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Vital Signs Boonshoft School of Medicine Newsletters

9-1-1977

Vital Signs, September, 1977 Vital Signs, September, 1977

Boonshoft School of Medicine

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Students Close Lid on Faculty Softball Hopes

The unveiling of the softball tro­phy--"The Big John Award"--was one of the highlights of the First Annu­al School of Medicine Student/Faculty Picnic earlier this summer.

In this series of photos, Dr. J. Robert Suriano, Associate Dean for Student Affairs/Admissions, cleverly conceals the coveted prize beneath a grocery sack .•.

To Grant Category I Approval

School of Medicine Receives Four-Year CME Accreditation The topic may be hemophilia ••• or heart disease ..• or aging ••• or any of the hundreds of medical subjects that physicians may wish to know more about. It's called Continuing Medical Education (CME), and Ohio physicians are now required by law to show evidence of at least 150 hours of CME credit every three years.

But not just any credit: 60 of the 150 hours must be "Category I." And that's where the School of Medicine cor.1es into the picture. The School recently received accreditation for the maximum four-year period by the American Medical Association's Council on Continuing Medical Edu­cation to grant Category I approval for CME programs.

Since thousands of CME programs and activities are conducted each year in the U.S., the AMA maintains quality control by accrediting those organizations and institutions which

... before presenting it to Walter Jacquemin, who accepts on behalf of his fellow students •.•

regularly sponsor CME programs. To receive Catgory I approval, a CME program must be planned, coordi­nated, administered, and evaluated in terms of educational objectives.

Eight of our affiliated hospitals are accredited by the AMA, through the Ohio State Medical Association, to grant Category I credit for their in-house medical education programs. These hospitals include Children's Medical Center, Connnunity Hospital of Springfield, Good Samaritan Hos­pital, Greene Memorial Hospital, Kettering Medical Center, Mercy Med­ical Center of Springfield, Miami Valley Hospital, and USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson.

In addition to cooperative programs with our teaching hospitals, the School of Medicine, through its De­partment of Postgraduate Medicine and Continuing Education, also pro­vides area-wide CME programs to support the physician connnunity.

.•. and, in the full flush of victory, gets a congratulatory handshake from Dean John R. Beljan--"Big John."

Research in Action Robert Gotshall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Physiology Program, is studying the contribution of the kidneys to the control of arterial blood pressure.

Hypertension or "high" blood pressure is of ten associated with some dys­function of the kidneys. Normal blood pressure is thus associated with normal functioning of the kid­neys. Along with the nervous system, the kidneys are responsible for re­turning blood pressure to normal when some process threatens the integrity of the cardiovascular system.

According to Dr. Gotshall, the kid­neys respond to a decrease in the blood pressure by releasing a com­pound i::all~d renin ~nYo the blood­stream. Renin results in the forma­tion of another compound, angioten­sin II. It is angiotensin II which can cause constriction of the vessels of the cardiovascular system and op­pose the decrease in blood pressure.

Dr. Gotshall has demonstrated that when blood pressure is decreased during hemorrhage, both the nervous system and the kidneys (through the formation of angiotensin II) react immediately to return blood pressure toward normal within the first few minutes after hemorrhage. The ner­vous system and angiotensin II forma­tion participate approximately equal­ly in this function. Further studies are underway to determine the ef f ec­tiveness of the nervous system in the restoration of blood pressure follow­ing hemorrhage when the effect of angiotensin II is eliminated, and to determine the effectiveness of angio­tensin II in the restoration of blood pressure following hemorrhage when the effect of the nervous system is eliminated.

This study is significant in that it has shown that the kidneys can re­spond rapidly to effect changes in blood pressure.

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Upcoming CME Programs Sept. 28-29 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Obstetrics and Gynecology Symposium. Sponsor: School of Medicine. Site: Stouffer's Dayton Plaza Hotel. Con­tact: Arlene Polster, 429-3200. Credit: 16 hrs. AMA/OSMA Category I. Fee: $75.00.

Oct. 14 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Hemophilia. Sponsor: School of Medicine. Site: Biltmore Towers Hotel. Contact: Arlene Polster, 429-3200. Credit: 7 hrs. AMA/OSMA Category I, 7 hrs. AAFP. Fee: $25.00.

Oct. 26 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pulmonary Heart Disease. Sponsor:

School of Medicine. Site: Kettering Medical Center. Contact: Arlene Polster, 429-3200. Credit: 4 hrs. AMA/OSMA Category I, 3 hrs. AAFP. Fee: $15.00.

Nov. 9 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Neurology-­Recent Advances. Sponsor: School of Medicine. Site: Eugene Kettering Science Center. Contact: Arlene Polster, 429-3200. Credit: 5 hrs. AMA/OSMA Category I. Fee: $20.00.

Dec. 7 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Genetics in Your Medical Practice. Sponsor: School of Medicine. Site: Children's Medical Center. Contact: Arlene Polster, 429-3200. Credit: 6 hrs. AMA/OSMA Category I. Fee: $25.00.

_Voluntary Clinical EacuJty_ -!'1--_.............._ MaAf:ha N. FMnz, M. V. (IncU.a.na UnJ.­veJt.6,Lty School on MecU.c.ine, 1953), A6.6.l6:t.a.n.t ClinJ.c.a.l PJtofie-6.6oJt, Ve­y:xvr.,tmerit on Pedla.:t!Uc..6 •

"Dr. Franz directs the Cystic Fibro­sis Clinic at Children's Medical Center. Her input into our medical school curriculum has been primarily through the Correlation Session on Cystic Fibrosis. Because of her availability and concern for her patients, Dr. Franz has compiled a record for patient survival which ranks second to none in the nation."

--Emanuel Kauder, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Pediatrics

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In Student Circles

.. KEVIN R. BERRY (Year One) is one of two Ohioans selected to receive the 1977 Thomas E. Rardin Family Practice Scholarship from the Ohio State Medical Association. The $2,000 awards are designed to stimu­late students to become family prac­titioners, according to the Associ­ation.

... BILL BOUQUARD has joined our Second-Year class as a transfer stu­dent from the University of Missis­sippi School of Medicine. He re­ceived his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University in 1968. Bill's wife, Renee, holds an M.D. degree and is currently in her first year as a surgical resident at Good Samaritan Hospital.

... BILL ELDER (Year Two) is the author and director of "Proper Tech­niques of Brain Surgery," the first in a series of productions designed to provide comic relief from the stresses and anxieties encountered by our medical students. Other Second-Year students involved in the skit were STEVE BERNARDON, GARY BIEHL, EVAN CANTINI, ROGER HAZEL­BAKER, HERMAN HOBOHM, PETE IMBER, TOM MALCOLM, SAMIA WARWAR, and JIM SELL. A video-tape of the perform­ance is available in the Fordham Library. 3

Profiles

Abraham Heller, M.D., has been ap­pointed Professor of Psychiatry and Connnunity Medicine. He will also hold the title Director of Connnunity and Forensic Psychiatry. In this capacity, he will assist in the creation of a new Forensic Psychi­atry Unit at the Dayton Mental Health Center.

Before coming to Dayton, Dr. Heller was Chief of Psychiatry and Director of the Newport (R.I.) Hospital Men­tal Health Center and a member of the psychiatric faculty of Brown Uni­versity Medical School. He served on the staff of Denver (Colo.) Gen­eral Hospital for 12 years and was instrumental in developing a network of community-based mental health services, general health services in neighborhood clinics, and drug abuse and alcohol abuse programs •

Dr. Heller received his B.A. degree from Brandeis University and his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He is the author of several professional journal arti­cles, a Fellow of the American Psy­chiatric Association, and a member of the American Public Health Assnci­ation.

Dr. Heller's office will be at Good Samaritan Hospital, where the Depart­ment of Psychiatry has its adminis­trative offices.

VA Center Schedules Extended Care Lecture Series These speakers and topics will be featured in the Extended Care Lec­ture Series at the Dayton VA Center, according to Louise Van Vliet, Ph.D., Chairperson. Contact Dr. Van Vliet at the VA Center for more informa­tion.

Sept. 14 Hilda Will, "Survival Quotient"

Sept. 2~ Rosalie Yeaworth, Ph.D., "Nursing and the Elderly"

Sept. 28 Wolfgang Ritchel, Ph.D., "Drug Interaction in the Elderly"

Oct. 5 Leon Pastelan, Ph.D., "Environmental Barriers"

Oct. 12 Elizabeth Wales, Ph.D., "Human Sexuality and Extended Care"

Oct. 19 Winston Beavin, Ph.D., "Chronic Alcoholism in a Drinking Society"

For the Record . • •

COMMUNICATIONS

... DAVID BUZZARD, Ph.D., Coordinator, attended the Advanced Program of the · Institute in Communications, Univer­sity of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., Aug. 7-12.

HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY

... RAYMOND PALMER, M.S.L.S., Librari­an, and BECKY STEPHENS, Special Pro­jects Librarian, attended the annual meeting of the Medical Library Asso­ciation, Seattle, in June ... Mr. Pal­mer has been appointed Chairman of the MLA's Bibliographic Services and Assessment Committee and Secretary to the Medical Library Education Group.

MEDICINE

... A. ROBERT DAVIES, M.D., Associate Professor and Acting Chairman, and RAYNALD LANE, M.D., Associate Clini­cal Professor, attended the Affiliate Faculty Course in Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Medical School Rep­resentatives, Dallas, June 24-26 ... Dr. Davies was a delegate to the annual meeting of the Ohio State Med­ical Association, Columbus, in May.

... DOV GORSHEIN, M.D., Associate Pro­fessor, presented "Profile of Marrow

Inhibitor Concentration in Response to Nitrogen Mustard in Mice" at the International Society of Hematology Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 5-9. ..• Dr. Gorshein presented "Effect of a Steroid on Hem Synthesis" at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Inter­national Society for Experimental Hematology, Basel, Switzerland, Aug. 28-31.

••. SYLVAN LEE WEINBERG, M.D., Clini­cal Professor, presented "Natural History of Coronary Disease" to the Darke County Medical Society in June. ... In May, Dr. Weinberg presented "Prognosis after Acute Myocardial In­faC"ction" and "Conservative Versus Aggressive Approach to Coronary Ar­tery Disease" to the American College of Chest Physicians, Columbus .•. Also in May, he presented "Survival Fol­lowing Myocardial Infarction: A Six­Year Follow-Up" as part of the Ameri­can College of Cardiology's monthly audio tape journal.

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

.•• PARVIZ GOHARI, M.D., and JACK GRUBER, M.D., Assistant Professors, and NICHOLAS J. THOMPSON, M.D., Pro­fessor and Chairman, presented papers at the Current Trends in Family Prac­tice Symposium, Dayton, June 27-29. 4

PEDIATRICS

•.. HARRY ISRAEL, D.D.S., Ph.D., Associate .. Clinical Professor, "The Dichotomous Pattern of Craniofacial Expansion During Aging," Amer. J. Phys. Anthrop. 47: 47-51 ... Dr. Israel presented "Craniofacial Aspects of Endemic Cretinism" at the annual meet­ing of the American Association for Dental Research, Las Vegas, in June . He served as Co-Chairman for the ses­sion on Craniofacial Anomalies.

PHARMACOLOGY

..• ROBERT W. GARDIER, Ph.D., Profes­sor, "Effect of Atropine and Acetyl­chlorine on Nerve Stimulated Output of Noradrenaline and Dopamine-Beta­Hydroxylase from Isolated Rabbit and Guinea Pig Hearts," Naunyn-Schmiede­berg' s Arch. fur Pharmkol. 297: 251-256.

PHYSIOLOGY

..• MARY ANN FREY, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, served on the site team that visited North Carolina Central University, Durham, earlier this sum­mer to evaluate the MARC Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant, under the auspices of the

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. .• ALAN TUCKER, Ph.D., Assistant Pro­fessor, "Oxygen-Tension-Dependent Pulmonary Vascular Responses to Vaso­active Agents," Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 55: 251-257 •.• Also, "His­tamine H1- and Hz-Receptors in the Cat and Their Role During Alveolar Hypoxia," Resp. Physiol. 29: 255-264.

RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

. •. CHARLES COLBERT, Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, recently present­ed "The Bone Distribution Profile: A Radiographic Aid for Measuring Bone Healing" to the IEEE National Aero­space and Electronics Conference, Dayton.

... FELIX GARFUNKEL, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, presented "Abdom­inal and Ob/Gyn Ultrasound" and "Radiological Diagnosis of Tumors of the Abdomen" at the Second Ecuadorian Congress of Radiology, Quito, July 6-10 .

... KENNETH KATTAN, M.D., Professor and Vice-Chairman, gave two lectures --"Cervical Spine" and "Tomography" --as Visiting Professor at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, June 15.