School of Medicine news
- Local medical society elects faculty member as new president
- School of Medicine dean receives congratulations for being elected president of the International Council for Standardization in Haematology
- Prospective medical students spend four days at Loma Linda University
August 27, 1998 [TODAY, August 27, 1998]
Local medical society elects faculty
member as new president
Victor C. Ching, MD, a 1977 graduate of the School of Medicine, was elected
president of the San Bernardino County Medical Society on June 23, at
an installation ceremony held at the Ontario Airport Hilton.
He is the 106th individual to serve as president during the SocietyÕs
long history.
Dr. Ching entered the top leadership position of the 1,700-member physician
association, replacing outgoing president Peggy Fritzsche, MD, a Riverside
diagnostic radiologist.
Board certified in urology, Dr. Ching has been a member of the San Antonio
Urology Medical Group of Upland since 1982. He is a fellow of the American
College of Surgeons, a diplomate of the American Board of Urology, and
assistant clinical professor of medicine at Loma Linda University.
He has been active in the San Bernardino County Medical Society since
1983, serving on the board and executive committee for many years. Dr.
Ching is past president of the Inland Urologic Society.
Dr. Ching is a member of the American Medical Association and the Institute
for Medical Quality (formerly the California Medical Association). He
also serves as a delegate to the Institute for Medical Quality.
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School of Medicine dean receives congratulations for being elected president of the International Council for Standardization in Haematology
School of Medicine dean Brian S. Bull, MD (right), receives congratulations for being elected president of the International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) from Harold Gunson, MD, outgoing president of the organization. The 20th general assembly of the ICSH met in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in July. The ICSH is a panel of experts in various hematology laboratory disciplines that have been entrusted by the World Health Organization and the governments of the European community, North America, and Japan, with the authority to standardize hematology laboratory tests. Dr. Bull has been a member of the council for the past 20 years and has made contributions to the standardization of tests involving red cells, white cells, and platelets.
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Prospective medical students spend four days at Loma Linda University
From August 3 to 6, 40 college students who are considering applying to the School of Medicine spent four days at Loma Linda University.
The students were on campus to attend Careers in Medicine, a seminar where they learn about basic science classes medical students are required to take, including pharmacology, physiology, biochemistry, and anatomy.
The students who came from from New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, Oregon, Washington, Kentucky, and California, also rotated through the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VeteranÕs Medical Center with junior medical students.
While on campus, some of the students shadowed surgeons in the operating rooms of Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda University Community Medical Center, and Loma Linda University Outpatient Surgery Center.
According to Tony Valenzuela, EdD, assistant professor, School of Allied Health Professions, Òthe students felt the physicians and residents were very open and explained what was happening during surgery.Ó
The students also listened to physician guest speakers who discussed their specialties.
These presentation included family and sports medicine, pathology, dermatology, cardiology, clinical diagnosis, pediatrics, pediatric nephrology, obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery.
According to Dr. Valenzuela, current medical students also participated in a panel discussion regarding issues students face while in medical school--financial, academic, social, spiritual, and professional.
According to Dr. Valenzuela, ÒCareers in Medicine celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. We have found that students who attend the seminar leave with strong feelings.
ÒMany end the seminar with a renewed belief that they would like to pursue medicine as a profession, but after spending time with medical students and listening to professors and physicians describe their experiences, a few of the students decide that medicine is not for them. This is helpful as they decide which field they would like to pursue.Ó
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