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The Philosophy of Professor Valtis
Harisios Boudoulas, MD, Dr., Dr. Hon.Professor of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Pharmacy (emeritus)
Honorary Professor, Academician (an. mem.)Honorary President Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Greece,
Council Member Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios J. ValtisProfessor, Chairman, A Department of Internal Medicine
Dean of Medical SchoolAristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
«Γενεά kαι γενεά επαινέσει τα έργα σου…»- Ψαλμός 144, στ. 4
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- Aristotelis
Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis
‒ Physician‒ Teacher of Medicine‒ Department Chairman – Leader ‒ Example for Future Generations
Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis
‒ Physician‒ Teacher of Medicine‒ Department Chairman – Leader ‒ Example for Future Generations
Full Attention to Patient Without Distraction
Hematology
Other
Biochemistry
Radiology
The Patient Was Always the Center of His Focus
Microbiology
Hematology
Other
Biochemistry
Radiology
Microbiology
The secret of patient care is in caring for the patient
Physician
ClinicalExperience
Science /Technology
Ethics
If a doctors life may not be a divine vocation, then no life is a vocation and nothing is divine
Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis
‒ Physician‒ Teacher of Medicine‒ Department Chairman – Leader ‒ Example for Future Generations
Teacher of Medicine“Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.”
- William Butler Yeats
‒ Continuous stimulation
‒ Constant example of what it takes to be a great physician.
‒ Integrity, honesty, responsibility and dedication to the sick.
‒ Intense program of training with attention to detail without losing the big picture
‒ Demands from students to excel
‒ Always fair
‒ Textbook of internal medicine
Basic Mechanisms and Thinking Were Emphasized
Factors (n) Probabilities (2n–1)
5 31
10 1,023
20 1,048,575
50 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,999
“Socratic dialogues”
‒Difference between memory and thinking‒Accumulation versus movement of facts‒Moving the facts you can solve problems
René Magritte. La Clairvoyance, 1936
New Era in Internal Medicine Based on Pathophysiology
The Quality of Medical Care for an Individual Patient is Related to the Clinician’s Decision and Action
(judgement)
ACTIONDECISION
(What to do) (How to do)
Diagnostic Process -Self Assessment
Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis
‒ Physician‒ Teacher of Medicine‒ Department Chairman – Leader ‒ Example for Future Generations
Department Chairman - Leader“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” - Emerson, Progress in Culture
Personnel of the clinic
He realized that the fate of the clinic lies in the men and women who work there and the ideals which they cherish and teach.
A Department of Internal Medicine: Expectations from the Faculty
‒ Respect with integrity but not servility
‒ High ethical standards
‒ Dedication to the sick
‒ To excel
‒ To achieve the maximum of their capacity (high goals)
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A Department of Internal Medicine: Spirit of the Faculty
‒ Privilege to contribute to the education of future physicians and to the progress of medicine
‒ Privilege of caring for the sick
‒ Any assignment was considered an opportunity to learn
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A Department of Internal Medicine at the Time
‒Learning environment; continuous discussions among faculty members, “Small Plato Academy”
‒Dedication to the sick
‒Referral center (Greece, other countries) for patients with multiple and difficult medical problems
“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” - Aristotelis
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A Department of Internal Medicine: Achievements
‒ Internal medicine based on pathophysiology was introduced in Greece
‒ First successful kidney transplantation in Greece
‒ First artificial kidney unit in northern Greece
‒ Coronary arteriography, electrophysiologic studies in northern Greece
‒ Coronary bypass surgery (Prof Lazarides) in northern Greece
‒ Renal artery stenosis in arterial hypertension
‒ Endocrinologic causes of arterial hypertension
‒ Aspirin as an antiplatelet agent
‒ Other
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The Continuous Evolution of Medicine and the Constant Role of the Physician
Continuous changing of diseases
ClinicalApplications
MedicalScience
MedicalTechnology
The Physician must follow the evolution of medicine
Professor Valtis and his Vision
@ High technology@ Judgment@ Humanennes
A Department of Internal Medicine:Achievements of Faculty Members
‒ Professors of medicine in Greece and abroad
‒ Presidents or deans of medical schools
‒ Founders of new medical schools in Greece
‒ Directors in major clinics or laboratories
‒ Directors of research centers
‒ Academicians
‒ Presidents of scientific societies in Greece and abroad
‒ Developed new fields in Greece (e.g. bone marrow transplantation)
‒ Members of University Council in Greece
‒ Other
“If I have seen further, it is only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”
- Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke, 1675
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Το πνεύμα της Κλινικής Βαλτή“Γενεαλογικό Δένδρο”
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Γενεές μαθητών
του Βαλτή
Καθηγητής Δ. Βαλτής
Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis
‒ Physician‒ Teacher of Medicine‒ Department Chairman – Leader ‒ Example for Future Generations
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it was too low and we reach it.”
- Michelangelo, 1475-1564
The past does not depend on us but the future does.
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
- Henry B. Adams
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Professor Dimitrios J. Valtis: Physician, Teacher of Medicine, Leader
Education
Teacher QualityS
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Tim
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The Quality of the Student and the Teacher in Education
“The fate of an institution lies in the men and women who work in its halls and in the ideals which they cherish and teach”
Sir William Osler
“…the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.”
Peabody, FW
The Care of the Patient
Το μυστικό της ιατρικής περίθαλψης είναι η φροντίδα για τον ασθενή
“if a doctor’s life may not be a divine vocation, then no life is a vocation and nothing is divine”
Stephen Paget – Confessio Media
«εάν η ζωή του Ιατρού δεν μπορεί να είναι θεϊκό
λειτούργημα, τότε καμία ζωή δεν είναι λειτούργημα και τίποτα δεν είναι θεϊκό»
ΙΗΤΡΟΣ ΓΑΡ ΑΝΗΡ ΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΑΝΤΑΞΙΟΣ ΑΛΛΩΝΙπποκράτης
Επί της πρώτης επιτυχούς μεταμοσχεύσεως νεφρού επί ανθρώπου παρ’ ημίν.Κ. Τούντας, Δ. Βαλτής, Α. Μαρσέλος, Γ. Μπλάτζας, Χ. Μπουντούλας, Φ. Χαρσούλης, Δ. Τούσης, Χ. ΠισιώτηςΕλληνική Ιατρική, 1968
Dimitrios J. ValtisProfessor, Director A’ Department of Internal Medicine
Dean of Medical SchoolAristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
«Γενεά χαι γενεάεπαινέσει τα έργα σου…»
Ψαλμός 144, στ. 4
Dedication to Students
‒ Demands from students to excel‒ Always fair‒ Internal medicine book