Record #:

23446

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

George Hatem, the son of poor Lebanese immigrants, moved with his family from Buffalo, NY to Greenville in the 1920s. Attending local high school and U.N.C. Chapel Hill, George studied to become a doctor. With the coming of the depression and its resulting lack of jobs for those in the medical profession, George went to Lebanon to attend medical school at the American University in Beirut. Following his graduation from both American University and the University of Geneva in Switzerland, Dr. Hatem traveled to China where he helped in the eradication of venereal disease in Shanghai and Beijing. During the Communist Revolution, he examined and made acquaintance with Mao Tse - tung, who made Hatem an advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Public Health. Over the next 55 years, Dr. Hatem made China his home, returning occasionally to Greenville to visit with family and friends. Through his efforts to eradicate venereal disease and leprosy in China, he was the recipient of several awards including the Albert Lasker Public Service Award. Dr. George Hatem died in 1988 in Beijing following a ten - year battle with cancer.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Mar 3-16 2004, p5

Subject(s):

Physicians

Record #:

24143

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

Campbell University is starting a new medical school, which is the fifth one in North Carolina. The author discusses the difference between this new school and the others in North Carolina.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 7, July 2011, p55-61, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medical schools--North Carolina; Harnett County--Industry; Physicians

Record #:

35972

Author(s):

Folb, M.L.

Abstract:

Detailed primarily were eventful and uneventful cases of labor and delivery this doctor attended during his six years of services. His descriptions included timely obstetric practices, such as use of pituitrin, and life threatening childbirth-related conditions like sepsis. As for his patients, offered also were observations that showed his respect for the people and their culture.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Spring 1976, p58-65

Subject(s):

Obstetrics; Physicians; Hatteras Island--History; Hatteras Island--Social life and customs; Disease; Medical care; Health care; Childbirth

Record #:

36049

Author(s):

Blackburn, Marion P.

Abstract:

Talent was present; absent was funding. In a campus meeting, Senator Burr heralded Johnson and Johnson’s offer to help ECU fulfill medical missions like curing diabetes. A research university springing from a teacher’s training school, then, may seem off the beaten path. Realizing this intent—improving the quality of life—made it obvious ECU has stayed on course.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 3, Spring 2007, p12-17 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University. Brody School of Medicine; Obesity; Medical care; Physicians