ROBERT L. PHILLIPS
QHItP Of «II»'I«»V
The Moses H.Cone Memorial Hospital
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 2740S
February 2, 1972
Mr. Caesar Cone
President
Board of Trustees
Moses B. Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Cone:
After much deliberation and in order to give you ample time for
consideration, I find that I cannot accept another three year appointment as Chief of Surgery. Certainly I will complete the present term
which ends July 1, 1972.
The co-operation I have had from the Operating Room personnel and
physicians has been unbelievable. I have had to step on a few toes from
time to time, but this is an accepted part of the job. Those times have
been for poor manners in the Operating Room, and for some reason that is
so important to me.
I am indebted to the Board for allowing me to have such an honor - .
especially to Ben Cone - without whose support I couldn't have done it.
The Operating Room is running well. The plans for the new Operating
Room are being completed. The ground work for a Surgical Teaching Program
has been laid.
I have never worked at a job any harder - with a group that was any
better or a Board or Administrator that could have given me any more
support.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Phillips, M. D.
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RLP/lp
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (Greensboro, N.C.)
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
Documents pertaining to the search for a Chief of Surgery that led to the appointment of Dr. Robert L. Phillips for a three year span. In this time, Dr. Phillips helped drive the direction of local hospital practice substantially. This also contains documents related to high level administration of Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, including minutes of the Medical Board, memoranda, conference schedules, speeches, and correspondence. Reprints of copyrighted materials have not been digitized.
Type
text
Original format
minutes;correspondence;documents;speeches
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language
en
Contributing institution
Cone Health Medical Library
Contact Information
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 336.832.7484 http://www.gahec.org/library/
Source collection
Cone 10081 Robert L. Phillips Collection, 1890s-2003
ROBERT L. PHILLIPS
QHItP Of «II»'I«»V
The Moses H.Cone Memorial Hospital
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 2740S
February 2, 1972
Mr. Caesar Cone
President
Board of Trustees
Moses B. Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Cone:
After much deliberation and in order to give you ample time for
consideration, I find that I cannot accept another three year appointment as Chief of Surgery. Certainly I will complete the present term
which ends July 1, 1972.
The co-operation I have had from the Operating Room personnel and
physicians has been unbelievable. I have had to step on a few toes from
time to time, but this is an accepted part of the job. Those times have
been for poor manners in the Operating Room, and for some reason that is
so important to me.
I am indebted to the Board for allowing me to have such an honor - .
especially to Ben Cone - without whose support I couldn't have done it.
The Operating Room is running well. The plans for the new Operating
Room are being completed. The ground work for a Surgical Teaching Program
has been laid.
I have never worked at a job any harder - with a group that was any
better or a Board or Administrator that could have given me any more
support.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Phillips, M. D.
(9ti,a*f>~
RLP/lp
