Winter 1968

Spring 1991

Winter 1968

“Alumni and particularly former house staff will be pleased to learn that the stipends for interns and residents at Yale-New Haven Hospital were increased January 1, 1968, and there will be a further increase effective July 1. The January change raised interns from $4,000 to $5,000 per year; new stipends for residents range from $5,500 to $8,000 per year.

“For the 1968-1969 house staff year beginning in July, interns will receive $6,000; assistant residents, first year—$6,600, second year—$7,200, third year—$7,800; fourth year residents, $8,400; and chief residents, $9,100.

“The cost of a medical education, however, continues to rise along with the general inflationary spiral. The present $1,900 annual tuition at the Yale School of Medicine will increase to $2,150 as of September, 1968. This is equal to the tuition now charged at many other private medical schools and, incidentally, is less than the 1968 tuition at some schools. The total cost for attendance for four academic years at a privately supported medical school is estimated to be at least $16,000.”

Spring 1991

“Both adults and children can now be treated at Yale for vascular tumors of the skin, thanks to the new pulsed dye laser acquired by the School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital.

“This laser—the only one of its kind in the region—treats port-wine stains as well as other blood vessel tumors and broken blood vessels. Port-wine stains, like the purplish-red birthmark on the forehead of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, occur in three out of every 1,000 newborns. …

“The laser unit, about the size of a small washing machine, uses fiber-optic cable to conduct the laser energy. Patients require no anesthesia for the treatment, which feels like the snap of an elastic band. In most cases, vascular tumors can be permanently removed, although several treatments may be required.”