Evelyn Hess, MD, MACP

• Born in Dublin, Ireland
• Residency in London, England
• 1969 ~ McDonald Professor of Medicine
• Over 100 scientific journal publications, founded and
      served on many committees, organizations
• Active with education: students, patients, community,
       state and national leaders
• Governor of Ohio ACP

Dr. Noble Fowler

• Chief Resident 1947-1948 followed by cardiology fellowship under Dr. Johnson McGuire
• Chief of Medicine at the VA 1957
• Director Division of Cardiology 1970-86
    - One of the first $1 million NIH research grants
• Expert in pulmonary HTN, pericardial disease and pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade.
• Written and edited 12 textbooks, 139 major journal articles, numerous NIH grants.

Dr. Helen Glueck

• Graduated from UC College of Medicine 1934.
• Residency General Hospital
• 1945-57: Director of Student Health
• 1957: Director of Coagulation Laboratory
• Saved many lives by discovering cause for hemorrhagic
      disease of the newborn ~ vitamin K
    - 1966 ~ one of the first female Professors of Medicine
• Daniel Drake Award winner

Herbert Flessa, MD, MACP

• Graduated from UC College of Medicine
• Residency at General Hospital
• Late 1960’s Director of Ambulatory Services including emergency room.
    - CGH saw over 100,000 patients/year in the ER
• Created the first Emergency Medicine training program in the country.
• Governor of Ohio ACP
• Continues to be an active teacher, mentor, role model and makes house calls!

Growth and Development

• 1951 - Mont Reid completed
• 1959 - First intensive care unit opens at CGH
• 1960 - transfer from city to UC
• 1967 - Hamilton County Tax Levy

“I think that this is the greatest institution in the country.”
William Howard Taft

New Hospital 1969

• Nine story, 650 beds
• 10 years in the making
• Funded by a city bond issue
• Private patients were cared for in Holmes Hospital
• 1979 two hospitals operate together