Health care New Mexico

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Alvin H. Follingstad (1905-1989), a general surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his long career in New Mexico. Originally (1939-1942) a small-town general practitioner, Dr. Follingstad set up his practice in general surgery and gynecology in Albuquerque after the Second World War and practiced there continuously until his retirement in 1981. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are his medical education and training; World War II service; rural/small...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Edward D. Fikany (1917-2002) of Fort Sumner, New Mexico (De Baca County) provides insights into rural or smalltown practice in New Mexico during the last half of the twentieth century. A Northwestern University Medical School graduate, Dr. Fikany set up practice in Ft. Sumner (pop. 3000 and less) in 1948 and remained in continuous service there for more than 42 years. Among the subjects discussed in some detail in this interview are the economics and logistics of rural...

Scope and Contents This interview, conducted by Dr. David B. Post, focuses on the history of Women's and Children's Hospital of Albuquerque. The interviewees, Edward F. and Josephine Doherty, were respectively an administrator and a nurse at the hospital during its last decade of existence 1946-1955. Among the subjects discussed are the medical staff of the hospital, its nursing service, the physical facilities and equipment available at the hospital, and others.

Scope and Contents This interview with Elizabeth Budlong, RN (1911-1989) focuses on her quarter-century career as a public health nurse/school nurse in Taos County, New Mexico. From 1950 until her retirement in 1973, Ms. Budlong played a major role as an independent health care practitioner in her county. She devised and executed her own public health and school programs such as dental clinics, well-baby immunization campaigns, venereal disease detection programs, and others, which dominated her work as public...

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 This interview with former State Senator Fabian Chavez (1924-2008) focuses on his critical role in the establishment of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. State Senator Chavez (Democrat) was Senate Majority Leader in 1961, when the New Mexico Legislature first committed state money toward establishment of a medical school, and he was still in that position four years later, when the decision to expand to a four-year school was taken. This interview discusses the politics involved...

Content Description These papers help document Dr. Omer's medical career and other activities. They were left in the order found by the archivist. Types of records include publications by Dr. Omer, correspondence, photographs, slides, and other items.

This finding aid provides box-level description. Original folder titles were retained when present.

Scope and Contents This interview with Jack M. Campbell (1916-1999) summarizes his involvement with two New Mexico medical institutions, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the Lovelace Medical Foundation. The medical school was created by the New Mexico legislature while Campbell was speaker of its House of Representatives, and the school formally opened during his tenure as governor. Governor Campbell also served for several years on the Lovelace Medical Foundation's Board of Trustees, and the...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. John F. Boyd (1920-1999), an orthopedic surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, surveys his personal and professional activities. Arriving in Albuquerque in 1953, Dr. Boyd practiced his specialty for 39 years until his retirement at the end of 1991. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Boyd's personal and professional backgrounds; his appraisal of Albuquerque medicine in the 1950's, including evaluation of hospital facilities and the Albuquerque medical...

Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. J. Joseph Corcoran (1913-1996) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A specialist in dermatology, Dr. Corcoran came to Albuquerque in 1949 and practiced continuously until his retirement in 1980. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Corcoran's personal and professional backgrounds; his extensive World War II experience; his selection of Albuquerque as the site of his practice; the Albuquerque medical community and medical facilities of...

Scope and Contents This interview surveys the two careers of Dr. Junius A. Evans as a physician in New Mexico. From 1946 until 1959, Dr. Evans served a large general practice in Las Vegas, New Mexico, until serious illness forced a career change. After a residency in dermatology, Dr. Evans returned in 1962 to New Mexico, this time to Roswell, and practiced his specialty for an additional quarter century. This interview provides detailed information on both these careers, including appraisals of the physician...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Kenneth D. Gardner, Jr. (1929- ), a nephrologist of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a long-term faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, focuses on his career in New Mexico. Among the subjects discussed are Dr. Gardner's personal and professional background; his pioneering and innovative work at UNM-SOM as dean responsible for graduate medical school education at the school; his reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of those programs at...

Scope and Contents Among the subjects discussed in this interview are the medical community of the Espanola Valley; the health and sanitation problems of the region; public health services; the increasing pressure of the federal government on medicine; continuing education; and others.

The interview dates April 23, 1989 and the collection consists of 1 audiocassette (45 min.) + 1 transcript (13 pages), correspondence, and the interviewee agreement.

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Leslie L. Daviet (1911-2002), a general medicine/general surgery practitioner of Las Cruces, New Mexico, surveys his life and career. Arriving in Las Cruces in 1937, Dr. Daviet practiced 43 years in that community until his retirement in 1980. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Daviet's personal and professional backgrounds; the old-time physicians, especially Drs. Robert McBride and Charles Gerber, and the medical facilities of Las Cruces in the late...

Scope and Contents This interview with Reserve (Catron County), New Mexico's Dr. Lloyd G. Foster (1908-1999), summarizes his nearly 50 years' medical practice in New Mexico. A "country doctor" in the traditional sense of the term, Dr. Foster has been the only physician in his Connecticut-size county for most of his half-century of practice. In addition to his personal and professional background, this interview surveys rural practice in an isolated setting, the special problems and rewards associated with it, and...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Milton Floersheim, Jr., (1919-2000), a family practitioner who set up his private practice in Roy, New Mexico in 1946, then moved to Raton 18 months later, sheds light on both rural practice on the plains of northeastern New Mexico and on medicine and the medical community in Raton. (At the time of the interview, Dr. Floersheim had been in practice in Raton for 35 years.) Among the subjects discussed are the "old-timey" doctors of the 1920s and 1930s in Roy and Clayton,...

Scope and Content Collection consists of records of the New Mexico Health Policy Commission. Includes minutes; documents on health care reform; and Legislative Health Care Task Force reports, press releases, and research materials.

Scope and Contents This collection is unprocessed. It contains newsletters and artifacts.

Scope and Contents The New Mexico Regional Medical Program records date from 1963-1999. Types of records include correspondence, reports, clippings, and other items.

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. P.G. Cornish III (1929-1996), a retired general surgeon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, focuses on his father and grandfather, both also surgeons who practiced in Albuquerque. Dr. Cornish, Sr. practiced in Albuquerque from the 1890s until his death in 1932, and Dr. Cornish, Jr. from 1920 until his death in the 1950s.

Scope and Contents The Prevention Research Center records, HHC 340, date 1977-2004, bulk 1991-2004. Types of records include Pathways curriculum materials, notes, studies, photographs, posters, and other items. These records help document the history and activities of UNM's Prevention Research Center.

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Scope and Contents Richard R. (Dick) Barr is interviewed by Fred R. Hanold M.D. about Mastercare, a managed care plan formed by Presbyterian and St. Joseph Hospitals in 1972 and discontinued in Dec. 1981. Mr. Barr became Administrator of Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque in 1969 and in 1978 was named Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations for Presbyterian Hospital Center and Southwest Community Health Services. He was elevated to President in 1981 and served in that post until his retirement in 1985....

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Robert E. Anderson (1931-2009) focuses largely on the creation and early years of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Dr. Anderson summarizes his own personal and professional background; analyzes the reasons for his decision to join the brand new school in 1964 (and suggests those of many of his colleagues); sketches the prominent individuals involved in the early history of the institution; provides information about the first decade or so of the school's...

Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. Robert Friedenberg (1909-1990) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of New Mexico's pioneer board-certified internists, Dr. Friedenberg practiced in Albuquerque from 1945 until his retirement in 1978. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Friedenberg's personal and professional backgrounds; his service in the U.S. Army and the Veterans Administration, including the VA Hospital in Albuquerque; the development and importance of the...