PROGRESS REPORT regional medical programs for heart disease, cancer, stroke, and related diseases Division of Regional Medical Programs National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, Maryland 20014 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF Tee Lee Pee 1 Tae Public Health Service Regional Medical Programs have been awarded planning grants* ... @ to develop operational proposals through .. . e surveys of needs and resources @ feasibility studies © organization and staffing Regional Medical Programs are currently under devel- opment, review, or negotiation * Regional Medical Programs have received operational grants* ... e to improve patient care through research, contin- uing education, training, and demonstration projects © to develop better methods for the exchange of in- formation among medical schools, medical centers, community hospitals, practicing physicians, and other health institutions, organizations, and personnel e to continue to develop new and expanded plans for further improvement of patient care *as of June 1, 1967 a ALABAMA Volker, 0.0.5. for Birmingham ‘airs fF Ala, Med, Center 7th Ave. S. ingham, Ala. 35233 ALBANY \. Woolsey, Jr. M.D. oc, Dean iny Med. Coll. lew Scotland Ave. any, N.Y. 12208 ARIZONA . DuVal, M.0. n, Coll. of Med. if Arizona son, Ariz. 85721 ARKANSAS K. Shorey, M.D. n, School of Med. of Arkansas 1 W. Markhom 5+, He Rock, Ark. 72201 BI-STATE H. Danforth, M.D. Chan. for Med. Affairs shington U. 1§. Euclid Ave. Louis, Mo. 63110 CALIFORNIA 11D. Ward ; Sutter St. #302 | Francisco, Cal. 94102 CENTRAL NEW YORK H. Lyons, M.D. airman, Dept. of Med. ite U. of N.Y. state Med. Center & Irving Ave. racuse, N.Y. 13210 COLORADO- WYOMING .W. Eisele, M.D. ssoc. Dean for Postgrad. Med. Ed. _ of Col. Med. Center 200 E. 9th Ave. enver, Col. 80220 Q CONNECTICUT H. T. Clark, Jr, M.D. 272 George St. New Haven, Conn. 06510 10 FLORIDA M. J. Ford, M.D. Dep. State Hith.Officer Fla. State Brd. of Hith. P.O. Box 210 Jacksonville, Fla. 32201 11 GEORGIA J.W. Chambers, M.D. Med. Assoc. of Ga. 938 Peachtree St. N.E. Atlante, Ga, 30309 GREATER 12 DELAWARE VALLEY W. C. Spring, Jr, M.D. Univ. City Sci. Center 3401 Market St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 13. HAWAII W. C. Cutting, M.D. Dean, School of Med. U. of Hawaii 2444 Dole St. Honolulu, Ha. 96822 14 ILLINOIS L. O. Jacobson, M.D. Deon, Biol. Sci. U. of Chicago 950 E. 59th St. Chicago, Ill. 60637 15 INDIANA G. T. Lukemeyer, M.D. Assoc. Dean, School of Med. Indiono U. 1100 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, Ind. 46207 16 INTERMOUNTAIN C.H. Castie, M.D. Assoc. Dean and Chrmn. Dept. of Postgrad. Ed. U. of Utah Salt Lake City, Ut. 84112 17 10WA R. C. Hardin, M.D. Deon, Coll. of Med. U. of lowa lowa City, Ia. 52240 18 KANSAS Cc. E. Lewis, M.O. Chairman Dept. of Preventive Med. U. of Kansas Kansas City, Kan. 66103 19 LOUISIANA J. A. Sabatier, M.D. Claiborne Towers Roof New Orleans, La. 70112 20 MAINE George T. Nilson Field Director Bingham Assoc. Fund Med. Care Devel., Inc. Maine Dept. of Hith. and Welfare Augusta, Maine 04332 21 MARYLAND T. B. Turner, M.D. Dean, School of Med. Johns Hopkins U. Baltimore, Md. 21205 MEMPHIS 22 MEDICAL REGION J. W. Culbertson, M.D. Coll. of Med. U. of Tennessee 858 Madison Ave. Memphis, Tenn. 38103 23 METR. WASHINGTON,D.C. T.W. Mattingly, M.D. D. C..Med. Society 2007 Eye St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 24 MICHIGAN D. Eugene Sibery Exec. Director Greater Detroit Area Hosp. Council 966 Penobscot Bldg. Detroit, Mich. 48226 25 MISSISSIPPI G. D. Campbell, M.D. U. of Miss. Med. Center 2500 N. State St. Jackson, Miss. 39216 26 MISSOURI V.E. Wilson, M.D. Dean, School of Med. U. of Missouri Columbia, Mo. 65201 27 MOUNTAIN STATES K. P. Bunnell, Ph.D. Assoc. Director Western Interstate Comm. for Higher Ed. Univ. E. Campus 30th St. Boulder, Col. 80302 28 NEBRASKA- SOUTH DAKOTA Harold Morgan, M.D. 1315 Sharp Bldg. Lincoln, Neb. 68508 29 NEW JERSEY A. A. Florin, M.D. N. J. State Dept. of Hith. John-Fitch Plaza Trenton, N.J. 08625 30 NEW MEXICO Reginald Fitz, M.D. Deon, School of Med. U. of New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 87106 31 NEW YORK METR. AREA V. deP. Larkin, M.D. N. Y. Academy of Med. 2 E. 103d St. New York, N.Y. 10029 32 NORTH CAROLINA M, J. Musser, M.D. Teer House 4019 N. Roxboro Rd. Durham, N.C. 27704 33. NORTH DAKOTA T.H. Harwood, M.D. Dean, School of Med. U. of North Dakota Grond Forks, N.D. 58202 34 NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND J. E. Wennberg, M.D. U. of Vt. Coll. of Med. Burlington, Vt. 05401 35 NORTHLANDS J. Minott Stickney, M.D. Minn. State Med. Assoc. 200 Ist St. S.W. Rochester, Minn. 55901 36 OHIO STATE R. L. Meiling, M.D. Dean, Coll. of Med. Ohio State U. 410 W. 10th Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43210 37 OHIO VALLEY W. H. McBeath, M.D. 628 N. Broadway Lexington, Ky. 40508 38 OKLAHOMA K. West, M.D. U. of Ok. Med. Center 800 N.E. 13th St. Oklahoma City, Ok. 73104 39 OREGON M. R. Grover, M.D. Director, Cont. Med. Ed. School of Med. U. of Oregon 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Portland, Ore. 97201 40 ROCHESTER,N.Y. R.C. Porker, Jr., M.D. School of Med. and Dent. U. of Rochester Rochester, N.Y. 14620 4] SOUTH CAROLINA C. P. Summerall tl, M.D. Dept. of Med. Med. Coll. Hospital 55 Doughty St. Charleston, $.C. 29403 42 SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY R. B. McKenzie Pa. Med. Society Taylor Bypass and Erford Lemoyne, Pa, 17043 TENNESSEE 43 MID-SOUTH 5. W. Olson, M.D. Baker Bldg. 110 21st Ave. S. Nashville, Tenn. 37203 44 TEXAS C. A. LeMaistre, M.D. V. Chan. for Hith. Affairs U. of Texas Austin, Tex. 78712 45 TRISTATE M. ¥. Edds, Jr., Ph.D. Harvard Med. School 25 Shattuck St. Boston, Mass. 02115 AB VIRGINIA K. Nelson, M.D. Dean Med. Coll. of Va. 1200 E. Broad St. Richmond, Va. 23219 AT WASHINGT ON- ALASKA D. R. Sparkman, M.D. School of Med. U. of Washington Seattle, Wash. 98105 48 WEST VIRGINIA C. K. Sleeth, M.D. Deon, School of Med. West Virginia U. Morgantown, W. Va. 26506 49 WESTERN NEW YORK D.M. Surgenor, M.D. Dean, School of Med. State U. of N.Y. at Buffalo 101 Capen Hall Buffalo, N.Y. 14214 50 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA F, 5, Cheever, M.D. Dean, School of Med. U. of Pittsburgh M-240 Scaife Hall 3550 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 51 WISCONSIN ‘J. S$. Hirschboeck, M.D. Wisconsin RMP, Inc. Room 1103 110 E. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wise. 53202 PUBLIC LAW 89-239 Through grants, to afford to the medical profession and the medical institu- tions of the Nation the opportunity of planning and implementing programs to make available to the American people the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and related diseases by estab- lishing voluntary regional cooperative arrangements among... @ physicians @ voluntary health agencies @ hospitals ® Federal, State, and local @ medical schools health agencies ae @ civic organization e research institutions 8 tons The activities of Regional Medical Programs are directed by fulltime Co- ordinators working together with Regional Advisory Groups which are broadly representative of the medical and health resources of the regions. Membership on these groups nationally is: Hospital Administrators Public Health Officials 8% Other Health 8% Workers Practicing Physicians Voluntary Health Agencies Medical Center- School Officials Members of the Public DECEMBER FEBRUARY OCTOBER DECEMBER FEBRUARY JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY APRIL MAY EVENTS Report of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Congressional hearings Enactment of P.L. 89-239 Notional Advisory Council meeting Establishment of Division Publication of preliminary Guidelines National Advisory Council meeting Review Committee meeting National Advisory Council meeting Review Committee meeting Notional Advisory Council meeting Publication of Guidelines Review Committee meeting Nationa! Advisory Council meeting First of 5 meetings of Ad Hoc Committee for Report to the President and Congress Review Committee meeting National Advisory Council meeting Review Committee meeting National Conference National Advisory Council meeting Review Committee meeting National Advisory Council meeting Initial policies and pre- liminary Guidelines reviewed Policy for review proc- ess and Division activities set 7 planning gronts awarded 3 plenning grants awarded 8 plonning grants awarded Report material discussed 16 planning grants awarded National views on Programs and information for Report provided 10 planning and 4 opera- tional grants awarded | i | | | { bye eT NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL L.H. BERRY, M.D. Prof., Cook Co. Grad. School of Med. Sr. Atten. Physician Michael Reese Hosp. Chicago, Ill. M. E. DEBAKEY, M.D. Prof. and Cheirman Dept. of Surgery Baylor U. Houston, Tex. B. W. EVERIST, JR., M.D. Chief of Pediatrics Green Clinic Ruston, La. C. J. HITCH, D.Sei. Vice Pres. for Finance U. of California Berkeley, Calif. J. R. HOGNESS, M.D. Dean, School of Med. U. of Washington Seattle, Wash. J. T. HOWELL, M.D. Executive Director Henry Ford Hosp. Detroit, Mich. C. H. MILLIKAN, M.D. Consultant in Neurology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn. G. £. MOORE, M.D. Director, Rosewell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo, N.Y. E.D. PELLEGRINO, M.D. Director of the Med. Ctr. State U. of New York Stony Brook, N.Y. A.M. POPMA, M.D. Regional Director Mountain States Regional Medical Program Boise, Idaho M. 1. SHANHOLTZ, M.D. State HIth. Comm. State Dept. of HIth. Richmond, Va. W. H. STEWART, M.D. Chairman Surgeon General Public Health Service C.H. TRAEGER, M.D. New York, N.Y. REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS REVIEW COMMITTEE M. BERKE Director Mount Zion Hosp. ond Med. Ctr Son Francisco, Calif. K.P. BUNNELL, Ph.D. Assoc, Director Western Interstate Comm. for Higher Ed. Boulder, Colo. 5. B. COHEN! Management Consultant Adelphi, Md. E.L. CROSBY, M.D. Director American Hosp. Assoc. Chicago, Ill. G. JAMES, M.D. Chairman Deon, Mount Sinai School of Med. New York, N.Y. H.W. KENNEY, M.D. Medical Director John A. Andrew Memorial Hosp. Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee, Ala. E. J. KOWALEWSKI, M.D. Chairman, Committee of Environmenta! Med. Acad. of Gen. Practice Akron, Pa, G. E. MILLER, M.D. Director, Ctre for Med. Ed. Coll. of Med. U. of Hlinois Chicago, Ill. A, PASCASIO, PH.D. Assoc. Research Prof. Nursing School, U. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. S.H. PROGER, M.D. Pres., Bingham Assoc. Fd. Boston, Mass. D. E. ROGERS, M.D. Prof. and Chairman Dept. of Med. School of Med. Vanderbilt U. Nashville, Tenn. C.H.W. RUHE, M.D. Assistant Secretary Council on Med. Ed. American Med. Assoc. Chicago, III. R. J. SLATER, M.D. Executive Director The Assoc. for the Aid of Crippled Children New York, N.Y. J.D. THOMPSON Prof. of Public Hlth. School of Public HIth, Yale U. New Haven, Conn. K. L. WHITE, M.D. Director, Div. of Med. Care and Hosp. School of Hygiene and Public Hlth. Johns Hopkins U. Baltimore, Md. tT Deceased, April 1967