology Dr. Norman Conant looks over the shoulder of a student who is busy at work completing Duke's summer medical mycology course.' This postgraduate course was initiated by Dr. Conant in 1947 and since its inception over 630 persons have attended this class, (staff photo) Dr. Norman F. Conant, James B. Duke Professor of microbiology, was honored at a surprise party for the Silver Anniversary of the summer medical mycology course oq July 22 at Nance's Barbecue. Present at the celebration were family, students currently enrolled in the summer course, fornier students, colleagues, and friends from at least 16 different states. Dr. Conant received many gifts at the party but the highlight of the evening was the presentation of letters bound in a memorial volume from distinguished people throughout the world. Duke Hospital's annual postgraduate course in medical mycology was initiated by Dr. Conant in 1947 and was designed to insure a working knowledge of human pathogenic fungi. The course emphasizes (continued on page 4)
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