Hospital Just A Part Of U-M Medical Center

The University of Michigan Medical Center is the largest single-site university medical center in the nation. lts 28 patiënt care, medical research, and classroom buildings cover 82 acres. lts "heart" is the present, aging, 50year-old main University Hospital - the third in a succession of such teaching hospitals on the Ann Arbor campus. In fact, the U-M was the first university in the nation to establish a universityowned teaching hospital. That was in 1869, or 19 years after the Medical School was established in Í850. But the oíd, main 600-bed hospital building which has been undergoing almost continuous renovation for the past few years, is not the only patiënt care [facility on the U-M Medical Center campus. Much newer buildings house the C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Women's Hospital, a hospital for emotionally disturbed adults known as the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Children's Psychiatrie Hospital and the Outpatient Building. All except Children's Psychiatrie Hospital are joined to the older main hospital; and together they provide some 1,000 beds. But the U-M's 1,700 student Medical School, which is the primary reason for the patiënt care facilities being here, also has students in training at Ann Arbor's St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Veterans Hospital, Wayne County General Hospital (Eloise) and Detroit's Ford Hospital. Also located in the Medical Center complex is the U-M's 1,000-student School of Nursing, and additional health professions personnel are in training', such as physical therapists. The average daily population of the U-M Medical Center is some 14,000 persons, including employés, students, patients and visitors. Research buildings outnumber patiënt care facilities on the Medical , Center írñpus. Theyínclude the Mental Health Research Institute, two Kresge Medical Research Buildings, the Kresge Hearing Research Building, and the Simpson Memorial Institute for leujcemia research. Others are the Lawrence D. Buhl Research Center for Human Genetics, the Medical Science II Building, the Lloyd Memorial Laboratory, the Animal Research Center, the Upjohn Center for Clihical Pharmacology, and Radiation Laboratory. In addition, research labora tories are located in Medical Science I which houses the Medical School offices and classrooms, in the various hospital units, and other buildings. The Center for Research on Human Growth and Development is located on the Medical Center's periphery as is a center for brain research. The U-M's Kresge Medical Library is one of the foremost libraries of its kind in the country, and other facilities include the Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education, two parking structures, and the new Furstenberg Student Center. Some Medical Center units are located in the University Terrace Apartment buildings. Patients in University Hospital come from every Michigan county, surrounding states, and a number of foreign countries, reflecting the national and international reputation of the referral health care facility. Behind this reputation are present and former staff physicians who are among the best in their areas of specialty. Among them are Dr. H. Marvin Pollard, U-M professor of internal medicine and past president of the American Cancër Society, the American College of Physicians and secretary general of the World Coferess of Gasroenterology, who is a leading authority on certain types ol cáncer. Dr. Stefan S. Fajans, professor of internal medicine, and his predecessor Dr. Jerome W. Conn, professor-emeritus, are leadujg'world anthorities on diabetes, endocmiology and metabolism. Dr. Richard C. Schneider, professor and head of neurosurgery, and his predecessor Dr. Edgar A. Kahn, have international reputations in their field and the new neurosurgery suite at University Hospital is unexcelled in the country. Dr. Herbert Sloan, professor and head of thoracic surgery, and Dr. John G. Weg, director of the hospital's pulmo-, nary división, are top experts in their field. University Hospital's new pulmonary intensive care unit is a facility found in few hospitals. Dr. James V. Neel, professor and chairman of human genetics who discovered the genetic basis for several diseases, including sickle cell anemia, is tops in his field and has been honored the world around. Dr. Maurice H. Seevers, professor and chairman-emeritus of pharmacólogy, is a wocld authonty on drug addiction aïïdi was on the Surgeon General's committee that first tied cigarete smoking to lung cáncer. Dr. Elizabeth C. Crosby, professoremeritus of anatomy, has been honored the world-wide for her work in neuroanatomy which she still pursues at the U-M Medical Center at age 87. Dr. Mathew Alpern, professor of physciological opties and opthalmology, and Dr. John W. Henderson( head of the department, are internationally known in their field. Dr. Bruce È. Cohan, clinical professor of ophthalmology, pioneered in microscopic eye surgery. Dr. Reed M. Nesbit, professoremeritus of surgery, pioneered the development of the kidney machine (the artificial kidney), and Dr. Jack Lapides, professor of surgery and head of urology, pioneered in kidney transplantation. Dr. Reuben L. Kahn, professoremeritus of serology, developed the Kahn Test for syphilis and later did pioneering OVER - ' - I HOSPITAL JUST A PARÍ üF .... work on the U-M campus on immune response. Dr. Chris J. D. Zarafonetis, professor of internal medicine and director of the Simpson Institute, is a leading world authority on leukemia (cáncer of the blood). Dr Ivan F. Duff, Dr. C. William Castor, Dr. Giles G. Bole and Dr. James T. Cassidy are leading authorities on.arthntis These are all people who come to i mind at this writing, but there are many more at the U-M Medical Center with international reputations in their field of s.oecf Dr. Donald R. Kahn, former U-M surgery professor now at the University of Wisconsin, headed the team which performed Michigan's first heart transplants and was one of the pioneers in heart transplantation. In fact the first heart and lung transplants in Michigan were done at University Hospital. The only ones performed so far in the state were done here. Also, the first kidney transplants in Michigan a procedure that has now become commonplace, were done at University Hospita!. A