Several hundred physicians from throughout the nation are expected in New Orleans Thursday for a three-day post-graduate course in internal medicine, sponsored by the Department of Medicine of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. "Advances in Gastroenterology-Enterocolonic Disease and Dysfunction" is the course title, and the program will be under direction of Dr. Gordon McHardy, clinical professor of medicine at LSU. All sessions of the meeting will be held in the LSU School of Medicine auditorium, with registration set for 8 a. m. Thursday. "This course will be presented by the faculty of the LSU School of Medicine, assisted by. guest speakers, distinguished in the field of gastroenterology and allied disciplines" said Dr. McHardy. The program has been accepted for 18 hours of accredited study by the American Academy of General Practice, Dr. McHardy pointed out. 11 GUEST SPEAKERS Eleven guest speakers from outside New Orleans will be participants in the program, as well as two members of the faculty of the Tulane University School of Medicine, and 20 from the LSU Medical faculty. Principal guest program participants will include: Dr. E. Stanley Crawford, Houston, associate professor of surgery, Baylor University College of Medicine; Dr. Martin H. Flax, Boston, associate in pathology, Harvard University Medical School; Dr. Henry Janowitz, New York, assistant clinical professor of medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians Surgeons; Dr. Martin Kasler, Coral Gables, Fla., professor of medicine and physiology, University of Miami. Dr. Armand Littman, Chicago, chief of medical service, Veterans Administration Edward Hines Jr., Hospital; Dr. Frank McGlone, Denver, associate clinical professor of medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Dr. Erwin Netter, Buffalo, N. Y., associate professor of bacteriology and pediatrics, University of Buffalo School of Medicine; Dr. Julian Ruffin, Durham, N. C, professor of medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Dr. Marvin Schuster, Baltimore, instructor in medicine and psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Dr. Margot Shiner, London, England, chief, department of gastroenterology, Central Middlesex Hospital; Dr. Malcolm Stanley, Chicago, professor of medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine. TULANE SPEAKERS From the faculty of the Tulane School of Medicine will be Dr. Paul C. Beaver, The William Vincent Professor of Tropical Diseases and Hygiene; and Dr. Grace Goldsmith, professor of medicine.
From the faculty of the LSU School of Medicine will be the following: Dr. John Bickers, assistant professor of medicine; Dr. William G. Blackard. instructor in medicine; Dr. George Bornside, associate professor of surgery (microbiology); Dr. G. John Buddingh, professor and head of the Department of Microbiology; and Dr. Isidore Cohn Jr., professor and head of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Claude Craighead, clinical associate professor of surgery; Dr. Harry Dascomb. professor of medicine; Dr. James A. Freeman, instructor of pathology; Dr, MacDonald Fulton, San Jose, Costa Rica, research professor of tropical medicine and medical parasitology, LSU International Center for Medical Research and Training; and Dr. Jack C. Geer, associate professor of pathology.
Dr. James B. Heneghan, instructor in surgical research and physiology; Dr. Bettina Hilman, assistant professor of pediatrics; Dr. Emil Kotcher, San Jose, Costa Rica, research professor of tropical medicine and medical parasitology, LSU-ICMRT; and Dr. Gordon McHardy. Dr. Robert McHardy, clinical assistant professor of medicine, Dr William Pelon, San Jose, Costa Rica, research associate professor of tropical medicine, LSU-ICMRT; Dr. Robert Sappenfield, professor of public health and preventive medicine and pediatrics and head of the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Dr., J. Clyde Swartzwelder, professor of medical parasitology and head of the Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology; ; and Dr. Guy T. Williams, clinical assistant professor of medicine.The program will be held from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday and Friday and from 8 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Saturday, at which time the concluding paper of the program will be presented, Dr. McHardy said. PHOTO: SPEAKERS at the three-day post-graduate course in internal medicine sponsored by the Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, starting Thursday will include (from left, top raw) Dr. E. Stanley Crawford, Baylor University, Houston, Tex.; Dr. Henry Janowitz, Columbia University, New York; Dr. Armand Littman, Veterans Administration Hospital, Chicago; (bottom row) Dr. Martin H. Flax, Harvard University, Boston; Dr. Erwin Netter, University of Buffalo, New York, and Dr. Julian Ruffin, Duke University, Durham, N. C.
