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The Philosophy of Professor Valtis

The Philosophy of Professor Valtis. Harisios Boudoulas , MD, Dr., Dr. Hon. Professor of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Pharmacy (emeritus) Honorary Professor, Academician (an. mem .) Honorary President Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Greece,

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The Philosophy of Professor Valtis

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  1. The Philosophy of Professor Valtis HarisiosBoudoulas, MD, Dr., Dr. Hon. Professor of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Pharmacy (emeritus) Honorary Professor, Academician (an. mem.) Honorary President Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Greece, Council Member Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

  2. «Γενεά kαιγενεάεπαινέσειταέργασου…»- Ψαλμός 144, στ. 4 Dimitrios J. Valtis Professor, Chairman, A Department of Internal Medicine Dean of Medical School Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece '

  3. - Aristotelis

  4. Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis • Physician • Teacher of Medicine • Department Chairman – Leader • Example for Future Generations

  5. Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis • Physician • Teacher of Medicine • Department Chairman – Leader • Example for Future Generations

  6. Full Attention to Patient Without Distraction

  7. The Patient Was Always the Center of His Focus Biochemistry Biochemistry Hematology Hematology Other Other Microbiology Microbiology Radiology Radiology The secret of patient care is in caring for the patient

  8. Physician Clinical Experience Science / Technology If a doctors life may not be a divine vocation, then no life is a vocation and nothing is divine Ethics

  9. Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis • Physician • Teacher of Medicine • Department Chairman – Leader • Example for Future Generations

  10. Teacher of Medicine “Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” - William Butler Yeats • Continuous stimulation • Constant example of what it takes to be a great physician. • Integrity, honesty, responsibility and dedication to the sick. • Intense program of training with attention to detail without losing the big picture • Demands from students to excel • Always fair • Textbook of internal medicine

  11. Basic Mechanisms and Thinking Were Emphasized • “Socratic dialogues” • Difference between memory and thinking • Accumulation versus movement of facts • Moving the facts you can solve problems

  12. New Era in Internal Medicine Based on Pathophysiology René Magritte. La Clairvoyance, 1936

  13. The Quality of Medical Care for an Individual Patient is Related to the Clinician’s Decision and Action (judgement) DECISION ACTION (How to do) (What to do)

  14. Diagnostic Process -Self Assessment

  15. Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis • Physician • Teacher of Medicine • Department Chairman – Leader • Example for Future Generations

  16. Department Chairman - Leader “Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.” - Emerson, Progress in Culture Personnel of the clinic He realized that the fate of the clinic lies in the men and women who work there and the ideals which they cherish and teach.

  17. A Department of Internal Medicine: Expectations from the Faculty ' • Respect with integrity but not servility • High ethical standards • Dedication to the sick • To excel • To achieve the maximum of their capacity (high goals)

  18. A Department of Internal Medicine: Spirit of the Faculty ' • Privilege to contribute to the education of future physicians and to the progress of medicine • Privilege of caring for the sick • Any assignment was considered an opportunity to learn

  19. A Department of Internal Medicine at the Time ' “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” - Aristotelis • Learning environment; continuous discussions among faculty members, “Small Plato Academy” • Dedication to the sick • Referral center (Greece, other countries) for patients with multiple and difficult medical problems

  20. A Department of Internal Medicine: Achievements ' • Internal medicine based on pathophysiology was introduced in Greece • First successful kidney transplantationin Greece • First artificial kidney unit in northern Greece • Coronary arteriography, electrophysiologic studies in northern Greece • Coronary bypass surgery (Prof Lazarides) in northern Greece • Renal artery stenosis in arterial hypertension • Endocrinologic causes of arterial hypertension • Aspirin as an antiplatelet agent • Other

  21. Professor Valtis and his Vision The Continuous Evolution of Medicine and the Constant Role of the Physician The Physician must follow the evolution of medicine Continuous changing of diseases Clinical Applications • High technology • Judgment • Humanennes Medical Technology Medical Science

  22. ' A Department of Internal Medicine:Achievements of Faculty Members “If I have seen further, it is only because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” - Isaac Newton, letter to Robert Hooke, 1675 • Professors of medicine in Greece and abroad • Presidents or deans of medical schools • Founders of new medical schools in Greece • Directors in major clinics or laboratories • Directors of research centers • Academicians • Presidents of scientific societies in Greece and abroad • Developed new fields in Greece (e.g. bone marrow transplantation) • Members of University Council in Greece • Other

  23. Το πνεύμα της Κλινικής Βαλτή“Γενεαλογικό Δένδρο” Γενεές μαθητών τουΒαλτή Καθηγητής Δ. Βαλτής Ι II III IV

  24. Philosophy and Spirit of Professor Valtis • Physician • Teacher of Medicine • Department Chairman – Leader • Example for Future Generations

  25. “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it was too low and we reach it.” - Michelangelo, 1475-1564 The past does not depend on us but the future does.

  26. Professor Dimitrios J. Valtis: Physician, Teacher of Medicine, Leader Ethos Pathos Logos “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry B. Adams

  27. The Quality of the Student and the Teacher in Education Education “The fate of an institution lies in the men and women who work in its halls and in the ideals which they cherish and teach” Sir William Osler Teacher Quality Student Quality Time

  28. The Care of the Patient Το μυστικό της ιατρικής περίθαλψης είναι η φροντίδα για τον ασθενή “…the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Peabody, FW

  29. ΙΗΤΡΟΣ ΓΑΡ ΑΝΗΡ ΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΑΝΤΑΞΙΟΣ ΑΛΛΩΝ Ιπποκράτης “if a doctor’s life may not be a divine vocation, then no life is a vocation and nothing is divine” Stephen Paget – Confessio Media «εάν η ζωή του Ιατρού δεν μπορεί να είναι θεϊκό λειτούργημα, τότε καμία ζωή δεν είναι λειτούργημα και τίποτα δεν είναι θεϊκό»

  30. Επί της πρώτης επιτυχούς μεταμοσχεύσεως νεφρού επί ανθρώπου παρ’ ημίν.Κ. Τούντας, Δ. Βαλτής, Α. Μαρσέλος, Γ. Μπλάτζας, Χ. Μπουντούλας, Φ. Χαρσούλης, Δ. Τούσης, Χ. ΠισιώτηςΕλληνική Ιατρική, 1968

  31. «Γενεάχαιγενεάεπαινέσειταέργασου…»Ψαλμός 144, στ. 4 Dimitrios J. Valtis Professor, Director A’ Department of Internal Medicine Dean of Medical School Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

  32. Dedication to Students • Demands from students to excel • Always fair • Internal medicine book

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