On August 1, 2008, UAB Anesthesiology will celebrate 60 years as
an
autonomous department at the University of Alabama School of
Medicine.
A joint celebration with the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists,
which also turns 60 in 2008, is planned for June 21, 2008.
More information is here.
The following timeline, still under
construction, attempts to highlight
important events in the department's history. Additions and corrections are
welcome!
An extensive university chronology can be found at http://www.uab.edu/historical/uabchron.html
A.J. Wright, MLS
Clinical Librarian
UAB Department of Anesthesiology
email
TIMELINE
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 1995 1998 Bibliography
1888
Hospital of the
United Charities opens in
1896
March
Hospital of the
United Charities is renamed
1897
February 11
State
Legislature charters
1902
July 12
Cornerstones
laid for
1903
July 15
1905
February
1909
January
Abraham Flexner
inspects the Medical College of Alabama, then located in
1920
1929
January 15
New
1929
April
Hillman
Hospital School of Nursing Residence (now the
1931
December 19
1936
September 14
1938
April 11
1939
December 7
"Hillman
Group May Get Raises."
1940
December 26-30
1943
June 2
The Jones Bill,
Alabama Act 89, authorizes expansion of the two-year Medical College of Alabama
to a four-year school
1943
September 1
Alberta Boggan
[1908-1990] begins work at
1944
February 16
Governor
Chauncey Sparks' Building Commission adopts resolution that supports move of
the medical school to
1944
1945
January 1
Jefferson and
1945
June
Medical school
is transferred from
1945
October 8
First group of
freshman and sophomore students admitted to the new four-year Medical College
of Alabama located in
1946
April
Alice McNeal,
MD, anesthesiologist at Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, since 1925 accepts
offer from Dean Roy Kracke of appointment as Chief, Division of Anes-
thesiology in the Department of Surgery at the new medical school. "It
will be important if we are going to judge what is being accomplished to have
extensive and accurate records", she wrote in her acceptance letter.
(McNeal to Kracke, April 3, 1946; Dean's Papers, UAB Archives) Alberta Boggan
is nurse anesthetist when Dr. McNeal arrives. Income at
1946
October
Dr. McNeal
organizes a
1947
First class of
nurse anesthetists graduates from the
1948
March
Dr. Hal D.
Broadhead becomes the first resident in anesthesia; his title is "assistant
in surgery".
1948
March 8
Alabama State
Society of Anesthesiologists is founded by Drs. Alice McNeal, Hiram Elliott,
Alfred Habeeb and E. Bryce Robinson, Jr., in
1948
April 4
Application for
a charter is made to the American Society of Anesthesiologists by the Alabama
State Society of Anesthesiologists. [ASA Newsletter 12(5):7, May 1948]
1948
May 4
The application
for a charter by the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists is approved by
the ASA. [ASA Newsletter 12(6):3, June 1948]
1948
spring
Drs. Alfred
Habeeb, Hiram R. Elliott, E. Bryce Robinson, Jr., accept appointments "on
a voluntary basis" as faculty in the anesthesiology division.
1948
July 1
1948
July 17
Dean Kracke
offers Dr. McNeal a full professorship and Chair of the newly-created
Department of Anesthesiology. She accepts. Her salary is $8,000 per year. At
this time fewer than twenty of sixty-seven medical schools have autonomous
anesthesia departments.
1948
August 1
Department is
officially created.
1949
Dr. McNeal
makes a nine-week trip to
1949
January 13
Dr. McNeal
proposes to Arthur L. Bailey, hospital administrator, that recovery rooms be
established for postoperative patient care.
1949
February 14
American Board
of Anesthesiology approves certification of the residency program in Dr.
McNeal's department. On
this date Dr. E.H. Leveroos, Associate Secretary of the AMA's Council on
Medical Education and Hospitals, wrote a letter to Arthur L. Bailey,
Administrator of Jefferson-Hillman Hospital. "Official approval of the
residency program in Anesthesiology at
1950 January
What is apparently
the department’s first publication, “The Problems for the Anesthetist When Extreme
Relaxation is Needed for the Patient with Toxemia of
Pregnancy,” is published in the January 1950 issue of Anesthesiology. The article was written by Dr. Alice McNeal and
was based on an April 7, 1949, presentation she made at the joint
meeting of the ASA and the Southeastern Section of Anesthesiology held in
Washington, D.C. The article can
be read here: http://www.anes.uab.edu/McNeal1950.pdf
1950 June 3
At the annual
commencement for the Medical College of Alabama, Dr. McNeal presents ten
students who receive "Certificates in Anesthesia" from the
1950-spring
1951
Due to
increasing clinical and educational responsibilities, Dr. McNeal asks for a
full-time faculty member and more nurse anesthetists to join her in the
department. Her requests are denied.
1951
May
Survey by the
Alabama Academy of General Practitioners shows that 40 of 81 responding
hospitals in
1951
September
The
department's first fellow in anesthesiology, Dr. Ingeborg Maria Brenn, arrives
in
1953
A report on the
1953
February 23
Frustrated by
the level of work demanded of her and her employees, Dr. McNeal resigns
effective May 1. She is eventually persuaded to remain.
1953
March 4
The following
article appears in the Birmigham News:
Dr.
McNeal will leave Med College
Dr. Alice
McNeal has announced her resignation as head of the Department of
Anesthesiology at the
She will return
to
Dr. McNeal came
to her present post when the
These 40 nurses
finished a regulation one-year graduate course, with the first class graduating
in 1947. Two residencies in anesthesiology also have been established since she
joined the
In returning to
Dr. McNeal said
she "felt badly" about leaving
1953
April
Clinical load
of the department is handled by Dr. McNeal (who was persuaded to stay in
1953
September 1
Feeling
overworked and underpaid, nurse anesthetists Alberta Boggan [1908-1990]
resigns. She had begun working at
1954
Value of the
sixteen
1954
January
Dr. McNeal
expresses her dissatisfaction to Dean J.J. Durrett, MD, that many patients are
being admitted too late in the day for her to make preoperative visits before
morning surgeries.
1955
During the
first half of the year James Jones, D.D.S., is employed as a part-time assistant
in the department.
1955
March
Dr. McNeal
notes in a letter to the Associate Dean that "The most urgent need for the
Department of Anesthesia is a small class room or conference which is in the
Department's possession twenty-four hours a day." Dr. Walter Frommeyer
responds that such an allocation is "impossible...."
1955
July
Dr. Phillip
Hitchcock completes residency and joins the department as Associate Professor
at a salary of $12,000 per year. In addition to an M.D., Dr. Hitchcock also
holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology. He remains on the faculty for about a year.
1956
September
AMA Council on
Medical Education and Hospitals and the American Board of Anesthesiology
express concerns about "a residency in which the entire burden of
administration, supervision, instruction, and clinical responsibility rests
almost entirely on one individual, no matter how competent and
conscientious."
1956
October
Dr. Ernestine
Berg finishes residency and joins faculty.
1958
July
Dr. James Jones
appointed Assistant Professor to replace Dr. Berg.
1959
January
Dr. Jonas Bloom
Kahn, Jr., joins faculty as Associate Professor, but remains only a few months.
1959
September
Dr. McNeal and
Dean Robert Berson discuss a combined residency program with the VA Hospital.
1959
November
School for
Nurse Anesthesia is threatened with closure due to lack of clinical experience
available to students.
1959
December
In a letter to
Dean Robert Berson, Dr. McNeal writes, "I have reached a stage of total
discouragement and sense of failure. The schedule loads are increasing and my
staff is decreasing without good prospect of filling the vacancies. Part of
this is totally my fault and my inability to attract residents. Part of it is
interdepartmental disagreements. But a large part is the salary
situation...Those of us who are left are completely exhausted trying to juggle
the schedule around so that cases can be covered. A big factor is the enormous
increase in Arteriograms...."
Chester W.
White, Jr., MD, replaces Dr. McNeal, who steps down as Chair of the department.
1961
July 1
Dr. Patricia F.
Norman joins the faculty.
1961
September
Drs. White,
Norman, Raul J. Hernandez and Raimundo Ramirez are the department's full-time
faculty.
1961
October 8-9
Drs. Alvin J.
Bearman and James Jones conduct course on Fluothane for nurse anesthetists at
1962
Dr. McNeal
retires after 16 years at the
1962
January 1
Dr. Jacob W.
Wachtel is appointed Assistant Professor in the department.
1962
June-August
Drs. John W.
Uzmann (Assistant Professor), Reginald Rabbitt (Instruc- tor) and Charles E.
Moran (Instructor) join the department's faculty.
1962
November
Majed Wajih
Husseini, MD, joins faculty as Instructor.
1963
Rudolfo
"Rudy" Allarde, MD, joins department as a teaching fellow; later in
the year he is made Instructor.
1964
December 31
Dr. Alice
McNeal dies.
1965
Rudolfo
Allarde, MD, named Assistant Professor.
1967
Dr. White
resigns and Dr. Rudolfo Allarde becomes Interim Chair.
1968
Rudolfo
Allarde, MD, named Associate Professor and Director, Division of Cardiovascular
Anesthesia.
1968
Hamdi Erdemir,
MD, joins faculty.
1968
April
Guenter
Corssen, MD, becomes Chairman.
1968
August 1
Francisco
Gutierrez, MD, joins department as Associate Professor.
UAB Pain Clinic
Opens
1972
Francisco
Gutierrez, MD, named Professor of Anesthesiology and becomes Chief of
Anesthesia at the Veteran's
1973
February 24-25
"Issues
and Answers in Anesthetic Practice" annual review course begins under the
direction of Frederick Brosch, MD. The first program was held at the Parliament
House Hotel. The only
topics on the agenda were ketamine and Innovar, favorites of then Chairman
Guenther Corssen, M.D. Only two guest speakers appeared on the program, Dr.
John Dillon, Chairman at UCLA and Dr. Brian Craythorne, Chairman at the
1973
Rudolfo
Allarde, MD, named Professor of Anesthesia.
1974
1974
January
Hamdi Erdemir,
MD, is appointed Professor of Anesthesiology.
1975
Paul N.
Samuelson, MD, joins department as Associate Professor.
1975 May
Several
department employees are honored with
1975
July 1
Joseph Gerald
Reves, MD, joins faculty as Associate Professor.
1976
November
Ronald Vinik,
MD, joins the faculty.
1977
January
Ronald Vinik,
MD, becomes Medical Director of the UAB Pain Clinic.
1977
January 1
Joseph Gerald Reves,
MD, named Director, Division of Anesthesiology Research.
1977
April
Dr. Corssen
resigns as Chairman and Francesco Gutierrez, MD, is named Interim Chair.
1978
J. Gerald
Reves, MD, receives research grant from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education
and Research.
1978
Edward A.
Ernst, MD, becomes Chairman.
1978
Juan Gutierrez,MD, joins department faculty as Associate Professor.
1978
February
The Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists becomes a co-sponsor of the department’s annual review course.
1978
July
Eva Buttner,
MD, joins faculty as Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Anesthesia Division.
1978
August
Simon Gelman,
MD, joins faculty as Associate Professor.
1979
Jerry Reves,
MD, elected first President of the newly-formed Society of Cardiovascular
Anesthesiologists.
1979
March
Anesthesia
Special Procedures Division formed.
1979
spring
Anesthesiology
Graduate Medical Education Course begins for residents
1979
June 1
Dennis Aguirre,
MD, becomes Chief Resident
1979
July
Leonard
McGovern, MD, joins department's Cardiovascular Division.
1979
August
Robert McKay,
MD, joins faculty as Director of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Director of
Education.
1979
December 7-9
Department's
first faculty retreat held at UAB's Ann Jordon Lodge.
Edward
Ernst,MD, and Jerry Reves, MD, elected into the Association of University
Anesthetists.
1980
Drs. Judy
McDanal, Larry Mackall, Jorge Rivas, Mark Allen Greve (July 11), and Sandra
Lewis (October 1) join departmental faculty.
1980
January
Departmental
newsletter, edited by Communications Coordinator Mary Bartlett, begins
publication. Later becomes a quarterly and finally an annual.
1980
February 6
After a five
year hiatus, Jefferson County Society of Anesthesiologists is revived and Juan
Gutierrez, MD, elected president
1980
May 1
Beth Owens,
MLS, becomes department's first clinical librarian.
1980
summer
Eight residents
graduate.
1980
June 14
First
departmental picnic held at
1980
July
Judy McDanal,
MD, named Director of University Hospital's Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
1980
July
John William
Bryant, MD, becomes Chief Resident
1980
July 1
1980
August 19
Residents'
Journal Club begins
1980
September
Jorge Rivas,
MD, joins faculty as Instructor-Fellow.
1980
fall
Departmental
library opens on the fifth floor of the
1980 October
Greg Green joins
department as Assistant to the Chairman.
1981
Drs. Harry Lowe
and Edward Ernst's book, Quantitative Practice of Anesthesia: The Use of
Closed Circuit, is published by Williams and Wilkins.
1981
Work on
integrated, automated anesthesia work station begun by Thomas C. Jannett, PhD,
of UAB's Department of Electrical Engineering, and Jeffry A. Spain, MD,
anesthesia resident.
1981
Igor Kissin,
MD, receives joint appointment as Associate Professor in UAB's Department of
Biomedical Engineering.
1981
Dr. Jerry Reves
is elected President of the Southern Society of Anesthesiologists.
1981
John Ebert, DO,
named Medical Director of the Limited Function Laboratory within the Division
of Anesthesia Services.
1981
Division of
Fiscal Affairs, supervised by Charlotte Smith, is organized.
1981
Drs. J. Antonio
Aldrete, Scott Wheeler, and Thomas MacKrell join the faculty.
1981
Simon Gelman,
MD, named Professor of Anesthesia.
1981
Graphics
Division, headed by Frank Hill, is organized.
1981
February
Thomas N.
MacKrell, MD, joins the faculty.
1981
March
Division of
Equipment and Supplies and Divison of Special Procedures and Monitoring
combined into Division of Anesthesia Services. Chuck Hall is named as technical
director.
1981
April 10-12
Second
International Symposium on Closed Circuit Anesthesia is held at the
1981
April 21
1981
May 16
Annual
departmental picnic held at
1981
June 1
Pamela Duncan
Varner, MD, becomes Chief Resident; first woman in the post.
1981
June 11
A patient
undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery at the University of Alabama
Hospitals becomes the first human in the
1981
June 20
Departmental
research retreat is held.
1981
July
Dr. Ernst
appears on the Alabama Public Television Network program "For the
Record." The topic is acupuncture.
1981
July
Valery
Rimerman, MD, joins Research Division after immigrating to the
1981
July 1
Judy T.
McDanal, MD, named Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit for University
Hospitals.
1981
August 1
Peter L.
Hendricks, MD, becomes Director of the department's residency program.
1981
fall
Tricia Laborde,
CRNA, appointed Special Services Division CRNA Coordinator by Dr. Ernst.
1981
fall
Departmental
Quality Assurance Committee is formed with Paul Samuelson, MD, as chairman.
1981
September
Tuesday
afternoon research seminar begins.
1981
September 12
GMEC course is
moved from Tuesdays at 1600-1800 to Saturdays 0800-1000.
1981 September
29
First issue of
weekly newsletter Tuesday Report appears. Idea conceived by Communications
Coordinator Mary Bartlett.
1981
October
Ann Hester,
MLS, becomes the department's second professional librarian.
1981
October
Greg Green promoted
to Executive Administrator.
1981
October 17
"Microspheres
in Anesthesiology" symposium hosted by department
1981
November 16
Dr. Bill Bryant
joins faculty.
1981
November 18
Eva Buttner,
MD, becomes first faculty member to present scientific paper at the American
Heart Association annual meeting.
1981
November 18
William Nolan,
PhD, named UAB Pain Center Program Director.
1981
November 24
First heart
transplant in the Southeastern United States is performed at
1981
December
Dr. Pam Varner
graduates from residency and joins faculty.
1981
December
Department
hires Charles Gibson as graphics consultant.
1981
December 1
Jane Kosa, MD,
named Chief Resident.
1982
February
Obstetric
Anesthesia: The Complicated Patient, co-edited by Scott Wheeler, MD, published by
F.A. Davis Co.
1982
February
Drs. Juan
Gutierrez and Alfonso Yonfa resign from departmental faculty and enter private
practice at Children's Hospital. Department residency lines at Children's will
continue.
1982
February 10
Department
donates $500.00 to UAB's Reynolds Historical Library.
1982
February 22
Drs. Michael
Drake, Walter Larisey and Bo Marsalis graduate from residency program.
1982
February 27-28
Tenth annual
"Issues and Answers in Anesthetic Practice" review course.
1982
March 22
Paula Dennis
joins Photographics Division, replacing Frank Hill. She eventually takes over
duties also provided by graphics consultant Charles Gibson.
1982
March 26
Second heart
transplant at
1982
April
Abstracts by
seven residents accepted for presentation at the Gulf-Atlantic Anesthesiology
Residents' Research Conference to be held May 13-15 in
1982
April 1
Dr. John Fox
begins residency.
1982
May 13-15
Paper presented
by Dr. Daniel B. Gould [Nitrous Oxide as a Sole Carrier Gas Through a Tek-Type
Vaporizer During Closed Circuit Anesthesia] selected as best paper at the
Gulf-Atlantic Anesthesiology Residents' Research Conference in
1982
May 21-22
Conference on
Chronic Pain sponsored by Department and
1982
May 22
Departmental
picnic at
1982
summer
Extramural
grant support for research projects reaches $100,000.
1982
June
Twelve of
nineteen abstracts submitted and one scientific display from the department are
accepted for presentation at the annual ASA meeting.
1982
June 18
Editor Mary
Bartlett accepts an Award of Excellence for the department's quarterly
newsletter from the
1982
June 22
Residency
graduation for Drs. R. Kim Connor, Donald M. Davis, Paul F. Elliott, Mark D.
Froemming, Walter A. Glod, Jr., William J. Granger, and Jane E. Kosa.
1982
July
Drs. Jack
Butler, Harry Gibson, Ben Grimes, Jim Lehmeyer, Heide Rice, Michael Routman,
Maurice Weilbaecher, Mark Williams and David Wilson enter residency program.
1982
July
Pam Latta takes
over editorial duties for the Tuesday Report when Communications
Coordinator Mary Bartlett leaves the department.
1982
July 1
Arthur M.
Boudreaux, MD, named Chief Resident.
1982
July 6
First
comprehensive orientation for new residents begins.
1982
July 24
Welcome to New
Residents reception and dinner at The Club. Scott Wheeler, MD, receives first
Teacher of the Year award.
1982
August
1982
August 1
Residents begin
one month rotations at
1982
fall
Monthly Anesthesia
Research Seminar begins.
1982
fall
Department's Anesthesiology,
UAB newsletter changes from quarterly to semiannual with summer/fall issue.
1982
September
Ann Govier, MD,
begins fellowship in cardiac anesthesia.
1982
September
Due to department's
increasing size, faculty decides to end annual children's Christmas party. For
more than a decade Mrs. Jean Allarde had provided presents at a party for all
employee children under the age of twelve.
1982 October
Twleve
abstracts and one scientific display from the department are presented at the
ASA annual meeting in
1982
October
William Nolan,
PhD, Administrative Director of the
1982
October 1
Igor Kissin,
MD, promoted to Professor. Drs. Pam Varner and Bill Bryant promoted to
Assistant Professor.
1982
November 2
Scott Wheeler,
MD, named Chief of Anesthesia at
1982
November
Jeffry Alan
Spain, MD, joins faculty as instructor.
1982
December 18
Departmental
Christmas party.
1983
Ohmeda makes
first of series of grants in support of the automated, closed circuit
anesthesia work station with Dr. Edward Ernst as principal investigator.
1983
Module method
of resident education begins. Modules include Cardiovascular, Closed Circuit,
Neuroanesthesia, Obstetrical and Gynecological, Orthopedic, Recovery Ward,
Research, SICU, and VA. Manuals created for each module.
1983
January
Department
donates copy of Simpson's Anasesthesia; or the Employment of Chloroform and
Ether in Surgery[1849] to the Reynolds Historical Library.
1983
January
Robert A.
Strickland, MD, joins faculty as Instructor/Fellow.
1983
January
Douglas Barry
Shaw, MD, joins faculty.
1983
January
Departmental
journal club begins with a session at the home of Dr. Peter Hendricks.
1983
January 1
Stephen A.
Klein, MD, named Chief Resident.
1983
January 20
1983
January 29
Senior dental
student Tommy McGee, sponsored by Dr. Igor Kissin, wins first place at the UAB
Dental Student Research Day. This aware is the fifth prize won in three years
at student research competitions by students whose research was performed in
the anesthesia department.
1983
February 18-19
Second Annual
UAB Conference on Chronic Pain, Measurement of Pain: Medical-Legal Interface
of the Disability Evaluation. Governor George Wallace addresses the opening
session of the conference co-sponsored by the
1983
February 26-27
11th annual
anesthesiology review course, Issues and Answers in Anesthetic Practice.
1983
March
Simon Gelman,
MD, and William Lell, MD, elected to membership in the Association of
University Anesthetists. J.
1983
March
Members of the
heart transplant team, including CRNA Guy Kreusch and Jerry Reves, MD, are
included on the cover of the 1983 edition of Guide to
1983
March 1
Charles Edward
Elliott, MD, joins faculty as instructor.
1983
spring
Closed Circuit
Module established at VA Medical Center, directed by Thomas MacKrell, MD.
1983
spring
Deparmental
faculty have eight presentations on the scientific and refresher course program
at the annual meeting of the International Anesthesia Research Society in
1983
April
Twenty
abstracts from 38 departmental authors submitted for presentation at ASA annual
meeting.
1983 April
1
James Boyce,
MD, joins faculty as Assistant Professor.
1983
May
Former Chairman
Chester White, MD, [1962-1967] visits department and Dr. Edward Ernst.
1983
May 5
Dr. Bernie
Marucci graduates from residency and receives Robert D. Dripps, MD, Memorial
Award for the departmental resident who demonstrates excellence in overall
achievements.
1983
May 21
Departmental
picnic at
1983
June
Twelve of 20
abstracts submitted for ASA annual meeting are accepted.
1983
June 20
Residency
graduation for Drs. Bodner, Pearson, McClure, Boudreaux, Burks, Jones, Daniel,
Govier, Klein, Kay, and Marucci.
1983
June 23
Art Boudreaux,
MD, joins faculty in Carraway Special Services Division.
1983
June 30
Ann Hester's
final day as departmental librarian.
1983
July
Paul Nagrodzki,
MD, named Chief Resident.
1983
July 5
Drs. Dave
Annand, Lee Booker, Kathy Brock, Kimberly Cowen, Ben Denny, Melanie Firmin,
Mike Hutchinson, Michael Lubin, Paul Menkhaus, Valery Rimerman, Ted Sartin and
Bob Streicher begin residency.
1983
July 18
Matthew Burks,
MD, joins faculty in Carraway Special Services Division.
1983
July 23
Welcome to New
Residents dinner reception at The Club. Robert McKay, MD, named Teacher of the
Year.
1983
August
Joel D. Haber,
PhD, named Clinical Director of the
1983
August 1
Jim Pearson,
MD, joins faculty in University Hospital Special Services Division.
1983
August 1
A.J. Wright,
MLS, becomes department's third clinical librarian.
1983
September
Department's
extramural grant funding tops $400,000.
1983
September
Frederick
Brosch, MD, Secretary-Treasurer of the Alabama State Society of
Anesthesiologists, edits first issue of the ASSA Newsletter.
1983
September 1
Ann Govier, MD,
joins faculty in Cardiovascular Division.
1983
September 3
Birmingham
News
front-page article by Anita Smith describes department's muscle relaxant
automatic infusion research. Departmental members interviewed include John
Ebert, DO, and
1983
October
1983
October 1
1983
October 8-12
Twelve
abstracts from the department presented at the ASA annual meeting.
1983
November 18
First meeting
in two years of the Jefferson County Society of Anesthesiologists.
1983
December
Frederick
Brosh, MD, honored for a decade of service as Chairman of University Hospital's
Resuscitation Committee. The Committee provides ACLS certification and basic
life-support procedures training for all new house staff.
1983
December 17
Annual
departmental Christmas party.
1984
Department
recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching 1980- 1984 by general
practice dental students.
1984
Francesco A.
Gutierrez, MD, elected President of the Jefferson County Society of
Anesthesiologists.
1984
Drs. Mark
Williams; David Wilson; Ri Greene, Jr., joins faculty.
1984
Department,
including Cardiovascular Division under
1984
January 1
Mark Williams,
MD, named Chief Resident.
1984
January
Dr. Steve Klein
rejoins department as Fellow in cardiovascular anesthesia.
1984
January
Dr. Ri Greene
accepts position as staff anesthesiologist at VA Hospital.
1984
January
First computer
for departmental library installed (IBM PC XT).
1984
January 30
1984
February 6
Dr. Anne Xavier
quoted extensively in
1984
February 9
1984
February 19
Faculty meets
in a mini-retreat to discuss new fourth-year residency mandate by
1984
February 24
ASSA annual
meeting. Dr. Frederick Brosch chosen President-Elect and Dr. Robert McKay
Secretary-Treasurer.
1984
February-25-26
"Issues
and Answers in Anesthesia Practice" review course held.
1984
February/March
First issue of The
Circular appears. The quarterly newsletter, edited by J. Antonio Aldrete,
MD, is the official publication of the Closed Circuit and Low Flow Anesthesia
Systems Society. Last issue appears in October 1989.
1984
March
Mike Alvis
appointed engineer in the Biomedical Engineering Division and will continue his
work with Dr. Jerry Reves on continuous fentanyl infusion.
1984
March
Cardiovascular
Anesthesia Division contributes $1,000 to Reynolds Historical Library.
1984
March 8
Birmingham VA
MEdical Center Division of Research annnounces grant of $243,545.00 to the
department for a study to compare closed and open circuit anesthesia. Dr. Tom
MacKrell is principal investigator, with Dr. Edward Ernst and Dr. Gary Cutter,
Division of Biometry, as co-investigators.
1984
May
Dr. Frederick
Brosch appointed to develop anesthesia program for one-day surgery unit to be
developed at
1984
May
Department
assigned 9th floor of new
1984
June
Six abstracts
of ten submitted to ASA annual meeting are accepted.
1984
June
VA Division
acquires "GasMan" uptake and distribution simulation program written
by Dr. James H. Philip of Harvard for the Apple II.
1984
June 4
Gwendolyn Boyd,
MD, joins faculty as Professor of Anesthesiology.
1984 June 14
Dr. John Ebert appears
on WERC radio's live talk show, "Heartbeat."
1984
June 18
Graduation
ceremony for thirteen residents held at
1984
July
Award for
outstanding achievement in teaching given to department by University Hospitals
Dental Clinic. Award determined by vote of General Practice Residents in Dentistry.
1984
July
Dr. Simon
Gelman appointed to newly created post of Vice-Chairman for Research.
1984
July 1
David Annand,
MD, named Chief Resident.
1984
July 21
Welcome to New
Residents dinner held at The Club. M.T. (Pepper)
1984
August
Fellows Jim
George, MD (CV), Dan Greenberg, MD (CV) and Donald Person, MD (
1984
August 1
Simon Gelman,
MD, named Vice-Chairman for Research. Position created when Joseph G. Reves,
MD, (Director of Research Division) left UAB for a position at
1984
August 5
Dr. Joyce
Johnson and