* - . oe PRATT, HUGH S. 125-14-6535 a , * operation of only one of its four pavilions (11 beds). Fully-equipped supportive | facilities include the pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, x ray, nuclear medicine laboratory, clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology and . histopathology laboratories. A fully-equipped outpatient clinic is’ contiguous with the hospital with easy access to clinical laboratory services including ECG ‘and special sensory testing. + Special facilities in the Medical Department include a unique whole body ‘count positron emission transaxial tomograph, prompt gauma in vivo activation techniques * for measuring metal concentrations in~organs or whole body. nitrogen, an inhalation _ toxicology facility for animal experimentation, automatic counting equipment for b: and gamma emitters, ultracentrifuges, pulmonary function laboratory, “hot” Labora- tories for the handling of radioactive isotopes, special facilities for working wii carcinogens, computer facilities, electron spin resonance capabilities, and centra2: tissue culture facilities. : i . a: In addition to the above short deseriptioa, avast resource of scientific,tec! ‘nical and instrumentation pool including an excellent research Library is availabl: at Brookhaven National Laboratory which is readily accessibleThe Hospital of the Medical Research Center is a Clinical Campus of the Healt Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Many members of the _Scetentific Staff.are alsa faculty members of the Health Sciences Center. Active collaboration and consuLtation exists between our two institutions in addition to formal contractual arrangements. : In addition, the program is supported by a 115" ship (chartered by DOE) for transportation to the remote outer islands (Rongelap and Utirik). The ship has a small laboratory area and x ray, and six small nedical examination rooms. Bach island visited has at least one large trailer andfor local examinations. ° Butler building £o The resident physician on Ebeye has developed a small clinical laboratory to perform routine blood chemistries (Ames-Accustat) and bacteriology. F. Collaborative Arrangements: The current collaborative affiliations with institutions and individual scient are listed below: National Institutes of Health Joseph E. Rall, M.D., Ph.D. Director of Intramural Research, NIAMDD Jacob Robbins, M.D. Chief, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIAMDD Jan Nolff, M.D. Associate Chief, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIAHDD Inseitute for Cancer Resnarch,Philadelphia,PA wea ro. ~ OMT Phon. .