Pediatrics--New Mexico

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Alice Cushing (1930-2019) surveys the early part of her career. She was a pediatrician in Albuquerque and chair of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Cushing provides information about the foundation and early development of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in the early 1960s; the pioneer internship and residency programs at the Bernalillo County Indian Hospital (UNM Hospital); the pediatrics community in...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Catherine Armstrong-Seward (1915-2009), a pediatrician of Carlsbad, New Mexico, surveys her life and career as a New Mexico physician. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Armstrong's personal and professional backgrounds; her views and personal experience with sex prejudice in the profession; her appraisal of the medical community in Carlsbad as of the early 1950s and of medical facilities in the city and their development; her perception of...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Charles F. Fishback (1907-1990) of Albuquerque, N.M., focuses on his 30 years' practice of pediatrics in that city. A Mayo-trained pediatrician, Dr. Fishback came to the Lovelace Clinic in 1941 and retired in 1972. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Fishback's personal and professional backgrounds; his summary and evaluation of the Albuquerque medical community of the 1940s and 1950s, especially its pediatricians; the main personalities and operation...

Abstract This interview with Dr. David B. Post (1923-1993) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his life and medical career as a board-certified, Mayo Clinic-trained pediatrician. After coming to New Mexico in 1952, Dr. Post worked at Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque and in private practice in Los Alamos and Albuquerque.

Abstract This interview with Dr. Eleanor Adler (1909-1993) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, summarizes her 32 years of private practice in pediatrics in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Evelyn J. Basile (1917-2009), a board certified pediatrician of Las Cruces, New Mexico, discusses her life and career as a New Mexico physician. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Basile's medical education and post-graduate training experiences; the Las Cruces medical community in the early 1950's; Memorial Hospital's general lack of a pediatric unit and her establishment of a nursery for premature infants; osteopathic and ancillary health...

Scope and Contents The Pediatric History Project collection, HHC 339, dates 1966-1991, bulk 1989-1991. The collection consists of New Mexico Pediatric Society newsletters, correspondence, history committee materials, and research files about New Mexico pediatricians. The collection is organized into two series: Pediatric History and Provider Research Files. Original order and folder titles were retained.