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The Dean's Corner

Accreditation and Accountability

CCHS has finished the big A of all our accreditations this week, for the continu­ing franchise to conduct rredical education as a part of the University of Alabama School of M:rlicine. Actually we have two big A • s, the other being the franchise to operate a family practice residency program and to teach family practice residents. 'Ihese ~ rrajor carponents of the college are accredited by--you guessed it--two entirely separate organizations, each of which has its awn criteria, site visitors, and ti.rretables.

For the accreditation site visit that we ve just undergone, data gathering began

'l:n December 1983. If all individuals and groups involved rreet their deadlines, we can expect to have the final report in February 1985, a process encarpassing

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fifteen rronths. If all the paper we have submitted were laid end to end, you could drive to Gulf Shores on it and never touch the highway.

Since the rraxinn.nn accreditation period is ten years and the nedian accreditation is approximately eight years, we spend a significant portion of our work year either preparing for this event or awaiting the results. This process also foll<:Med hard on the heels of the uni versi tywide accredi­tation conducted by the Southern Associa­tion of Colleges and Schools in which all colleges of the university participate.

'I~re are a host of other accreditations and accountabilities in which we are required to participate. Each faculty physician, nurse, and laboratory technician rust renew his/her license to practice in Alabama annually, and on a separate fo.rm physicians rust rraintain annual licenses for the prescription of controlled drugs at both the state and federal levels.

Until last year, all Alabama physicians were required to have fifty hours a year of continuing rredical education to maintain nembership in the state nedical associa­tion. This was abolished because rrost specialty organizations require continuing rredical education to rraintain active status in the specialty. 'Ire llnerican Board of Family Practice was the leader in this trend by setting the precedent that its nanbers must acquire a specific nurrber of hours of CME and rust be recertified by reexamination every seven years .

Such exarrples of voluntary accountabili­ty are camendable. But the escalating number of public and governrrental accounta­bilities is tedious and disruptive. Ultimately, they tend to erode public confidence in our institutions because a minor technical violation of a given rule or regulation is often confused with true corrpetence or true quality. Myriad ac­countabilities also threaten individual responsibility. Derek Bok, the president of Harvard University, describes the ideal governance structure for a university as one of "benign anarchy. " Where rredicine is concerned, we need to terrper our regulatory zeal with a little benign anarchy; we would all be the better for it.

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Profile William 0. Owings. M.D.

Dr. William 0. <Mings, Clinical Profes­sor of Family M::rlicine, has been an inte­gral and valued participant in the teaching program of the College of Conmuni ty Health Sciences since its founding over a decade ago. He is one of a handful of West Alabama physicians who worked with Dr. William R. Willard, Dean Erreritus, and his staff to establish COIS and ensure its success.

A native of Alabama, Dr. <Mings received his bachelor's degree in chemistry fran the University of Alabama in 1956 and his rredical degree frclJl Tulane M::rlical School, New Orleans, IDuisiana, in 1958. He cx::.~tpleted a rotating internship and a general surgery residency at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas, in 1959 and 1965, respectively. Since then he has been practicing general surgery and family nedicine in Centreville, Alabama.

Dr. <Mings has served as chief of staff of the Bibb Madical Center in Centreville, is medical director of the Bibb M::rlical Center Nursing Hctre, and is a rteiTtler of the board of directors of the West Alabama District Health Depart:rrent. At the state level, he is president-elect of the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians.

As a preceptor for the Depart::Irents of Family M:rlicine and Catmuni ty M:rlicine, Dr. <Mings routine! y has nedical students and residents rotating through his practice, as well as social ~rk graduate students fran the university. In addition, Dr. <Mings spends every Wednesday serving as an attending physician in the family practice suites in the Capstone Madical Center. ~ asked why he, as a physician in private practice, devotes so rruch tirce to teaching, he replies, "Because I love doing it; besides, I learn rrore fran them than they learn fran ne. W:Jrking with them nakes rre a better physician. "

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Wilner J. Coggins, M.D. I Dean Frli torial Board

lee W. Badger Sarah Teal ~llier Jill H. Stewart

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Dr. Bill <Mings with rn;:_. Bob Iahasky _________________________) Preventive Medicine Residency

Tre Depart:rrent of Comrn.mity M:rlicine is currently developing and i.rrplerrenting a Tuscaloosa-based carponent for the systenr wide federal! y-supported Preventive Madi­cine Residency Program. Tre residency follows a clinical postgraduate year in essentially any discipline and begins with a didactic year in Bi.rmingham, at the end

·of which the resident is awarded the master's degree in Public Health.

The third postgraduate year is devoted to the Tuscaloosa-based practicum, allowing the resident to gain, under continued supervision, necessary experience in the application of material learned during the didactic year. Rather than a single basic curricultmt, the practicum year is designed to rreet the individual needs and interests of the resident, with the cooperation and assistance of the systercwide Advisory Carmittee. During the year in Tuscaloosa, the resident is given both exposure to the local health agencies and responsibilii., 1 for coopletion of a major project relateCr"' to his or her special interests. The program's first resident is scheduled to begin the practicum year in January 1985.

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CMC Offers Pediatric Cardiology Clinic

As students and residents crane their necks for a better view, Dr. .Ma.c Bargeron, pediatric cardiologist from the University of Alabama School of M:rlicine, Binningham, points out unique features in the pulsating image on the noni tor screen. '!he child on the examining table lies quietly while she and her parents watch and learn nore about her heart murmur from the two-di.rrensional echocardiogram.

Dr. Bargeron and the nnnthl y cardiology clinic in the Capstone M=dical Center Pediatrics Suite are filling a void in <DIS and Tuscaloosa caused by the departure of Dr. Paul Bellet, forrrer Associate Professor of Pediatrics, over a year ago. With no other pediatric cardiologist in the area, parents faced an hour drive to Binningham in order to get specialized care for their children with heart disorders.

Now, in addition to the nationally recognized expertise of Dr. Bargeron and his associate, Dr. Ed Colvin, the Capstone ~cal Center can provide crnprehensive ~nsite diagnostic services including ~ional echocardiography. '!he ADR Ultrasamd Scanner serves double duty at the ~, providing ultrasound capability for the Cbstetrics Clinic as well as the echocardiography tests for Dr. Bargeron 1 s cardiac evaluations.

According to Dr. David Hefelfinger, Professor and Chief of Pediatrics, Dr. Bargeron is providing valuable educational experience for CCHS students and residents and an inportant service to the physicians of the region who refer their patients for

Dr. Mac Bargeron with rredi.cal students Sandra King and Jim Parker and first-year resident Dr. ~dy Arthur.

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specialized consultations. "~ are fortu­nate that Dr. Bargeron is providing 1 state of the art 1 cardiac evaluations at ~. 'Ihe 2-D echos illustrate the whole ITECha­nism of the heart so that parents can see exactly what haH?E!Jls when there is a hole between the charrbers·. Before this new technological advance, doctors could only describe what they heard to parents and draw sketches. Now parents can see the problems for themselves."

Dr. L. Malcolm Bargeron has been a nentler of the faculty of the University of Alabama School of M:dicine since the rnidfifties. He has earned a national reputation as a cardiologist par excellence for his work in cardiac catheterizations. As Dr. Hefelfinger describes his work, "He's kind of like E. F. Hutton; when Mac Bargeron speaks to rredi.cal academicians about catheterizations, people listen."

However, the developrent of the 2-D echocardiogram has reduced the need for the invasive catheterization process. Dr. Bargeron is finding that not only is echocardiography better for him, but also better for parents. W"len they can see the image of their child's heart on a televi­sion screen, parents tend to deal with and accept the problems and treat:rrEnt better.

Dr. Hefelfinger feels that Dr. Bargeron's contribution to the Pediatric Clinic at OC is a tangible exarrple of the cooperative carmitrrents between the main carrpus of the University of Alabama School of M:dicine and CCHs. He hopes to bring other specialty clinics to the Depart:rrent of Pediatrics in order to fulf1ll the educational goals of <DIS and to rreet the needs of the Tuscaloosa camumi.ty.

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International Research and Service: Faculty Interests Extend Worldwide

The University of Alabama is rapidly expanding its involvenent in the interna­tional arena, and faculty and students at CCHS devote substantial tirre and expertise to the international scholarship, research, and consulting activities of the universi­ty. In the Septerrber /October issue of en PDunds 1 Lisa Rains, Orief lvEd.ical Li.brar1-an, reported on her consulting trip to Xi 1 an, People 1 s Republic of Orina. During the past year, other representatives of CCHS have traveled to Southeast Asia, Central and South Arrerica, and Eastern Europe.

Dr. Robert s. N::>rthrup, Professor and Orief of Carmunity lvEdicine, participates in a variety of international activities, primarily in Asia. Since 1981, he has been involved in tre developrent of a collabora­tive program between an Indonesian rredical schcx:>l and the pr.i.nary care and public health deli very system in the province of ~st SUnatra. Since 1978, Dr. Northrup has worked with the govern:rrent of Bangladesh in a project, financed by UNICEF and orgahized through the Helen Keller International Foundation 1 to prevent blindness caused by Vitamin A deficiency. He has nade two professional visits to Haiti, where he developed plans for orientation of newly graduating physicians and nurses for rural service.

In '7 project sponsored by the Ford ~oundation, Dr. Northrup is working to l.llprove pregnanC<.f outcx::ne and child health and survival in the United States and has visited sites in India to assess the potential for productive research to .inprove health in this area. As a m:rnber of the Diarrhea Task Force of the Prim:try Health Care Technology Project, he is 'WOrking with 30 developing countries to assist them in .inproving their delivery l?rogrc:uns, . particular 1 y oral rehydration and l.ImU.lillza tion. Dr. l'brthrup is also a ItElli:>er of the Subcornnittee on Nutritional ~eillance ~f the National Acad~ of Sc~ences Carmittee on International Nutri­tion PrcX]rarns and a contributing autOOr to a United Nations Population Division nnnograph on the .inplication of nnrtality ~ates for ~ealth care services in develop­~ng countr~es.

Dr. Robert F. Gloor, Associate Professor

of Carmunity lvEdicine and director of the departrrent 1 s rreclical student clerkship, traveled to cali' Colart>ia' last Decenber to rreet with faculty at the Universidad del Valle to discuss their teaching programs in social and preventive rredicine. Dr. Gloor has also 'WOrked with refugees in the cardarran r.buntains of ~stem cantx::xlia teaching the deli very of rredical care under crude conditions. In addition, as part of their rreclical student clerkship in cx:mrtmi­ty rredicine, in the past two years eight students have served in Colrnbia, Haiti, Janaica, and Yugoslavia.

Dr. William W. Dressler, Associate Professor and Acting Chief of Behavioral Science, is currently serving as technical advisor and co-investigator on the PI®:AVAS Project (Prevention of Cardiovascular Disea~ in Developing Nations), a nultisite international cooperative study of the causes of essential hypertension. The research seeks to identify the sociocultu­ral, dietary, and biochemical antecedent ... of hypertension, which is a najor cause o.._} the increase in cardiovascular disease nnrtality that occurs during econanic developrent. This study is currently underway in Brazil, Jamaica, and M:xico; it includes collaborators from the University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, the Uni v~sity of the ~st Indies, Kingston, Jama1ca, and the National Institute of Nutrition, z.Exico City, z.Exico. Dr. Dressler, an anthropologist, is author of Hypertension and CUltural Olange: Accultu­ration and Disease- in the West Indies Which grew out of hisdoctoral research ~ Saint Lucia .

Dr. Arthur A. Stamler, Associate Profes­sor of Pediatrics, has for the past eight years been involved with Partners of the Americas, a national organization that establishes links between Latin Arrerican and Caribbean countries and states in the u.s. Dr. Stamler is medical affairs chair of the Alabama. partnership with Qlatemala. His duties have included the shiprent of approxirrately $1 million in rredical equip­rrent and supplies to Guatemala, serving ac- ­a pediatrician in a rural Guatem:tlaJ clinic, and the developrent of rredi.cal ~nterchanges (ideas, people, lectures 1

mformation)· between Alabama and Guatem:tla.

Noverrber /I:ecanber 1984

News Briefs

Pg>oint:nents, Honors, and Awards

University President Joab 'Iha:nas has appointed the follaving CCHS faculty and staff to standing carmittees: Sarah DEMELLIER, Coordinator of Contracts and Grants, Dr. Roland FICKEN, Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Dr. William WIN.I'ERNITZ, Professor and Chief of Internal ~icine, to the Alcohol Awareness Cornnittee; Judy HOOGES, Staff Assistant, Assistant Dean for Financial Planning and Management, to the Staff DeveloptE11t Advisory Ccmnittee; and Bernice PRICE, Manager of Budgets and Accounting, to the Resources and Priorities Ca:rmittee.

Dr. William DRESSLER, Associate Professor and Acting Chief of Behavioral Science, has been. appointed to the Research Advisory Ccmni.ttee, a universitywide carmittee established to advise President 'Iha:nas on research activities.

Dr. David HEFELFINGER, Professor and Chief of Pediatrics, has been a.wointed Chief of the Pediatric Service at Druid City Hospi­tal for 1984 through 1986. He has also been appointed to a two-year tenn on the Ex:ecuti ve Conmittee.

Dr. Ralph JONES, Professor and Chief of Psychiatry, has been appointed president­elect of the Alabama Psychiatric Society.

Publications and Presentations

Dr. Russell ANDE:RSrn, Associate Professor and Chief of Family M:rlicine, presented a bibliography on elective curriculum at the Residency Assistance Program Panel of Consultants W:)rkshop in Kansas City, Missouri, on Septerrber 20-22.

Dr. William DESHAZO III, Associate Profes­sor of Family M:rlicine and Project Director of Athletic M:rlicine, published "Hema:tana of the Rectus Abdcminis in Football: '1\t.lo Case Reports" in '!he Physician and Spgrts-

,, ,-edicine 1984; 12(9):73-75.

Dr. William DRESSLER, Associate Professor and Actin_g Chief of Behavioral Science,

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Dr. Roland FICKEN, Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Dr. Tamar MILO, fol:llErly Data Analyst in the Deparbrent of Carm.mity M:rlicine; lee BADGER, Research Coordinator in the Departnent of Psychia­try; Dr. Janes LEEPER, Associate Professor of Ccmrunity M:rlicine; Dr. Russell ANDERSeN, Associate Professor and Chief of Family M:rlicine; and Dr. Ralph JONES, Professor and Chief of Psychiatry, pub­lished "Managerrent of ~tal Disorders by Family Practice Residents" in Family M:rlicine 1984; 16(5):170-174.

Dr. lbbert GEf.I.ER, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, presented tv.u poster sessions , "The Serum Osrcolal Gap in Ethanol 'lbxicity" ar:d "Triage Strategy for Canphor Inges­tl.on," at the 1984 Annual Scientific ~ting of the Arterican Association of Poison Control Centers, the 1\rnerican Acad.e!ey of Clinical Toxicology, the Aireri­can Board of M:rlical 'lbxicology, and the Canadian Association of Poison Control Centers in San Diego, California, ectaber 7-12.

George TOLLI, Administrator of the Capstone Madical Center, and Dr. Bradley WARE, Assistant Professor of Family M:rlicine and Ccmro.mity Medicine, were discussion leaders at the National Forum for Issues Concerning Soaring Health Care Costs, which was held at Stillman College, 'IUscaloosa, Alabama, on Septerber 15.

Dr. Bradley WARE, Assistant Professor of Farnil y r.Edicine and Ccmruni ty r.Edicine, presented a two-aa.y conference at the Tuscaloosa Veterans Administration Medical Center on Septerrber 20-21. The conference , titled The Illness-Health Continuum: 'lhe Role of the Social W:)rker and other Profes­sionals in a Holistic Approach to Treat­nent, included the follaving topics: Holistic Health; Primary Prevention Con­cepts: Perspectives from a Physician and a Social W:)rker; Developing an Assessrrent Using the Health-Illness M:Jdel; and Practi­cal Intervention Techniques Based on the Health-Illness Mbdel.

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Dr. William WINTERNITZ, Professor and Chief of Internal M:rlicine, has published "Hypo­kalemic Periodic Paralysis" in the Southern Medical Journal 1984; 77(9) : 1207-1209.

Grant and Contract .Activities

Dr. Russell ANDERSeN, Associate Professor and Chief of Family M:rlicine, has sul:mitted a continuation application for the third year of funding under the "Grants for Graduate Training in Family .Medicine" program. 'Ihe total request for the final year is $75,000.

Dr. Rebert PIERaili, Professor of Internal M::rlicine, Dr. Riley llJMPKIN, Professor of Family Medicine and Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education and Profes­sional Relations, and Dr. Lorin Baurnhover, Professor of Social W::>rk and Director of the Center for the Study of llging, have sub:nitted a preproposal to the Office of Human J:eveloprent services requesting $~38,715 to provide gerontological training fbr nedical personnel.

r.Eetings, W:>rkshops, Consultations

Sarah DEMELLIER, Coordinator of Contracts . and Grants, attended a Prea_wlication Tedmical Assistance W::>rkshop oold by the Area Health Education Center Program, Division of M3dicine, Bureau of Health Professions, Public Health service, in Ib::kville, Maryland, on CX;tober 17-18.

Dr. David HEFELFINGER, Professor and Chief of Pediatrics, and Dr. Arthur STAMLER, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, attended the annual rreeting of the Alabama Chapter­Anerican Academy of Pediatrics on Septenber 28-30 in Qllf Shores, Alabana.

Judy HOOGE'.S, Staff Assistant, Assistant Dean for Financial Planning and Managerrent, attended a seminar on Zero-Based Planning and Budgeting for Nonprofit Organizations <£tobe.r 17-18 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Dr. Ralph JOOES, Professor and Chief of Psychiatry, attended an Alabama Psychiatric Society rreeting in Binni.ngham, Alabama, on septenber 29.

Dr. Janes LEEPER, Associate Professor of Ccmrn.mity M3dicine, attended the Anerican

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Statistical Association's annual rreeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 13-16. ~

Fran September 21 through Q::tober 7, Dr. Paul MOZLEY, Professor and Chairman of Cbstetrics/Gynecology, was traveling in India with a group of other obstetricians/ gynecologists. The group visited hospitals in J:elhi, llgra, Kashmir, Nepal, and Varana­si.

Dr. Robert NORTHRUP, Professor and Chief of Camunity M:dicine, recently visited the Parent to Parent Program at the 'Ibronto (Canada) Departrrent of Public Health. He also attended the Alabama. Rural Health Association Conference in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Septenber 17-18.

Fran Septerrber 15 to Q::tober 5, Dr. lbbert PIERaili, Professor of Internal .Medicine, served as rredical director on a rrountain trek in Peru. He also attended the Ninth Annual Regional CME Program "Office Denna­tology and Pediatrics" at Joe Wheeler State Park, Florence, Alabama, in July.

Guests and Special Events

'Ihe Departrrent of Camruni ty M3dicine recently oosted two international guests: Daltias Churchil, Principal of the School of Nursing, Padang, West Sunatra, Indone­sia; and Khathi M:>koetle, Physician's Assistant and Nurse-Midwife, Transvaal, South Africa.

The Departrrent of Pediatrics welcaned two G.l.a.tamalan physicians, Drs. Miguel Martini and Jose Barrios, in ear 1 y <£tober. In addition to other activities, the two presented a noon conference on 11M:dical Care in Guatemala."

Margaret GARNER, Assistant Professor and Clinical Nutritionist, Departirent of Family Medicine, hosted a Site Visitors W:>rk.shcp (July 26-28) and a Commission on Accredita-tion rreeting (July 29-August 1) for the Arrerican Dietetics Association at the warner House in '1\lscaloosa. 'Ihe group included representatives fran university nutrition program.S and nutrition internshiJ::.J programs nationwide. 'Ihe Ccmnission on .Accreditation is the ADA's version of the I.01E.

November/~ 1984

On October 1, Dr. Alan Siegal, Professor nd Associate Chair, Depart::rrent of ~di­

cine, University of South Alabarra, conduct­ed grand rounds on "Cushing's Disease"; presented a noon conference on "Thyroiditis and its Various Entities"; and participated in case discussions with medical students, residents, and faculty.

Corrmunity Service

Sarah DEMELLIER, Coordinator of Cbntracts and Grants, and Margaret GARNER, Assistant Professor and Clinical Nutritionist, Departrrent of Farnil y M=d.icine, participated in a volunteer training \'.Qrkshop f or Hospice of West Alabarra on October 6 and 20.

en Septarber 19, Dr. David HEFELFTIKiER, Professor and Chief of Pediatrics, present­ed "Asthma and Children: Inplications for the Future" to a neeting of the Alabama Chapter, Arrerican Iung Association at the Stafford Irm in 'fuscaloosa.

:u=rivals and Departures

Jackie BURKHALTER is the new receptionist in ~ Internal Medicine SUite.

Sheree JONES, R.N. , has been appointed Director of Nursing at the Capstone M=di cal Center. She brings over 15 years of nursing experience to the job, including several years in the anced services. Her rrost recent position was as a nursing instructor at West Alabama General Hospi­tal.

Cynthia .flCDANIEL has joined the Depart::rrent of Obstetrics/Gynecology staff as a M=dical Office Assistant.

Dr. Th::lmas .r.rnERM:YIT resigned his position as Assistant Professor of Internal M:rlicine on September 30 to enter private practi ce with Drs. David RICE and Richard SNCM, both Clinical Assistant Professors of Internal M:rlicine.

Cecile M:DCtilAI.D has been hired as a Secre-'--"·ary II in the Departrcent of Pediatrics.

Nanette PETERS has joined the Capstone l•Edical Center staff as an L.P.N. in the Red Suite.

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Jean s. 'IHCMAS is the new &>eretary III in the Depa.rt:rrent of Family M=dicine.

Vital Statistics

Bron Bates, b~ight 5 lbs. 15 oz. , was born to Tanya and RUSTY BATES, a 1983 graduate of UASCM, 'fuscaloosa, on August 29. Dr. Bates has decided to go into academic rredicine and has been told by Gal veston that he can plan his avn fellCM­ship.

Oollege faculty and staff extend ~ deepest synpathy to Bessie GASKINS, House­keeper at the Capstone IvEdical Center, on the death of her sister and to leola JACKSCN, Housekeeper at the Capstone M:rlical Center, on the death of her stepfa­ther.

JanES Randall Horton was born to Mary and RANDAlL HORJXN, a 1979 graduate of the residency program, on June 19. en July 17, Ashley Louise .t>teormick was born to C£il and LCUIS MX:ORMICK, a 1979 graduate of the residency program. Along with Dr. Brent ALIAIN, also a 1979 graduate of the resi­dency program, Drs. Horton and M:Cormick have been in practice at the Acadiana Family Practice Associates in Franklin, Louisiana, for six years.

Qrr sympathy is extended to Dr. George SMITH, a 1983 graduate of UASCM, 'fusca­loosa, on the recent death of his rrother.

A nine pound baby girl, naned SUsan cara, was born to Susan and J<EN VAND~, a 1983 graduate of UASOM, 'fuscaloosa, on Septenber 25.

Miscellany

Dr. Clarence FEAGIN, a 1983 graduate of UASOO, 'fuscaloosa, carpleted one year in medicine in Chicago and is currently in the army at W:ed Hospital, Fort Irwin, Califor­nia. He has a three-rronth old baby boy.

Dr. Barbara WHALEN, a 1978 graduate of UASCM, 'fuscaloosa, is a Lieutenant Crnmand­er in the Navy and is in the final rronths of an Cb /Gyn residency at Bethesda. She recently presented a paper on "Uterine Sarcoma" to the Anred Forces District of the Arrerican Oollege of Cb/Gyn neeting in Atlanta. Dr. Tirrothy WHALEN, a 1978

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graduate of UAS0-1, 'fuscaloosa, is also a Lieutenant Ccmnander in the Navy and is head of student health at the Naval AcadE!f!Y at AnnaJ?Olis. He will be entering an arergency rredicine residency in June. 'lbe Drs. Whalen plan to return to 'fuscaloosa to practice when their tours of duty are over.

As of O:tober 31, the residency program had intervi~ 31 of the 56 candidates select­ed for consideration.

College Calendar

NJvenber 2 First Friday Letters, Science, and M2dicine Cbnference, 12:30 p.m., 101 Educational Tower, Druid City Hospital. "Putting Hamlet an Stage," lecture/denonstration by Dr. Edrrond Williams, Professor and Chair, I:epart:rrent of Theatre and Dance, University of Alabama, and actors fran the University Theatre production of Hamlet.

NJvenber 6 Grand Ibunds, 8:00 a.m., 03.k Rc:x:Jn, Druid City Hospital, "Inflanmatory Bavel Dis­ease." Noon Conference, 12 :30 p.m., 101 Educational 'I'a-Jer, Druid City Hospital, "Reflux Esophagitis." Dr. Lawrence R. Schiller, Staff Physician, Gastroenterology Departrrent, VA M2dical Center, I:allas, Texas, and Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Da.llas.

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l'bverrber 9 CCHS Research Conference, 12:30 p.m., Druir City Hospital Conference Center. "ScreenJ ing of Athletes, " Dr. Robert Voy, M:rlical Director of the U.s. Olynpic Center.

November 14 General Faculty ~ting, 12 noon, Carrel Ro<:m, Capstone M::rlical Center.

l'bvernber 27 !'bon Conference, 12:30 p.m., Rc:x:Jn 101, Educational Tower, Druid City Hospital. "The l-txlern Treatnent of Chemical I:ependen­cy," Dr. Max A. Schneider, President of the California Society for the Treatnent of Alcoholism and Director of Recovery Ser­vices, st. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Cali­fornia.

I:ecenber 7 CCHS FirSt Friday I.etters, Science, and M:dicine Conference, 12: 30 p.m. , 101 Fiiucational Tower, Druid City Hospital. Dr. John F. Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Ccmnunicati ve Disorders, "The Use of Pate-Altered Speech to Assess the Auditory­Terrporal Processing Abilities of Elder1._) Listeners. "

I:ecerrber 12 General Faculty ~ting, 12 noon, Carrel Iban, Capstone M2dical Center.

December 14 CCHS Research Conference, 12:30 p.m., 101 Educational TcMer, Druid City Hospital.

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