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Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xliii, Number 3, Fall 1994

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIII, Number 3, Fall 1994 Diary of an SCI, page 5 Colleagues honor Cotler with portrait, page 7 Neurosensory institute is established, department of neurosurgery expands, page 7 Teaching molecular medicine, preparing for practice in the 21st Century, page 8 On campus, page 11 Jefferson Research, page 12 Giving to Jefferson, page 14 Obituaries, page 16 Class notes, page 18

A Randomized Comparison Of Coronary-Stent Placement And Balloon Angioplasty In The Treatment Of Coronary Artery Disease. Stent Restenosis Study Investigators., David L. Fischman, Martin B. Leon, Donald S. Baim, Richard A. Schatz, Michael P. Savage, Ian Penn, Katherine Detre, Lisa Veltri, Donald Ricci, Masakiyo Nobuyoshi, Michael Cleman, Richard Heuser, David Almond, Paul S. Teirstein, R. David Fish, Antonio Colombo, Jeffrey Brinker, Jeffrey Moses, Alex Shaknovich, John Hirshfeld, Stephen Bailey, Stephen Ellis, Randal Rake, Sheldon Goldberg

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Coronary-stent placement is a new technique in which a balloon-expandable, stainless-steel, slotted tube is implanted at the site of a coronary stenosis. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of stent placement and standard balloon angioplasty on angiographically detected restenosis and clinical outcomes.

METHODS: We randomly assigned 410 patients with symptomatic coronary disease to elective placement of a Palmaz-Schatz stent or to standard balloon angioplasty. Coronary angiography was performed at base line, immediately after the procedure, and six months later.

RESULTS: The patients who underwent stenting had a higher rate of procedural success than those who …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xliii, Number 4, Summer 1994

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIII, Number 4, Summer 1994

The social transformation of practice, page 8

How medicine is taught differently now, page 8

The only constant is change, page 8

Medicine is being challenged and physicians must respond, page 8

Vascular Ectasias of the colon, page 9

Jefferson and AIDS care in Uganda, page 10

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at Pennsylvania hospital, page 10

Nintendo comes to medicine: 3-D MRI of congenital heart disease, page 11

Imaging of psychiatric conditions, page 12

Effects of space flight on human physiology: A Jefferson Study, page 12

Aesthetic considerations after trauma, page 13 …

Department Of Radiology-Annual Report-July 1, 1993 To June 30, 1994, David C. Levin

Department of Radiology Administrative Documents and Reports

Department of Radiology Annual Report, July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 107 pages.

The Board Of Trustees: An Indispensable Asset, Frederick B. Wagner, Jr.

Jefferson History Books

A history of Thomas Jefferson University's Board of Trustees, from 1826-1994.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xliii, Number 3, Spring 1994

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIII, Number 3, Spring 1994

Anesthesiology is never at rest, page 2

The medical college’s past ten years and its future, page 8

New health care climate, page 13

Student life, page 15

Books, page 14

Albuterol may increase the effectiveness of Parkinson’s disease therapy, page 16

NIH Continues support for scleroderma research, page 16

Faculty number among area’s most cited scientists, page 16

On campus, page 16

Class notes, page 22

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xliii, Number 2, Winter 1993-1994

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLIII, Number 2, Winter 1993-1994

Strong surgical staff broadens research, page 3

PHO will merge the faculty and the hospital into one legal entity, page 8

How health care reform may impact teaching and research, page 8

M.D. /M.B.A. and M.D. /M.H.A. will be offered, page 8

Jefferson will work closely with Pennsylvania hospital, page 9

Someone will chair neurosurgery, page 9

On campus, page 11

Research, page 12

Chemotherapy prior to surgery helps at stage III, page 12

Lumpectomy combined with radiation implants, page 12

Elections/Appointments, page 14

Class notes, page 21