Browsing by Subject "Clinical laboratories"

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    Interview with Ellis Benson
    (University of Minnesota, 2009-12-01) Tobbell, Dominique A.; Benson, Ellis
    Ellis Benson starts with his background, including growing up in China (his parents were missionaries), why he went into medicine and academic medicine, and his educational history. He discusses his residency in pathology at the UMN, his internal medicine residency at the VA Hospital, joining the Department of Laboratory Medicine, his work while he was in charge of the blood bank, his work as director of Clinical Laboratories, and his work as head of Pathology. He offers reflections on cardiac surgeons Richard Varco and Walter Lillehei and how they dealt with the Lab and the Blood Bank, as well as working with the Department of Surgery and surgeons more generally. He discusses the appointment of Robert Howard as dean of the College of Medical Sciences in 1959 and Howard’s deanship, the Vice President of the Health Sciences search and the appointment of Lyle French. He also discusses Franz Halberg, and David Brown. He discusses his work on protein chemistry and going to the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, the UMN’s Clinical Laboratory providing community services to anyone in Minnesota, the Medical Technology program, why technologists tended to be women, and specialization in medicine. He describes the founding of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, the creation of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the UMN in 1959, space issues in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the merger of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and the relationships between the clinical and basic science departments within the Medical School. He discusses the attempt to establish a second medical school in St. Paul, relations between the Medical School and other UMN health science schools in the 1960s and 1970s, faculty attitudes toward the 4 reorganization in 1970, the impact of the introduction of Medicaid and Medicare, the attempt to create a School of Allied Health Sciences in the late 1960s and early 1970s, relations between the Medical School and the Mayo Clinic, and relations with the University Hospitals.
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    Interview with Grace Ederer
    (University of Minnesota, 2012-07-30) Hagens, Emily; Ederer, Grace M.
    Grace Ederer begins her interview with a description of her upbringing, her education, and her decision to enter the field of medical technology. She then recalls the early stages of her career and her work at the University of Minnesota from 1952 to 1982. Ederer describes the role of women in medical technology, the building of the new medical sciences building, and Dr. Gerald T. Evans’ efforts to reorganize the clinical laboratories and medical technology to integrate them into the Medical School. Ederer also discusses her decision to adopt a dog that had been used in experiments conducted C. Walton Lillehei on hypothermia in open-heart surgery. She goes on to describe her changing positions at the University, her teaching, her research, and her pursuit of a master’s in public health. She also talks about her interactions with Dr. Evans, Dr. Ellis Benson, and Dr. Lillehei. She then discusses the Medical Technology Program, her work with Barbara Tucker on laboratory safety and ethics, her work with Ruth Hovde and Verna Rausch, the changing curriculum, dealing with the high volume of lab work, working with graduate students, her experiences with Robert Howard, and efforts to establish a school of Allied Health Sciences.
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    Interview with Karen Karni
    (University of Minnesota, 2012-09-11) Hagens, Emily; Karni, Karen
    Dr. Karen Karni begins her interview with an overview of her educational history and how she came to be director of the medical technology program at the University of Minnesota. She then, in more detail, discusses the following: her interest in medical technology; her time as an undergraduate student at the University; generalist and specialty work in medical technology; her work in Bar Harbor, Maine and Virginia, Minnesota; and her time at State University of New York at Buffalo. In reviewing her time at the University of Minnesota in the medical technology program, Dr. Karni covers the following topics: working with Verna Rausch; changes in the curriculum; her doctoral research and certification exams for laboratory personnel; the hierarchy within which laboratory personnel work; the culture of the Medical School and the Rajender Consent Decree; Ellis Benson’s tenure as chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; Dave Brown’s tenure as chair; Leo Furcht as chair; her work with the Minnesota Society for Medical Technology; relationships among the divisions within the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; her appointment and tenure as director of the medical technology program; her work through Project Hope and the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences; the changing demography of students within the medical technology program; and the tenures of several vice presidents of the Academic Health Center. She goes on to consider changes in medical technology more broadly, evolving requirements for tenure, simulation in medical technology education, and automation in the field. She concludes with thoughts on how the University’s medical technology program fits in the history of laboratory science.