Radiology Seminar to Begin Thursday at Medical Center

              author of over 125
published articles in scientific
journals, he won the Interame-rican
College of Radiology Gold
Medal Award in 1968 and the
American College of Radiology
Gold Medal Award in 1969.
A native of Canada, Dr.
MacEwan earned the American
Board of Radiology diploma in
radiology and medallion in
nuclear medicine in 1958.
He received his B.S. and
M.D.C.M. degrees and diploma
in radiology at McGill Universi-ty.
He also has earned a
certification in therapeutic ra-diology,
fellowship in diagnostic
radiology, and a C.S.P.Q. in
radiology.
University appointments in-clude
assistant professor in
radiology at McGill, professor
and chairman of radiology and
lecturer in anatomy at the
University of Monitoba.
He is a member of the McGill
Medical Postgraduate Board
and the International Commit-tee
of Radiological Information.
He is chairman of the McGill
Alma Mater Fund, faculty of
m e d c i n e , McGill; Scientific
Program Committee of the
Canadian Association of Radiol-ogists
and the Committee on
Training and Qualififcations of
the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada and the
Canadian Association of Radiol-ogists.
Dr. MacEwan is senior exam-iner
of the Canadian Board of
Radiology.
Dr. Meschan holds the B.A..
M.A. and M.D. degrees from
the Western Reserve Universi-ty,
Cleveland, Ohio.
A member of the American
Board of Radiology a n d
the Commission on Edu-cation,
American College of
Radiology, Dr. Meschan is also
a member of the Society of
Nuclear Medicine, Southern
Medical Association, Associa-tion
of University Radiologists,
American Roentgen Ray Socie-ty,
Alpha Omega Alpha honor-ary
medical society, Radiologi-al
Society of North America,
North Carolina Radiological So-ciety
and Academic Radiology
Department Chairmen.
Dr. Meschan is consultant to
the Oak Ridge Institute of
Nuclear Studies, Walter Reed
Army Hospital, Department of
Radiology Seminar to Begin
Thursday at Medieal Center
Chairmen of four depart-ments
of radiology will be guest
speakers at the radiology post-graduate
seminar Thursday and
Friday at the Confederate Me-morial
Medical Center audito-rium.
Sponsored by the Louisiana
State University School of Medi-cine
here, tne program is
acceptable for 11 hours credit
from the American Academy of
General Practice. Dr. E. K.
Lang is program chan-man.
Registration will be from
8:30-9 a.m. Thursday. Advance
registration is requested, but
not required. The registration
tee is $35. Checks snould be
made to the LSU School of
Medicine in Shreveport and
mailed to Robert R. Graves,
Business Office, LSU School of
Medicine, 510 E. Stoner Ave.
Keynote speakers will be Dr.
Philip J. Hodes, professor and
chairman, department of radiol-ogy,
Thomas Jefferson Univer-sity
Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Dr. Douglas W. MacEwan,
professor and chairman, de-partment
of radiology, The Uni-versity
of Manitoba Winnipeg
G e n e r a l Hospital, Winnipeg,
Canada; Dr. Isadore Meschan,
professor and chairman, Bow-man
Gray School of Medcine,
Winston-Salem, N.C.; and Dr.
Walter M. Whitehouse, profes-sor
and chairman, department
of radiology, University Hospi-tal,
The University of Michigan
Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
Dr. MacEwan will discuss
"Air and Positive Contrast
Arthrography (Synovial Abnor-malities
in Large Joints)" and
"Detail for Improved Diagnosis
During Exretory Urography."
"The Roentgen Manifesta-tions
of Very Early Gastric
Carcinoma" and "Small Bowel
Manifestations of Systemic Dis-ease,"
will be Dr. Hodes'
topics.
Dr. Meschan will speak on
"Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
— What is it?" and "Compara-tive
Study of Gastrocamera and
Roentgen Studies of the Stom-ach."
"Current Status of Obstetrical
Radiology" and "Radiiographic
Spectrum of Bronchial Carcino-ma,"
will be presented by Dr.
Whitehouse.
Also on the program will be
f i l m - r e a d i n g sessions and
"Roentgen Diagnosis of Trau-ma
to the Urinary Tract," by
Dr. Lang. The Ark-La-Tex
Radiologist Society will partici-pate
in a film-reading session.
Dr. Hodes holds B.S. and
M.D. degrees from the Univer-sity
of Pennsylvania, where he
was a research a s s i s t a n t ,
served as an intern and held a
fellowship in radiology. He
earned his D. Sci. in radiology
from the university's Graduate
School of Medicine in 1940.
A diplomate of the American
Board of Radiology, he is a
fellow and vice president of the
American Roentgen Ray Socie-ty
and holds membership in
several other professional socie-ties.
He was chancellor of the
American College of Radiology
1957-59 and was secretary for
the Fifth Inter-American Con-gress
of Radiology and is
visiting professor to eight uni-versities.
Or. Isadore Meschan
Radiology, International Com-mittee
of Radiological Informa-tion,
Teletherapy Board of the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies, Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology, Radiology Divi-siom.
Dr. Whitehouse is long-term
editor of "Yearbook of Radiolo-gy."
Dr. Philip J. Hodes
Dr. Douglas W. MacEwan