More than 2000 participants, .from all sections of the nation, are scheduled to assemble at Municipal Auditorium Monday, $!arch 11 for the opening of the 2Oth annual meeting of the New Orleans Graduate Medical Assembly. Sessions are scheduled to last through March 14.
Top-ranking medical experts Will speak and some of the latest discoveries in the medical field will be discussed. Other convention features will include round-table luncheons and technical and scientific exhibits.
The opening session, Monday, Search 11, will get under way at 9:45 a. m., with Dr. Eugene H. Countiss, assembly president, presiding. Delegates will be welcomed by Dr. Countiss, Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison, Dr. Paul p. Abramson, president of the Louisiana State Medical Society; Dr. George H. Hauser, president of the Orleans Parish Medical Society; Dr. Maxwell E. La-pham, dean of the Tulane university school of medicine, and Dr.,.William W. Frye, dean of the Louisiana State university medical school. Following the welcome, a past president award will be presented to Dr. Donovan C. Browne, outgoing president of the assembly. Dr. Wood-ard D. Beacham, a past president, will make the presentation.
Speakers Named
The following assembly officers are helping to plan the convention: Dr. Countiss, president; Dr. Charles L. Brown, president-elect;
Dr. Edwin L. Zander, first vice-president; Dr. Barrett Kennedy, second vice-president Dr. Joseph N. Ane, third vice-president; Dr. Ralph M. Hartwell, treasurer; Dr. M. E. St. Martin, secretary; Dr. Ambrose H. Storck, director of programs, Drs^JLJ&exld^Heii-ingtoiiLand Marshall L. Michel Jr., assistant director of programs and Mrs. Irma B. Sherwood, executive-secretary.
Committee chairmen for the convention are: anesthesiology, Dr. George B. Grant; dermatology, Dr. Barrett Kennedy; gastro-enterology, Dr. Jules Myron Davidson; gynecology, Dr. Dan W. Beacham; internal medicine, Dr. Boni J. DeLaureal; neurosur-gery, Dr. RidiariJLjCoxales; obstetrics, Dr. Harry Meyer; ophthalmology, Dr. James H. Allen; orthopedic surgery, Dr. Daniel C. Riordam; otolaryngology, Dr. Mercer G. Lynch; pathology, Dr.
Ralph M; Hartwell; pediatrics, Dr. Jack E. Strange; proctology, Dr. Merrill 0. Hines; radiology, Dr.. J. Theo Brierre; surgery, Dr. H. jfeichard Kahle; urology, Dr. Gilbert C. Tomskey; publicity, Dr. Charles L. Brown; attendance, Dr. V. Medd Hening; badges, Dr. A. N. Houston.
Constitution and by-laws, Dr. Andrew V. Friedrichs; halls and screens, Dr. Richard W. Vincent; hospitals, Dr. Lawrence H. Strug; hotels, Dr. William S. Neal; post-clinical tour, Dr. Countiss; printing, Dr. Felix A. Planche; reception, Dr. C. J. Tripoli; registration, Dr. Val H. Fuchs; round-table luncheons, Dr. Emmett L. Irwin; scientific exhibits, Dr. Ambrose H. Storck; technical exhibits, Dr. Robert A. Robinson, and I transportation, Dr. Jason H. Col lins.
