ALBERT WATSON District 2 - Columbia SOUTH CAROLINA REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAM The South Carolina Regional Medical Program covers your.District. The plannino phase of the Program in South Carolina is well underway. A C> Regional Advisory Group broadly representative of the health resources and interests has been appointed; several standing committees have been established to assist it; and six task forces organized in the overall planning and development of operational proposals. Funds in the amount of $379,246 are available for current planning, which includes three feasibility studies to: establish a cooperative tumor registry; provide a comparative cancer streatment program in a semirural area; and study the role of the Greenville Hospital System in the Region. The South Carolina Regional Medical Program has set up 10 districts as subregions; these correspond to the 10 districts of the South Carolina Medical Association. (District II encompasses the Columbia area.) Each has a program coordinator and a local advisory group. An initial operational proposal has recently been received from the South Carolina Regional'Lvedical Program. A list of proposed operational projects in your District for which support has been requested, is included in the attached summary. ALBERT WILLIAM WATSON DISTRICT 2 - COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAM REGION State of South Carolina COORDINATING HEADQUARTERS Medical College of South Carolina STARTING DATE January 1, 1967 FUNDING Current Award: $379,246 Current Request: .$2,000,000 Projected: $2,147,500 OPERATIONAL STATUS An initial operational grant request sub- mitted in February, 1968 PROGRAM COORDINATOR Charles P. Summerall, III, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina PROGRAM DIRECTOR William J. Warlick Former Public Health Advisor USPHS ADVISORY GROUP 1. Chairman: William M. Mcdord, M.D., Ph.D. President Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina 2. Membership: 67 (attached) Practicing Physicians, 12; Medical Centers, 10; Hospital Administrators, 16; Voluntary Health Agencies, 8; Public Health Officials, 16; Allied Health 1; Public, 1; Other, 4 In March 1966, the Medical College of South Carolina, the State Board of Health and the South Carolina Health Heart Association organized a Regional Advisory Group. This group included representatives of public and voluntary health agencies, the hospital administrators of major community hospitals, and the Directors of State-Aid Cancer and Heart Clinics. A planning committee of this group, with the advice and concurrence of the group at large, developed guide- lines for a Regional Medical Program. South Carolina -3- 2. A cooperative cancer therapy program in a semirural area, to include a study of the operation of a proposed supervoltage radiation therapy unit at the Marion County Memorial Hospital. 3. A study of the role of the Greenville Hospital System in the region, to supplement the activities of an existing ad hoc committee of the medical staff, and'to plan the patterns of cooperation that might be developed through this hospital system for the comprehensive and continuing care of patients with heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Relationship to Comprehensive Health Program Present plans call for coordinating the two Advisory Groups once the CHP Group is appointed. The State Board of Health has been designated by the Governor as the State comprehensive health planning agency. Dr. Kenneth Aycock, the State Health Officer, is an active member of the Regional Advisory Group. Selected Operational P@e t@s Funds have been requested for the following operational projects, which fall within the Congressman's district, by the South Carolina Regional Medical Program. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training: The South Carolina Heart Association, Columbia, South Carolina, has developed a project to instruct physicians and allied medical personnel in cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures. The project staff would work with the Columbia Hospital where faculty training courses would be presented. (Amount Requested for first year - $55,393) Demonstration Project for the Detection of Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Columbia Hospital of Richland County proposes to sponsor this project. (Amount Requested for first year - $44,842) Acute Stroke Management Demonstration Project in a Community Hospital: Columbia Hos ital of Richland County has developed a hospital-based acute stroke service. p The need is great in a region which has one of the highest incidences of stroke in the nation. (Amount Requested for first year - $162,476) Regional Stroke Rehabilitation and Treatment Demonstration Project: This project, sponsored by Columbia Hospital of Richland County, is designed to convert the Ridgewood extended care facility into a stroke rehabilitation center. (Amount Requested for first year - $93,905) ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PLANNING FOR REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Chairman Dr. William M. McCord President Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Dr. Franklin C. Fetter lst Vice-President and Dean School of Medicine Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Dr. E. Kenneth Aycock State Health Officer State Board of Health Columbia, South Carolina Dr Norman 0. Eaddy Pr;sident South Carolina Medical Association Sumter, South Carolina Dr. Dill D. Beckman Executive Officer and Director State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation Columbia, South Carolina Dr. Robert Edwards President Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Mr. Robert Alexander State-Federal Coordinator Office of the Governor Columbia, South Carolina Mr. Henry M. Lee Chairman, Executive Committee South Carolina Heart Association Greenville, South Carolina 2 Dr. Frank Geiger Director, Cancer, Heart Disease and Tuberculosis State Board of Health Columbia, South Carolina Dr. Dale Groom Assistant Dean for Continuing Education. Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Miss Dora McNeill Executive Director South Carolina Nurses' Association Columbia, South Carolina Mr. Grant Hurst Executive Director South Carolina Hospital Association Columbia, South Carolina Mr. Robert L. Davis Executive Director South Carolina Heart Association Columbia, South Carolina Dr. Charles S. Chandler Coordinator, Planning and Research, Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Program Columbia, South Carolina Maj-Gen. 0. P. Newman President, South Carolina Division American Cancer Society Columbia, South Carolina Mr. Ernest V. Williams President South Carolina Chapter, APTA Columbia, South Carolina Mrs. Frances Poston Charleston County Health Department Charleston, South Carolina Mrs. Martin Jernigan Executive Vice-President American Cancer Society-South Carolina Division Columbia, South Carolina- Distri eston ct I (Charl I Dr. Curtis P. Artz Chairman, Department of Surgery Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Dr. T. C. McFall Charleston, South Carolina Dr. Edward F. Parker Charleston, South Carolina Dr. Ford Rivers Charleston, South Carolina Mr. Jack Porter Superintendent Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Mr. Robert L. Russell Director Veterans Administration Hospital@ Charleston, South Carolina Dr. Albert Kuritz Chief of Staff Veterans Administration Hospital Charleston, South Carolina Dr. George F. Stevenson Director, School of Allied Health Sciences Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Dr. John F. Finklea Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina District II (Columbia) Dr. L. J. Brannon Director, State Aid Cancer Clinic Columbia, South Carolina Mr. James M. Daniel Superintendent, Columbia Hospital Columbia, South Carolina Dr. E. DuBose Dent Columbia, South Carolina Mr. William Boyce Administrator South Carolina Baptist Hospital Coluinbia, South Carolina Dr. Dana C. Mitchell, Jr. Director of Medical Education Columbia Hospital Columbia, South Carolina Dr. Donald E. Saunders Associate Director State Heart Clinic Columbia, South Carolina Dr. 0. B. Mayer Columbia, South Carolina Dr. U. Hoyt Bodie South Carolina Baptist Hospital Columbia, South Carolina Mr. Julius E. Hammett Assistant Director Vocational Rehabilitation Columbia, South Carolina District III (Greenwood) Dr. B. M. Montgomery Newberry, South Carolina Dr. W. A. Klauber Director, State Aid Cancer Clinic Self Memorial Hospital Greenwood, South Carolina Dr. J. Roland McKinney Medical Center Greenwood, South Carolina 5 District IV (Anderson) Mr. D. K. Oglesby Administrator Anderson Memorial Hospital Anderson, South Carolina Dr. Charles T. Battle Seneca, South Carolina Dr. William Hunter Clemson, South Carolina Dr. John B. Martin Anderson, South Carolina Dr. J. H. Young Acting Director State Aid Cancer Clinic Anderson, South Carolina District IV (Greenville). Dr. George M. Grimball Greenville, South Carolina Dr. John C. Muller President South Carolina Heart Association Greenville, South Carolina Mr. Robert Toomey Director, Greenville General Hospital System Greenville,.South Carolina Dr. F. R. Wrenn Greenville, South Carolina Dr. William Pryor Greenville, South Carolina District V (Rock Hill) Dr. George Adickes Rock Hill, South Carolina 6 Dr. Alton G. Brown Director State Aid Cancer Clinic Rock Hill, South Carolina Mr. Fred Ellison Administrator, York General Hospital Rock Hill, South Carolina District VI (Florence) Dr. James Allen Director, State Aid Cancer Clinic Florence, South Carolina Dr. N. B. Baroody Director, State Heart Clinic Florence, South Carolina Mr. Kenneth Gallier Administrator, McLeod Infirmary Florence, South Carolina Mr. W. B. Finlayson Administrator Conway Hospital Conway, South Carolina District VII (Sumter) Mr. Ralph Abercrombie Administrator, Toumey Hospital Sumter, South Carolina Dr. Leah B. Givens Sumter, South Carolina Dr. D. D. Moise Director, State Aid Cancer Clinic Sumter, South Carolina District VIII ran eburg) Dr. V. Wells Brabham Director, State Aid Cancer Clinic Orangeburg, South Carolina Dr. C. Birnie Johnson Orangeburg, South Carolina Mr. Filmore Mabry Administrator, Orangeburg Regional Hospital 0 Orangeburg, South Carolina District ix (Spartan ur Dr.J. P. Coan Director, State Heart Clinic Spartanburg, South Carolina Dr. Charles B. Hanna Pinewood Mall Spartanburg, South Carolina Dr. John M. Fleming Director, State Aid Cancer Clinic Spartanburg, South Carolina Mr. Zerno Martin Associate Director Spartanburg General Hospital Spartanburg, South Carolina Dr. George D. Johnson Past-President South Carolina Medical Association Spartanburg, South Carolina