UNITED STATES 



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Purpose: To advance the science of radiology 

 by the interchange of scientific information and 

 to maintain radiology as a medical specialty. 



Membership: Members, 157, physicians prac- 

 ticing the specialty of radiology who are mem- 

 bers of the California Medical Association and 

 customarily members of the American Board of 

 Radiology. 



Meetings: Five times a year. 



Professional activities: Sponsoring and organ- 

 izing a yearly scientific meeting, the Midwinter 

 Meeting of the Los Angeles Radiological 

 Society. 



857. Los Angeles Society of Allergy. 1925 

 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, Calif. 

 President: Isadore Pitesky, 2401 Atlantic 

 Avenue, Long Beach, Calif. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Sheldon C. Siegel, 5830 Overhill Drive, Los 

 Angeles 43, Calif. Term expires December 

 31, 1960. 



History: Organized January 31, 1947. 



Purpose: To unite those interested in allergy 

 for the sharing of medical experience in this 

 field. 



Membership: Active members, must be mem- 

 bers of California Medical Association, or certi- 

 fied by sub-specialty Boards of American Board 

 of Internal Medicine or American Board of 

 Pediatrics ; Associate, members of Los Angeles 

 County Medical Association. Total membership 

 48. 



Meetings: Four annually. 



858. Los Angeles Society of Internal Medicine. 



1925 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, 

 Calif. President: Joseph M. Shachtman, 9735 

 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Calif. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Morton Lee Pearce, Veterans 

 Administration Center, Wilshire and Sawtelle 

 Boulevards, Los Angeles 25, Calif. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized 1928. 



Purpose: Dissemination of knowledge on in- 

 ternal medicine. 



Membership : Full membership : Certification 

 by American Board of Internal Medicine. 

 Associate membership : Practice limited to in- 

 ternal medicine. Total membership 386. 



Meetings: Five annually. 



859. Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology 

 and Otolaryngology. President: Herschel H. 

 Burston, 6333 Wilshire Boulevard, Los 

 Angeles 48, Calif. Term expires 1961. Exec- 

 utive Secretary: Stephen John Popovich, 1915 



Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 57, Calif. 

 Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1905. 



Purpose: Advancement and dissemination of 

 knowledge of the subjects of ophthalmology and 

 otolaryngology among members of Los Angeles 

 County Medical Association interested in and 

 practicing these specialties ; promotion of per- 

 sonal and professional relationships among 

 members. 



Membership: Active members, licensed physi- 

 cians, members of Los Angeles County Medical 

 Association, who have limited their practice 

 to the two subject specialties for at least three 

 years ; Associate, licensed physicians, members 

 of county medical association, who have limited 

 their practice to the two specialties for at least 

 one year and are awaiting examination by the 

 Board. Total membership 375. 



Meetings: Annual. 



860. Louisiana Academy of Science. Louisiana 

 State University, Baton Rouge, La. Presi- 

 dent: Rene Bienvenu, Northwestern State 

 College, Natchitoches, La. Term expires April 

 1961. President-Elect : Fred Deiler, Freeport 

 Sulphur Company, Port Sulphur, La. Term 

 expires April 1962. Secretary: George Ware, 

 Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, 

 La. Term expires April 1962. 



History: Incorporated 1927. 



Purpose: To unite the scientists of the state, 

 to foster scientific development, and to en- 

 courage scientific research. 



Membership: Active members, 263, genuine 

 interest in science, nomination by two members ; 

 Sustaining, 19; Honorarv, 2. Total membership 

 284. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: An annual grant of 

 $35 is made to the Academy by the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual current vol- 

 ume : 22, $2.50. Editor: Walter Harmon, 

 Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston, La. 



86 L Louisiana District Branch of the American 

 Psychiatric Association. President: Robert 

 G. Heath, Tulane University School of Medi- 

 cine, New Orleans, La. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary: Lucio E. Gatto, Louisiana 

 State University School of Medicine, New 

 Orleans, La. 



History: Organized 1952. 



Purpose: To foster the advancement, progress, 

 and development of psychiatry in the Louisiana 

 district, and to promote the aims and objectives 

 of the American Psychiatric Association by 



