New Medical Practice Era is Forecast for Physicians

              New Medical Practice Era
Is Forecast for Physicians
By CAROL McMURROUGH
Of The Times Staff
The chancellor of the LSU
medical Center in New Orleans
last night told members of the
Shreyeport medical Society that
physicians are going into a new
era in medical practice.
Dr. William Frye of New
Orleans spoke at a banquet
ending LSU Day at Confederate
Memorial Hospital, aponsored by
the Shreveport Medical Society.
He said that since 1950 or
before, the physicians and people
in Shreveport have recognized the
need for medical training in the
state.
Legislators were first ap-proached
in 1950 with a plan for
money to set up a medical school
in Shreveport, but there were
many setbacks because many
persons felt there were enough
medical students, Dr. Frye said.
But with social changes and
developments in medicine since
World War II, the needs changed
tremendously and it was realized
what the demands would be upon
the profession, he said.
GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE
Bringing on the new era in
medicine are such programs as
medicare and g o v e r n m e n t -
supported projects, he added.
"Medical research and scientif-ic
developments have far exceed-ed
what we had expected and as
a result, the need to get these
new developments to the people
is our most important problem
now," he continued.
"Here in Shreveport we have
the authority of the state and the
money to develop a new medical
school with no tradition to follow.
We need to bring good students
and teachers together to meet the
needs of medical practice in the
next two or three decades to
come.
"We are starting with a new
view to what we need in the
future. We are now dealing with
the older group and the youner
group, and the doctor and the
training he has is the key to our
success in the future."
Dr. Frye said the major
problems in the medical profes-sion
today are due to its
successes in the past.
He commended Shreveport phy-sicians,
civic groups and local
and state governmental agencies
for the "tremendous interest"
they had shown in bringing the
medical branch in Shreveport to
reality.
"Now we need a continuing
effort to support a very, very
expensive operation. This calls
for interest by legislators and
state government to support
locally a program that will serve
the needs of our people in the
future."
The chancellor added that while
the main interest of the chool is
education, LSU officials expect to
develop an outstanding research
program in Shreveport, geared to
the needs of the area. He said it
was hoped that the two medical
schools in Shreveport and New
Orleans would complement each
other in their work.
The first class in the local
school is expected to occupy
temporary quarters here in 1969,
while it will take longer for the
development of permanent facili-ties.
During technical sessions held
earlier in the day, nine physi-cians
discussed techniques in the
treatment of cancer.
Speaking were Dr. Ronald
Welsh, professor of pathology at
LSU; Dr. Isidore Cohn Jr.,
srofessor and head of the depart-ment
of surgery; Dr. Charles
Watkins, professor and head of
he department of psychiatry;
Dr. Abe Mickal, professor and
head of the department of
obstetrics and gynecology; Dr.
Barrett Kennedy, clinical profes-sor
of dermatology; Dr. Irving
Blatt, professor and head of the
department of otorhinolaryn-ology;
Dr. Norman Nelson,
assistant professor of surgery;
Dr. John Bickers, associate pro-essor
of medicine; and Dr.
Joseph Schlosser, special lecturer
in radiology.
After the scientific sessions,
ase presentations were held,
with Dr. William R. Matthews of
Shreveport presiding.
Master of ceremonies for the
day was Dr. Edgar Hull, interim
dean of the Shreveport branch of
the LSU Medical School.