Dr. Robert G. Heath, chairman of the department of neurology and psychiatry of Tulane university's medical school, and Dr. Charles Watkins, head of the Louisiana State university medical school's neurology and psychiatry department, will be the key speakers at a joint meeting of the Louisiana State Psychiatric Association, the New Orleans Society of Neurology and Psychiatry and the medical staff of De Paul hospital, to be held Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the Rosary building assembly rooms at the hospital, 1038 Henry Gay ave.
Dr. Heath will discuss "Psychiatric Research in the Future" and Dr. Watkins' topic will be *'The Future of Clinical Psychiatry." Both Dr. Heath and Dr. Watkins are consulting members of De Paul's medical staff.
Special invitations have been
issued to all members of the OrLeans Parish Medical Society, oF which Dr. John F. Oakley is president.
The purpose of this joint meeting, hosted by De Paul's medical staff, is to provide an opportunity for members of these medical societies to become better acquaint ed with the extensive psychiatric treatment facilities at De Paul hospital and to promote professional fellowship among the respective groups.
Newly elected officers of the Louisiana State Psychiatric Association and the New Orleans- Society of Neurology will be installed at this meeting. Dr. Arthur M. Blood, De Paul medical staff president, will preside. Guided tours for the visiting physicians have been arranged by Sister Mary Alice McCarthy, hospital administrator, to precede the scheduled program. PHOTO: DR. ROBERT G. HEATH
DR. CHARLES WATKINS
