EMORY MEDICINE FALL 2000 Karon Schindler, Editor Phone: (404) 727-5680 Email: kschind@emory.edu Email for class notes: eurec@emory.edu

Beyond Resurrection Medicine Stopping Emergencies Before They Happen An ounce of preventive intervention outweighs a pound of emergency cure.   Boarder Babies A Second Chance for a New Beginning Pediatrics instructor Donna Carson helped establish "My House," a temporary emergency shelter for medically fragile infants who no longer need to be hospitalized and have nowhere else to go.   Seeing Finely Macular Degeneration Once viewed as virtually untreatable, this disease is the focus of clinical trails aimed at delaying its onset and slowing its progression.    Dean's Message  Class Notes