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2023 ACMS Bulletin Photo Contest
by TEAM
Please note instructions below for participating in the 2023 ACMS Bulletin Photo Contest: a) Horizontal photos will not be considered. b) Photos with low resolution will not be considered. c) Panoramic shots or photos featuring specifically identifiable individuals relatives will not be considered. d) Be aware top third of image will be obstructed by Masthead.
1 Email your VERTICAL jpg photos with a resolution of 300 dpi or higher to ACMSBulletin@acms.org. Photos should be 8”W x 10”H. No more than three photos may be submitted.
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2 You must be an ACMS member physician to submit photos.
3 Please save the photo file as the name of the photo. Also, please provide your name, specialty, email address and phone number in the email.
4 You will receive verification that your photo has been received and is eligible to be entered in the contest.
5 5 The deadline for submission is Monday, October 3rd, 2023. After this date, a group of individuals selected by the ACMS Board of Directors and ACMS Editorial Board will vote on the top 12 photos.
6 Winners will be announced on the ACMS website, in the Bulletin and via email. The 1st-place winner’s photo will appear on the January 2024 cover; the remaining winning photos will appear on Bulletin covers throughout the year.
7 Please continue to check the ACMS website and future issues of the Bulletin for further updates and reminders.
8 If you have any questions, please contact Contact Cindy Warren at ACMSBulletin@acms.org.
miChael lamB, m.D.
Dr. Eugene A. Stead Jr., famed Chairman of Medicine at Duke University was the greatest medical educator of the last half of the 20th century. The following story about Dr. Stead was essentially a recollection of former Allegheny Health Department Director, Dr. Bruce Dixon. Stead had built Duke into what many considered to be the finest department of medicine in the country. More of his trainees and faculty became Internal Medicine Department Chiefs, Division Heads or Residency Directors than any other educator in the history of American Medicine with the possible exception of Sir William Osler. Additionally, the profession of “physician assistants” was invented by and nurtured by Dr. Stead. There were many Stead trained physicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in the era from 1960 to 2000, including the legendary Chief of Medicine, Dr. Jack Meyers; Residency Director, Dr. Bruce W. Dixon; Cardiology Division Head, Dr. James Leonard; and Rheumatology Division Head Dr. Gerald Rodnan. This gave the department of Medicine in Pittsburgh a real “Steadian flavor.”
It was therefore with a great deal of excitement that the medical residents at Presbyterian University Hospital were informed that Dr. Stead would
