Dr. Wallace Merriam has been 1 named chief of anesthesia and iDr. Melvin D. Steiner head of the department of gynecology at Touro infirmary.
All other department heads and chiefs of services were reappoint-ed. Department heads presently are meeting to plan a seven-story medical surgical wing to be constructed at Touro late this year.
Chiefs of services reappointed for an additional one-year term are Dr. Sidney L. Soniat, dentistry; Dr. Leslie Mundt, dermatol-ogy; Dr. Murrel H. Kaplan, gas-troenterology; Dr. Allan Goldman, medicine; Dr. Conrad Wall, neuro-[ psychiatry; Dr. Howard Karr, neurosurgery; Dr. Harry Meyer, obstetrics; Dr. Walter Diaz, ophthalmology; Dr. George D. B.; Berkett, orthopedics; Dr. Samuel Zurik, otolaryngology; Dr. Suzanne Schaefer, pediatrics; Dr. Sam Karlin, surgery; Dr. Gilbert