New Appointments.—Walter J. Pories, MD, has been named chairman of the Department of Surgery at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
William Drucker, MD, is now chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY.
Dr Charles K. McSherry has been appointed director of surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
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Dr Kirk K. Kazarian is chief of surgery at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn.
Dr Frank W. Masters has been named chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.
Breast Cancer Study.—The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast