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On Oct. 19, Thomas Q. Morris,M.D., chairman of Bassett’s Board ofTrustees, delivered the 11th lecturein honor of Dr. George MinerMacKenzie to a packed audience inthe ballroom of The Otesaga Hotel.

Titled “Work in Progress:Bassett Healthcare, Renewing Itself

while Preserving Tradition,” hisremarks outlined his perceptions ofthe achievements, shortfalls andchallenges of medicine over thepast 20 years or so, in general andas applied to Bassett. His

THE CUPOLAThe Bulletin of The Medical Alumni Association of The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital

Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, New YorkFall/Winter 2006

Vol. IX, No.III

Greetings from Cooperstown and North Carolina. We allhope this holiday season finds you well and able to be withfamily and friends.

Some of us alumni were able to be with old friends thisOctober for the annual meeting of the alumni board. We hada fine meeting, and I’m happy to report that medical educa-tion at Bassett is going strong. One of the highlights of theweekend was the opportunity to meet with current housestaff. We had two informal gatherings of alumni and housestaff, and it seems fair to say that both groups benefited fromthe exchange. We hope this will become an integral part of

the alumni weekend and that it will grow from this finebeginning.

Please enjoy this issue of The Cupola: You’ll see some ofthe many ways that Bassett is growing and striving to meetthe challenges of the health care industry in the 21st century.Best wishes for the holidays and for 2007. As always, let ushear from you.

Kenneth W. Wilkins, M.D.President, Board of Directors

Bassett Medical Alumni Association

MACKENZIE LECTURE GIVEN BY DR. THOMAS MORRIS

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Kenneth W. Wilkins, M.D.

Participants at the MacKenzie Lecture: Left to right, Alfred (Moby) Mudge, grand-son of George MacKenzie, M.D.; Lecturer Thomas Q. Morris, M.D.; ThayerMacKenzie, M.D., son of Dr. MacKenzie; Allen Dennison, M.D.; Jane MacKenzie,daughter-in-law of Dr. George MacKenzie; Bassett President William Streck, M.D.;and Jane MacKenzie Dennison, M.D., granddaughter of Dr. George MacKenzieand wife of Allen Dennison, M.D.

Front row: Randall Zuckerman, M.D.; Sarah Ricketts, M.D.; Jacqueline Bello, M.D.;Karen McShane, M.D.; Merideth Davis, M.D.; Back rows: James Dalton, M.D.;William Mitchell, M.D.; William Streck, M.D.; Steven Ching, M.D., Doug DeLong,M.D.; John Davis, M.D.; John May, M.D.; Kenneth Wilkins, M.D.; Ted Ruckert, M.D.;Donald Pollock, M.D.; Peter Gray, M.D.; Craig Henson, M.D.; Deborah Sentochnik,M.D.; Alan Kozak, M.D.; and guests Dr. and Mrs. Lowell McClellan.

ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOLDSANNUAL MEETING

The Board of Directors of the Bassett medical Alumni Board held aproductive annual meeting in Cooperstown on Oct. 6, 2006. The associa-tion’s bylaws were updated; check www.bassett.org/edu/alumni.cfm.

The status of the Medical Education Endowment Fund was reviewed byDirector of Medical Education James Dalton, M.D. Thanks to continueddonations and sound investment practices, the fund continues to grow andis able to support educational endeavors that would not otherwise be pos-sible; for instance, monies can be used to enhance the guest lecture pro-gram. Jim also reviewed the status of our residency programs, includingchanges in program directors for medicine and the Transitional Year as out-lined elsewhere in this issue of The Cupola.

Recruitment of house staff continues to be challenging, particularly forthe Medicine program, reflecting national trends; Surgery and the Transitional

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ALUMNI to page 5

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THE CUPOLA is the newsletter ofthe Medical Alumni Association ofThe Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital.The Association was founded to pro-vide support and recommendationsto Bassett Medical EducationDepartment; to assist in recruitingmedical students, house staff andattending staff; and to provide financialsupport to develop and enhancemedical education at Bassett.

The Medical AlumniAssociation of

The Mary ImogeneBassett Hospital

OfficersKenneth W. Wilkins, Jr., M.D.

President

Peter R. Gray, M.D.Secretary-Treasurer

Douglas M. DeLong, M.D.Executive Vice President

Board of DirectorsJoseph W. Bell, M.D.

Jacqueline A. Bello, M.D., PastPresident

Wendy Bonnett Bergman, M.D.Rodman D. Carter, M.D.Steven S.T. Ching, M.D.James T. Dalton, M.D.Merideth Davis, M.D.John S. Davis, M.D.

Katrina Harris, D.O.Donald A. Henderson, M.D.

Craig A.N. Henson, M.D.Alan J. Kozak, M.D.Jack L. Martin, M.D.

Karen E. McShane, M.D.Maria Mendez, M.D., Past President

William J. Mitchell, M.D.William H. Mook, M.D.

Anush Patel, M.D.Donald O. Pollock, M.D.Mark Reichelderfer, M.D.Sarah M. Ricketts, M.D.

G. Theodore Ruckert IV, M.D.Deborah E. Sentochnik, M.D.Timothy S. Whitaker, M.D.Randall S. Zuckerman, M.D.

Ex OfficioWilliam F. Streck, M.D.

President & CEO

Charlotte HoagAssistant Director, Medical Education

Leann SmithMedical Education Specialist

THE CUPOLA is published threetimes a year. Please send commentsand news, including change ofaddress information to: Editor,The Cupola, Office of MedicalEducation, Bassett Healthcare, OneAtwell Road, Cooperstown, NY13326 or e-mail to<[email protected]>.

John S. Davis, M.D.Editor

Lisa MillerAssistant Editor

Anne Geddes-AtwellDesign & Production

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The Second Annual Rural SurgerySymposium, sponsored by Bassett’sMithoefer Center for Rural Surgery,took place Sept. 17-19, 2006, at TheOtesaga Hotel. There were morethan 90 attendees from 20 states andrepresentatives from India, East Africa,Australia, Scotland and Canada.

Highlights of the symposiumincluded a look at innovative modelsthat are working to provide surgicalcare in rural areas, quality-of-careissues in rural surgery and the stateof rural surgery in remote interna-tional communities. In his keynoteaddress, Guy Maddern, M.D., from theUniversity of Adelaide in SouthAustralia, described the challenges ofproviding surgical services in remoteareas of Australia. Bassett AttendingSurgeon Timothy Siegel, M.D.,

described Bassett’s fourth-year ruralsurgery elective, where students trav-el to outreach facilities with anattending surgeon to participate inthe clinic and in inpatient and outpa-tient surgeries.

Drs. Steven Heneghan, PatrickDietz and Randall Zuckerman servedas moderators, and other Bassett pre-senters were Drs. John Dewey,

Jonathan Richman, Shelby Cooper,Virgilio Centenara, David Borgstrom,John May and Research CoordinatorBrit Doty, M.P.H. The outstanding suc-cess of the symposium again servedto highlight national recognition ofThe Mithoefer Center. The ThirdAnnual Rural Surgery Symposium willbe held in Grand Forks, N.D., inSeptember 2007. ■

MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF A RURAL SURGERY PROGRAM

Patrick Dietz, M.D. Randall Zuckerman, M.D.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT RESIDENCY PROGRAM ONE OF 10 IN NATIONConsistent with its expanded

teaching mission, Bassett recently wel-comed the first physician assistant toits new multi-specialty surgical PA resi-dency program. John Moore, RPA-C,joined Bassett in September for a one-year training program during which hewill have the chance to rotate through12 surgical subspecialties.

“Bassett established this programfor a few key reasons,” explainedDepartment of Orthopedics PA ShariJohnson-Ploutz, director of the newprogram. “As chief of surgery, Dr.Steven Heneghan, and Dr. MichaelGold before him, supported the ideaof post-graduate PA educationbecause of the number of experi-enced PAs in the Department ofSurgery. We also have an excellentsetting for a PA residency with ourlong-established surgical residency forphysicians.”

In concert with Johnson-Ploutz,Surgeon Eric Mooney, M.D., serves asmedical director of the new program.The training consists of 12 one-

month rotations, with an optionaltwo- to six-week elective rotation.Each subspecialty has a PA preceptor.

Moore has benefited fromBassett’s rural surgical practice envi-ronment. “We linked the residency toThe Mithoefer Center for RuralSurgery program in that the need forPAs with a broad-based surgicalknowledge and skill level is prevalentin rural areas across the country,”Johnson-Ploutz said. The residencyincludes a rural rotation at BassettHospital of Schoharie County. “Beforecoming to Bassett, I didn’t understand

what it meant to be a rural practice,”Moore said, “but it requires a broadtraining.” He also benefits from thefact that Bassett does not have anorthopedic residency, “so I have beenable to be first assistant on some sur-geries, which is important to me.”

Bassett’s is one of only 10 PA sur-gical residency programs in theUnited States. PA residency programsare not yet accredited by theAmerican Academy of PhysicianAssistants, but Bassett has modeledits program after the AAPA’s draftstandards. ■

Craig Lippitt, RPA-C, left, discusses MRI images with Resident John Moore, RPA-C, dur-ing his rotation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.


STRECK APPOINTEDTO GOVERNOR’S TEAM

Bassett Healthcare President and CEO Dr. William F. Streck has beennamed to the health care transition team of New York Gov.-Elect EliotSpitzer and Lt.Gov.-Elect David Paterson.

Dr. Streck is one of only four physicians on the 27-member HealthCare Policy Advisory Committee, which will advise the governor-electand lieutenant governor-elect on the major health care challenges facingNew York state and otherwise guide the new administration’s transitionefforts in the area of health care.

“I feel privileged to serve on Gov.-Elect Spitzer’s transition team,” saidDr. Streck. “New York state faces numerous challenges, and it is encourag-ing to see the governor-elect looking for input from such a broad array ofindividuals.”

BASSETT TO ADD FOURTHAFFILIATED HOSPITAL

Bassett Healthcare President and CEO William F. Streck, M.D., hasannounced plans to re-establish a hospital in Sidney with 24-hour emer-gency services and a limited number of inpatient beds. The plans will leadto an independent, locally governed hospital affiliated with Bassett.

The agreement was reached after months of negotiations betweenGov. George Pataki, state Sen. John J. Bonacic and Dr. Streck. The overall

plan provides debt relief to the town of Sidney, transfers ownership ofthe former hospital building to Bassett, and includes the CON filing byBassett to re-institute hospital services at the facility, which closed lastyear as a result of financial difficulties. The agreement was reached aftersecuring $3 million through state government sources, the money to beused by Bassett to purchase the building. Bassett will also seek additionalfunding under the state’s HEAL NY program, which is designed toaddress health care restructuring.

Following the closure last year, Bassett established primary care,urgent care, and laboratory and radiology services on the campus of theformer hospital. “As we promised last year,” said Dr. Streck, “we have eval-uated the needs and desires of the community and we now have a planthat largely reconstitutes health services in Sidney.”

Bassett will also seek to develop a larger health complex in Sidneyconsisting of expanded diagnostic imaging, laboratory and outpatientservices, all electronically connected to Cooperstown and other compo-nents of the Bassett system, which now includes three other affiliate hos-pitals, a skilled nursing facility and 23 health centers. Regional physicianswill be invited to become members of the medical staff and to assist inthe design and implementation of the new services, which would alsoinclude a site for office-based practices and services.

Located in northern Delaware County, Sidney is a community of6,000 with two major industries, Mead-Westvaco and Amphenol Corp.,as well as other significant business enterprises. ■

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Breaking News

It is a pleasure to welcomeBassett Chief Medicine ResidentAnush Patel, M.D., to the AlumniBoard. (Readers should note thatthe board regularly adds membersof the current house staff.)

Dr. Patel was born and raised inAhmedabad, India, “in a family withhigh values for education and culture.Being the youngest of three children,I was always spoiled. I was fortunateenough to complete medical schoolat B. J. Medical College in my home-town. I met my wife in summer of2000 when she was visiting India. Imoved to United States in 2001 tofulfill my craving for medical researchand academic medicine. I worked inthe Emergency Department in N.J.while preparing for the USMLEexams. Quality and enthusiasm foreducation thrilled me when I startedmy residency at Bassett.

“Currently, I am a chief medicalresident and applying for a hematol-ogy-oncology fellowship. I am veryinterested in electronic technology,

communication technology andelectronic medical records. We livein Cooperstown, and my wifeworks for information technologyat Bassett Hospital. In my preciousfree time I like to walk with my wifeand Casey, my 3-year-old yellow lab.I am very fortunate to be trained atBassett Healthcare and proud to bepart of the Medical AlumniAssociation.”

Steven S.T. Ching, M.D., hasbeen a member of the BassettAlumni Board since 2000. Hewrites: “I have lived a charmed life

during which a series of accidentsand decisions have led to me to acareer and journey which has beenfun, fulfilling and wonderful. I wasraised in Honolulu and went to col-lege at Wesleyan University inConnecticut. While home forThanksgiving of my freshman year, Imet my future wife, Mary Dante ofCobleskill. We were married in1971 in a field atop CrumhornMountain near where her mother’sfamily was from. I decided on acareer of medicine and rememberbeing accepted in the same week to

the University of Hawaii, U. C. ofSan Francisco and the University ofRochester. Of course, I choseRochester. While there, I had thegood fortune to learn in a medicalschool with George Engel and OttoThaler. I did not appreciate it then,but found that the greatest lessonsof my career came from Dr. Engel.”

Dr. Ching did his RotatingInternship at Bassett (1974-75), fol-lowed by a stint in the NationalHealth Service Corps assigned toBoonville, NY. He then did his resi-dency in ophthalmology at theUniversity of Rochester and fellow-ship in cornea transplantation at theUniversity of Iowa. The Chings livein Rochester, where he has servedas the interim chairman of theDepartment of Ophthalmology atthe University of Rochester on twooccasions. Among his greatest joysare patient care and teaching. The Uof R ophthalmology residents havetwice voted him as the outstandingteacher of ophthalmology. ■

Dr. Steven S.T. ChingDr. Anush Patel

ALUMNI BOARD MEMBER PROFILES


ANNUAL LECTURE IN HONOROF JOHN E. OLSON, M.D.

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In October, Eric Knight, M.D.,assumed the position of programdirector for the TransitionalResidency program*. Dr. Knight firstcame to Bassett from theUniversity of Vermont College ofMedicine in 1990 as an intern inInternal Medicine. He completed hisMedicine residency inCooperstown in 1995, enjoying aneven more important life eventalong the way – meeting his futurewife, Cooperstown native SusieLasher (Knight).

Susie and Eric moved toBoston, where Eric completed anMPH at the Harvard School ofPublic Health and fellowship trainingin both geriatrics and nephrology atMassachusetts General Hospital andBrigham and Women’s Hospital. In2003, the lure of Cooperstown was

successful, and Eric, Susie and theirchildren, Margaret and Tommy,moved back to the village. Ericjoined the Division of Nephrologyin the Department of Medicine andhas been an active clinician andteacher since, taking on the devel-opment of the evidence-based med-icine curriculum for the Medicineresidency. In October, he acceptedthe offer to take the helm of theTransitional Residency, which isjointly sponsored by the depart-ments of Medicine and Surgery.Medical Education is pleased to wel-come Dr. Knight; all who haveworked with him are excited at theprospect of his expanded involve-ment in Bassett’s mission of medicaleducation.

Dr. Knight takes over the direc-tion of the Transitional Residency

from Eric DelGiacco, M.D., who hasleft Bassett to pursue his career ingeneral internal medicine at theLittle Rock VA in Little Rock, Ark.Dr. DelGiacco completed his resi-dency and chief residency at Bassettbetween 1982 and 1986. Coming

back to Bassett in 1988, he distin-guished himself over the last 18years as a superb clinician and col-league, contributing enormously tothe teaching programs at everylevel. He served at various times asthe director of CME, student clerk-ship liaison in General InternalMedicine, assistant program direc-tor in Internal Medicine andTransitional Program director from1997 until 2006. His residents, col-leagues and friends will miss himgreatly.

* For an historical perspective, Bassett’sTransitional Residency is a one-yeargeneral training program that hasevolved from the Rotating Internship(1927-74) and then the “Flexible Year”(1975-81). ■

NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSITIONAL RESIDENCY

Dr. Eric Knight

The Friends of Bassett hosted the 12th annual John E. Olson Lecture onWednesday, Oct. 11, at The Otesaga Hotel, given by David Hohn, M.D., presi-dent and CEO of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo and also chair-man of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Dr. Olson, revered as thefounding father of Bassett’s Regional Cancer Program and role model for gen-erations of physicians, is pictured after the lecture with Dr. Maureen Killackey,director of Bassett’s Regional Cancer Center. Proceeds from the event were des-ignated toward the Regional Cancer Program’s acquisition of a new cancerscreening coach.

PowerPoint presentation was made particularly effective by using a series ofheadlines over the years from The New York Times and other newspapers.

Major themes included the extraordinary advances in the understand-ing and treatment of disease, societal and economic shortfalls along the waywith rising costs and payer complexities, challenges for medical educationdictated, in part, by the political process, the emergence of the electronicunderpinning of medical practice, the new paradigm of “evidence-basedmedicine” and problems with ties between the medical profession and thepharmaceutical industry.

Dr. Morris tied his points to Bassett’s accomplishments and challengesalong the way and ended with a prescient quote from Dr. MacKenzie: “Is itvisionary to think of the hospital of the future and perhaps the not-very-dis-tant future as a socially progressive health center?”

Dr. Morris joined the Bassett Hospital Board of Directors in 1985 andhas been its chairman since 1995. His outstanding leadership during thistime has been instrumental in helping to guide Bassett’s missions of patientcare, education and research during a period of phenomenal growth andpresent far-flung diversity as the region’s leader in health care. ■

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LET’S HEAR FROM YOUWe hear from Bassett alumni that The Cupola is one of the ways

they keep up with past colleagues.

To do that well, we need to hear from you.

Contact John Davis with items at [email protected]

or write to Office of Medical Education, Bassett Healthcare,

Attn: John Davis, One Atwell Road, Cooperstown 13326.


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Dear readers: We need more of you tocontribute to the Family Album! Pleasesend personal and/or professionalupdates and photos to [email protected].

1970sPhilip J. (Phil) Dzwonczyk,M.D., (Medicine Resident 1979-81) writes that: “We are in theearly stages of building our newVeterans Home here in Oxford(N.Y.), and things are well withAndrea and me at home. I wasre-certified as a certified medicaldirector by the American MedicalDirectors Association in July2006, and I received a President’sAward for Voluntary FacultyService on Sept. 13, 2006, at theFall Faculty Convocation of theUpstate Medical University inSyracuse. I remain active here inOxford in clinical geriatric medi-cine and in medical administra-tion and clinical teaching —working with medical studentsfrom the Upstate MedicalUniversity Clinical Campus andwith internal medicine residentsfrom UHSH. I hope that all is wellwith you and my friends inCooperstown!”

2000sJulie H. Tsai (Transitional Resident2000-2001) sends this picture ofher wedding at The OtesagaHotel in September 2006. Afterleaving Bassett, Dr. Tsai did herresidency in Ophthalmology at

Strong Memorial Hospital of theUniversity of Rochester School ofMedicine, and then went on tocomplete her Cornea subspecial-ty fellowship at the CincinnatiEye Institute. After completingher second fellowship in Uveitisand Ocular Immunology at theDoheny Eye Institute in LosAngeles, she and her husband, Dr.Thomas Federici, now reside inColumbia, S.C., where they areboth faculty in the Department ofOphthalmology at the Universityof South Carolina. “Bassett andCooperstown provided suchwonderful memories for bothTom and me. It just felt right togo back to have our wedding atThe Otesaga. We wish everyonethe best and plan to keep intouch!” ■

Drs. Julie Tsai and Thomas Frederici

IN MEMORIAM: BASSETT REMEMBERS

Alumni, please send us word about any former Bassett physicians whohave passed away.

Robert G. Campbell, M.D., passed away in August 2006. Hewas a member of the Board of Trustees of Bassett Hospital from July1999 until his death, serving on a variety of committees includingPerformance Improvement (chairman), Governance, Nominating andEducation. A graduate of Colgate University, Dr. Campbell obtainedhis M.D. from Columbia University. He was dedicated to qualitypatient care, the advancement of medicine through research and theeducation of the next generation of physicians. He played an impor-tant role in strengthening the relationship between Bassett andColumbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He alsoserved for many years as executive vice president and medical direc-tor for St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, his children, Robert, Susan andWilliam, and many other members of the Campbell family, which hasdeep roots in Cooperstown.

Dr. G. Donald Whedon, 90, of Clearwater, Fla., died May 4,2006, in Clearwater. A native of Geneva, N.Y., Dr. Whedon obtainedhis M.D. from the University of Rochester and did his RotatingInternship at Bassett. He went on to a distinguished 30-year career atthe National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, M.D., where hisresearch in metabolic bone diseases helped in the treatment ofosteoporosis. After moving to Florida, he became the scientific man-ager of Tampa Shriners Hospital’s medical research programs. He pub-lished approximately 100 scientific articles and received numeroushonors, including The Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal fromNASA in 1974. He was a member of many associations, including theAmerican Society for Gravitational and Space Biology and theInternational Society of Gravitational Physiology.

Survivors include a son, David M. Whedon, of Springfield, Va.; adaughter, Karen Green, of Hopkinton, Mass.; two grandchildren; andhis companion of two years, Renoir Wisti, of Clearwater.

Year have very solid applicant pools. TheOsteopathic Internship has been discontinuedbecause of new training rules for osteopaths thatBassett is unable to meet, but we continue to haveexcellent D.O. candidates to supplement M.D.applicants for Preliminary Medicine and theTransitional Year. The overall result continues to bea very strong resident staff.

CEO William F. Streck, M.D., and newlyappointed Research Institute Director John May,M.D., gave updates on the dynamic state ofBassett Healthcare and its refocused researchefforts to be centered on evidence-based medi-cine. The plan is to better link Bassett’s medicalresearch to our huge patient data base, now aug-

mented by the unfolding electronic medicalrecord, and thus to have a direct impact on thequality of education for trainees and faculty alike.Kenneth Deans Jr., vice president for InformationServices, discussed the details of the excitingstrategic plan for Bassett’s emerging electronicrevolution, which will underpin these institutionalefforts in education, research and patient care.

Doug DeLong, M.D., reviewed the career-planning seminar held by the board and membersof the house staff the previous evening; the boarddeemed it as highly successful, and it will berepeated next year. Finally, Anush Patel, M.D., chiefresident in Medicine, was introduced as thenewest member of the Alumni Board; Dr. Patelpresented a potential alumni-resident networkingapproach using a Yahoo personal chat group.

Officers up for re-election were approved, andAshley Morrison, M.D., stepping down, wasthanked for her participation. (See Page 2 for alist of current board members.)The next meetingwill be Oct. 7, 2007, in Cooperstown. ■

ALUMNI from page 1

Drs. Al Kozak, Ken Wilkins and Bill Mitchell

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PHYSICIAN OPPORTUNITIES AT BASSETTAs Bassett expands its far-ranging hospital and clinic network, numerous opportunities continue to open up for the physician staff.

Strong applicants bolstered by referral from our alumni will certainly get our attention! Please refer them to Medical Staff Affairs, (607) 547-6982.

• Anesthesiologist• Anesthesiologist with PM&R or Pain

Fellowship• Cardiologist• Critical Care Physician• Dermatologist• Emergency Medicine Physician• Family Practitioner (Cobleskill)• Family Practitioner (Norwich)• Gastroenterologist• General/Colorectal Surgeon• Hospitalist

• Infectious Disease Specialist• Internist, General• Medical Director (Delhi)• Nephrologist• Neurosurgeon• OB/GYN Physician• Oncologist – Director – Bassett Regional

Cancer Program• Ophthalmologist• Optometrist• Orthopaedic Surgeon• Otolaryngologist

• Pathologist, Chief• Pediatrician, General• Pediatrician, General (Oneonta)• Physiatrist• Plastic Surgeon• Pulmonologist• Radiologist• Urologist• Vascular Surgeon

For this issue, we celebrateGeorge MacKenzie, M.D., BassettHospital’s director from 1929-1946. It was his vision, intellectand leadership that were largelyresponsible for re-launching TheMary Imogene Bassett Hospitalon its tripartite missions ofpatient care, education andresearch — all unheard of in arural hospital that also had a full-time, salaried physician staff. (Seestory on Page 1 reviewing the11th lecture in honor of Dr.MacKenzie, delivered by ThomasMorris, M.D., chairman ofBassett’s Board of Trustees.) ■Dr. MacKenzie, ca. 1934

BASSETT LOOKS BACKFrom time to time, we’ll present a picture or two to capture an event or people in Bassett’s past. Enjoy reminiscing!

The Bassett physician staff, 1940: Front row, from left:, Drs. Monroe McIver,Marjorie Murray, David Kydd, George MacKenzie, Francis Harrison, Floyd Atwell;middle row, second from right, Dr. John Powers; back row, second from right Dr.Charles Kieler.


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