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Volume 17, Number 1 • January 2004
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The history of internal medicine at Baylor University Medical Center, part I

John S. Fordtran, MD, W. Mark Armstrong, MD, Michael Emmett, MD, Lloyd W. Kitchens, Jr., MD,? and Benjamin A. Merrick, MD?

Subheadings:

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE IN THE USA

  •  Osler and the development of internal medicine
  •  The meaning of "internal medicine"
  •  The American College of Physicians
  •  Board certification
  •  The trend toward subspecialization
  •  Internal medicine today
INTERNAL MEDICINE IN TEXAS

INTERNAL MEDICINE AT BAYLOR, 1903-1943
  •  Dr. Henry M. Winans
  •  Teaching program and attending physicians
  •  World War II
INTERNAL MEDICINE AT BAYLOR, 1943-1957
  •  Closing of the medical staff
  •  Intern and residency programs
  •  Dr. Paul Thomas, chief of internal medicine at Baylor University Hospital
THE TOMPSETT YEARS
  •  Oral surgery liaison
  •  Baylor and the American College of Physicians
THE FORDTRAN YEARS
  •  The internal medicine department when Dr. Fordtran came to Baylor
  •  Internal medicine residency program
  •  Education of medical students
  •  Dr. William Sutker, director of medical education
  •  Unassigned patients
  •  Organ transplantation
  •  Staffing of satellite hospitals
  •  The nursing service
  •  The conclusion of Dr. Fordtran's tenure