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“The Patient is first, and last…always ” A History of the Department of Pediatrics

“The Patient is first, and last…always ” A History of the Department of Pediatrics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. First Patients Admitted 1909. Early Pediatrics at Walter Reed. 12 deliveries/month between 1920-40; dependent care was optional.

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“The Patient is first, and last…always ” A History of the Department of Pediatrics

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  1. “The Patient is first, and last…always” A History of the Department of Pediatrics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

  2. First Patients Admitted 1909

  3. Early Pediatrics at Walter Reed 12 deliveries/month between 1920-40; dependent care was optional

  4. War Brides and 10,000 infants transported to U.S. in 1st year after VE Day

  5. High Infant Mortality on the USNS Zebulon Vance Sister ship to USNS Cateau-Therrieu pictured above

  6. COL Ogden Bruton

  7. Pediatric Section Established March 1949

  8. Rapid Growth in Pediatrics from ’49-’57

  9. Rapid Growth in Pediatrics from ’49-’57

  10. Pediatric Clinic: Building 7, 2nd Floor

  11. Inpatient Pediatrics, Building 1Wards 16, 17 and 22

  12. Walter Reed Newborn Nursery, 1954

  13. Diagnostic Breakdown of Inpatient Admissions at Tokyo and Walter Reed, 1950s

  14. Primary Pediatric Medevac Site for the Western Hemisphere

  15. Hospital for Foreign Dignitaries

  16. Life on the Ward

  17. “Frequent Flier” on the Inpatient Ward Joseph S. Holtoner, son of a USAF Major General J. Stanley Holtoner

  18. Meanwhile, a few miles away….

  19. NNMC Pediatrics Starts July 1948 under CAPT James T. Fowler

  20. LCDR Howard Pearson CAPT Thomas Cone LT Charles Waite Bethesda Naval Hospital, 1957

  21. CAPT Andy MargilethFather of Pediatric Dermatology

  22. Walter Reed Expands in the 1960s

  23. COL James Bass – Chief of Pediatrics 1975-1981

  24. Women Pediatricians Mid 1960s Dr. Eve Kimball 1st Female Intern in the Army Madigan AMC 1975 Dr. Donna Schuster 1st Female Graduate Walter Reed

  25. COL Erroll AldenChief of Pediatrics, 1983-1987

  26. Base Realignment and Closure - 1995 • Two residencies combined as the National Capital Consortium • NICU and Newborn Services – NNMC • PICU, Inpatient Pediatrics – WRAMC • Subspecialty Clinics – WRAMC (mostly) • Primary Care Clinics - Both

  27. USAF Trainees • Occasional USAF Pediatric Residents since 1956 • B.J. Beard swaps spots with Jill Emerick in 2002 • First class of USAF pediatric interns starts 2006

  28. Base Realignment and Closure, Round 2 2005

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