Cone Hospital review [November, 1968]

              REVIEW
Vol. Ill, No. 5
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
November, 1968
Heart Association Donates
Video Recorder to Hospital
A new piece of equipment was added to diagnostic facilities of Moses
Cone Hospital when the Greensboro
Heart Association recently gave the
Cardio-Pulmonary laboratory a video
tape recorder to use in conjunction
with the fluoroscope in that department.
The machine has a dual usage, ac-
At bottom right is the new video tape
recorder which feeds to the TV monitor
above. At bottom left is the control
panel for the multi-channel recorder.
cording to Dr. Thomas Nolan, director. It is valuable as a diagnostic tool
in studying cardio-vascular disease as
well as having a use in medical education.
Before the installation of this new
equipment, a movie camera recorded
the course of injected contrast material
during cardiac catheterization. However, the patient had been returned to
his room several hours before the film
could be developed. Often when the
doctors viewed the film, they felt additional or clearer pictures were
needed.
With the video recorder, a tape is
made at the same time the motion picture film is exposed. Immediately after completion of the catheterization,
the tape can be run and, if needed, additional film made at that time, with
the result of less inconvenience to the
patient and better film available to the
physicians for study and diagnosis.
A second projected use is in the
educational field through showing
tapes made by medical schools and
other similar groups to both physicians
and paramedical personnel.
Volumes Donated
A set of bound volumes of Modern
Concepts of Cardiovascular Disease,
1940-1965, has also been given to the
Cardio-Pulmonary laboratory by the
Heart Association.
Radiology Department Has New Ties
To Greensboro College and UNC-CH
The Radiology Department of
Moses Cone Hospital is now affiliated
with two institutions of higher learning
in the State.
The School of X-Ray Technology
offers work leading to a B.A. degree
from Greensboro College; and six doctors of the department are on the
teaching staff of the University of
North Carolina School of Medicine at
Chapel Hill with students and residents
also  coming  to  Greensboro  to  gain
experience.
Dr. Ralph Jolly, Greensboro College
president, announced the new degree
at the beginning of the academic year.
Students who satisfactorily complete
two years at the college and two at the
hospital in the X-Ray department will
earn a B.A. degree and will also become eligible to take boards to be-
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Dr. G P. Vennart
Visiting Professor
To Teach in Lab
Dr. George P. Vennart, Professor
and Chairman, Division of Clinical Pathology, Medical College of Virginia,
is to be Visiting Professor of Pathology
here for a two-day seminar on November 19 and 20.
Pathologists, interested physicians,
technicians and students are invited to
attend the sessions.
At 5 o'clock, Nov. 19, Dr. Vennart
is to lecture on "Reaction of the Liver
to Injury." Patricipants in the meeting
are invited to an informal Dutch dinner after the session.
Tuesday morning, the visiting professor will participate in the Medieal
Mortality Conference at 8:30 a.m. and
will lecture at the Laboratory seminar
on "Evaluation of Liver Function" at
1 p.m.
Dr. Herbert Lund, head of the Moses
Cone Hospital Laboratory, said "We
are all looking forward to Dr. Ven-
nart's coming here. We are also delighted that he is the first of a projected series of visiting professors who will
be conducting seminars here."
Dr. Vennart is a graduate of Wes-
leyan University, Middletown, Conn.,
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