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Radiation Oncology
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Radiation Oncology
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Radiological Sciences
The Department of Radiology was officially
established with the appointment of Andrew H. Dowdy as professor
and chairman of the department on December 1, 1947. The first budget
was allocated July 1, 1948 for the fiscal year 1948-49. Dowdy was
one of the five original founders of the School of Medicine at Los
Angeles.
As envisioned by the chairman and the original
departmental staff, the department developed and functioned along
divisional lines: adult diagnosis, pediatric diagnosis, therapy,
isotopes, radiation physics, and radiation biology. Each division
made a distinguished contribution to the department's teaching and
research programs. The clinical divisions were concerned also with
patient care.
Research in varied aspects of radiology and related
fields produced over 300 publications by departmental members.
In 1965, the staff numbered 16 M.D.'s, 147 non-academic
personnel, and 23 student trainees in technology. There were 12
students in the graduate programs and 23 resident and trainee physicians
specializing in radiology. The graduate program leading to the M.S.
degree in radiology was established in 1955, the Ph.D. degree in
medical physics (radiology) in 1959, and the resident program accepted
its first candidate in 1954.
The utilization of radiologic techniques in the
diagnosis and treatment of human ills underwent revolutionary expansion
in the middle of the century. Most of the afflictions of man either
were diagnosed or treated by a radiologic procedure or the efficacy
of some other treatment was measured by radiology. Beginning in
the early 1960s, the number of procedures accomplished in the diagnostic
division at Los Angeles increased by 70 per cent (14 per cent per
year). If weighted according to complexity from one to 25 units
per examination, the work load increased 200 per cent in the same
period, averaging 40 per cent per year.
The increase in therapy and use of isotopes was
not of such great magnitude, but did reflect steady acceleration
in the use of these modalities.
The department greatly expanded with additions
to the hospital anticipated that began in 1966. After the addition
was complete, proposals were made to develop a division of urologic
diagnostic radiology immediately within the clinical area of urology
which would provide unique opportunities for training and research
in the radiologic and urologic sciences. source
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Religion
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Romance Linguistics and Literature
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