Scope - Volume 05, Number 01

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
_______ ^* ' KSPJV- * University
Vol. 5, No. 1, January 10, 1968
Keynote speaker announced
for annual dental convention
Loma Linda University's eighth annual School of Dentistry Alum
ni- Student Convention has been scheduled for March 7 and 8, an
nounces Charles T. Smith, DDS, dean of the School of Dentistry.
Attendance of more than 1,200 dentists, dental hygienists, and
students of the two professions
is expected at the convention on
the Lorna Linda campus.
Keynote speech will be given
Thursday morning, March 7, by
Robert H. Finch, lieutenant gov
ernor of the State of California.
A graduate of the University of
Southern California Law School,
Mr. Finch was campaign direc
tor for Richard M. Nixon's 1960
presidential campaign and cam
paign director for California
Senator George Murphy in 1964.
Mr. Finch is also a member of
the board of regents for the Uni
versity of California, member of
the National Republican Coor
dinating Committee Task Force
on Job Opportunities and Wel
fare, and chairman of the Job
Training and Placement Council.
Highlighting the convention
will be the student table clinic
competition, to be judged by a
panel of ten leading dental
authorities. The scientific exhib
its, originated and prepared by
dental and dental hygiene stu
dents, display advances in basic
science and research or in clini
cal application and techniques.
The table clinics will be on
exhibit through most of the con
vention in the newly constructed
Gentry Gymnasium on the Loma
Linda campus. Winners will be
awarded prizes at a banquet
Thursday evening. First place
winner will represent the Uni
versity in the national competi
tion at the 1968 meeting of the
American Dental Association.
Loma Linda University School
of Dentistry students have taken
the first place award for the past
three years and have placed
among the top three for the last
six years in the national Ameri
can Dental Association judging.
Judges for the convention
competition will be March K.
Fong, EdD, assembly woman for
California's 15th Assembly Dis
trict; Donald J. Galagan, DDS,
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First Loma Linda University
heart transplant date nears
The first heart transplant at Loma Linda University may be
only a few months away, according to Ellsworth E. Wareham,
MD, professor and co- chairman of the department of surgery.
" Members of the heart team are capable of performing the
operation now," Dr. Wareham
states, " but there is no set
timetable for such an opera
tion."
Dr. Wareham heads the
University's open- heart surgery
team that just returned from
Greece after successfully intro
ducing their surgical procedures
in Athens' foremost medical
center. They concluded their
program just prior to the out^
break of political turmoil in
Greece last month.
Organ transplants present a
dilemma to the doctor. The
body's ability to reject a for
eign substance must be blocked,
so that the new transplant has
a chance to " take." With the
body's normal defenses against
foreign substances knocked out,
a comparatively minor disease
may prove fatal. For this rea
son, many patients die of pneu
monia while their new organs
are still functioning perfectly.
The eight- member team spent
six weeks in a program of
surgery and demonstration at
Athens' Evangelismos Hospital.
Designed as a " do- it- yourself"
project, the Loma Linda doc
tors first performed the open-heart
surgeries with the Greek
physicians acting as assistants.
Later, the Greek doctors took
over and the American team
assisted. Finally, the Greek
doctors performed the delicate
surgeries on their own.
At a press conference prior
to leaving Athens, Dr. Ware-ham
reported that they exam
ined over 1,000 patients with
heart disease. The 30 operations
included 11 patients who were
fitted with artificial heart
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New gymnasium nearly
ready for occupancy
Loma Linda University officials disclosed last week that the new Dale Gentry Gymna
sium, underwritten by the University Coun cillors, will be ready for occupancy by the
first week of March. The councillors, a lay a dvisory group to the president, had earlier
made available an amount of $ 300,000 for basic construction.
Additional funds were raised
last week to ready the gymna
sium in time for the School of
Dentistry's Alumni - Student
convention, March 7- 9. Still
other funds will be needed for
finishing the work, bringing the
total cost to $ 490,000.
Construction plans call for
18,000 square feet of playing
area. The lower level of the
gymnasium will contain a bas
ketball court and two volleyball
courts, with folding bleacher
seats alongside. The multipur
pose structure, which has a
projected seating capacity of
2,800, will also fulfill the urgent
need of the Loma Linda campus
for a meeting facility for more
than 500 individuals.
Three- sided Balcony
The upper floor, nearly 6,500
square feet in area, will contain
a three- sided balcony and the
approach from a planned mall
which will run from the gym
nasium through the administra
tion building breezeway to Uni
versity Hospital on the south.
The first scheduled event for
the new gymnasium is the
Alumni - Student Convention
sponsored by the School of Den
tistry. Later in the same month,
the Alumni Postgraduate Con
vention, under the direction of
the Alumni Association of the
School of Medicine, will hold
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LLU surgery team
to report on trip
The Loma Linda University
eight- member heart team,
which just returned from a six-weeks
program of surgery in
Athens, Greece, will report on
their mission at the University
Campus Fellowship meeting on
January 12, at 7: 30 p. m. in the
main sanctuary of the Univer
sity Church.
The team performed 30 open-heart
surgeries and saw more
than 1,000 patients in clinical
cardiac conference at the 1,300-
bed Evangelismos Hospital.
Photo by Robert A. Kreuzinger
THE NEW Dale Gentry Gymnasium on the Loma Linda campus is
scheduled for occupancy in the first week of March. The building,
with a seating capacity of 2,800, is reported to be the largest geo
desic design gymnasium in the United States.
World Health Organization
sends LLU professors to Asia
Just returned from a two- month World Health Organization
assignment in Afghanistan are three Loma Linda University pro
fessors.
G. Gordon Hadley, MD, associate dean of the School of Medi
cine; John E. Peterson, MD, as
sociate dean of the School of
Medicine; and U. D. Register,
PhD, chairman of the depart
ment of nutrition in the School
of Public Health, traveling un
der the auspices of the United
Nations, were sent to Afghan
istan to make an analysis of the
needs, resources, and prospects
for health care, teaching, and
research at two Afghan univer
sities.
Dividing their time between
Kabul, the capital of Afghan
istan, and Jalalabad, the Uni
versity professors made a sur
vey of medical education at Ka
bul University and Nangrahar
University.
" The World Health Organiza
tion is making continuous ef
forts to assist the advancement
of medical education in develop
ing countries," Dr. Peterson re
ports. " Loma Linda University
was glad to assist WHO in
making this survey."
The study will form the ba
sis of a report by the World
Health Organization to the
Royal Afghan Government.
The professors' work in mak
ing the survey was greatly fac-iliated
by the fact that Dr.
Hadley had previously taught
for over two years in Afghani
stan, Dr. Peterson says.
The World Health Organiza
tion is an intergovernmental
body related to the United Na
tions and aims to aid the at
tainment of the highest possible
level of health throughout the
world. The Southeast Asia re
gional offices are located in New
Delhi, India, with world head
quarters in Geneva, Switzer
land.
Staff Photo
MEDICAL MARATHON. Cardiologist Boy V. Jutzy listens to the
heart sound of a reluctant patient, one of more than 100 patients
seen by the University open- heart surgery team during a typical
clinic day in the Athens hospital where they worked for six weeks.
For more photos, turn to page 3.
A waiver examination
in California Government
will be given on March 4
for all students who have
not completed this re
quirement. Prior to this
on January 22, January
29, February 19, and Feb
ruary 26, at 7: 30 p. m. in
Room 2A of Griggs Hall,
lectures will be given by
Robert L. Cleveland, PhD.
There will be a fee of $ 15
which includes the regu
lar $ 5 fee for any special
examination payable in
cash at the first lecture.
The book, Politics and
Government in California
by Bernard L. Hyink,
should be purchased at
the book store in prepara
tion for these lectures and
the examination.
Annual ARC highlights include
homecoming, Magan lectures
An estimated 2,000 physicians from across the nation are ex
pected to attend the postgraduate convention of California's larg
est medical group March 29 to April 4.
The 36th annual Alumni Postgraduate Convention, sponsored
by the Alumni Association and
the faculty of Loma Linda Uni
versity School of Medicine, will
be held in Loma Linda and
Los Angeles.
Activities, attended by gradu
ates of other medical schools
as well as those of Loma Linda,
will include refresher courses
in various medical specialty
areas March 31 and April 1.
A highlight of the convention
will be the annual alumni home-coming,
held for the first time
on a unified campus. The pro
gram, scheduled for the newly
constructed Gentry Gymnasi
um, is entitled " The School of
Medicine 1968 and 1973," and
will include the presentation of
faculty awards, announces
Louis L. Smith, MD, associate
professor of surgery, and con
vention chairman.
The convention will open
with religious services Friday
night and Saturday, followed
by the refresher courses on
Sunday and Monday. The
courses will be taught on the
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